London-based Caroline Achaintre’s watercolours and prints sit at the heart of a multi-disciplinary practice, which also traverses textiles and ceramics. Renowned for working in vibrant colour and potent imagery, Achaintre’s work often evokes a subversive spirit of carnival, creating an atmosphere that is simultaneously playful and absurd.
While drawing on traditional European festivals, still a regular, seasonal occurrence in towns and villages throughout the continent, often typified by centuries-old customs and darkly-fantastical costume, the artist simultaneously makes links to contemporary sub-cultural strands of sci-fi, the goth-metal scene, psychedelia and horror films.
Glover
2018
Hand-tufted wool
170 x 190 cm
Peacock in my Eyes
2009
lino cut print
63 x 40.5 cm
Scanner
2018
watercolour and ink on paper
37 x 27 cm
Ray-Gun
2017
watercolour and ink on paper
33.8 x 24 cm
Inside Your Head
2005
watercolour and print on paper
36 x 25 cm
Hot Hair
2004
watercolour and print on paper
27 x 20 cm
Wolfinger II
2014
ink on paper
21 x 27.5 cm
Ghost
2011
watercolour and ink on paper
30 x 20 cm
Fasnet
2014
watercolour and print on paper
35.5 x 29 cm
Barberella
2018
watercolour and ink on paper
37 x 26 cm
Swan
2011
watercolour and ink on paper
32 x 21 cm
Wolfinger
2014
ink on paper
21 x 27.5 cm
LL.Ost
2011
ink on paper
33 x 26 cm
Me You & The Other Two
2012
watercolour, ink and wax on paper
37 x 26 cm
Loft
2016
watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 25 cm
Phantom
2014
ink on paper
29.5 x 21 cm
Pre H.
2015
watercolour and ink on paper
37 x 27 cm
Bush Burning
2012
watercolour and ink on paper
18 x 25.6 cm
Wimper
2018
watercolour and ink on paper
37 x 27 cm
Stager
2012
watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 22 cm
S.C.R.U.B.
2016
watercolour and ink on paper
38 x 29 cm
Ding Dings
2016
watercolour and ink on paper
31 x 25 cm
Auto Bahn
2014
watercolour and ink on paper
34 x 26 cm
Africana
2007
lino cut print
38 x 30 cm
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