Venue: Ingleby Gallery
Location: Edinburgh
Date: 5 November 2011 - 28 January 2012

In the spring of last year Alison Watt was commissioned by the Uffizi Gallery in Florence to make a work for
their celebrated collection of self-portraits by women artists. This was an unusual commission, not least because
it came nearly 15 years after Watt had last painted the human figure. Since relinquishing the figure in 1997 she
has edged towards abstraction, painting swathes of fabric suggestive of both a human presence and absence. This
way of working culminated in her solo exhibition Phantom, at the National Gallery in London in the summer of
2008.
The request from the Uffizi instigated a new way of thinking for Watt. Her preceding series of paintings had
looked to the old masters – especially to Ingres, and in the National Gallery show, to Zurbaran – but the request
to re-visit the idea of a self-portrait turned Watt’s attention to a small photograph by the American artist
Francesca Woodman (1958-1981)

Ingleby Gallery
Founded in 1998, Ingleby Gallery maintains an ambitious program of exhibitions and off-site projects by established and emerging artists. Over the past 12 years, it has secured a reputation as one of the country’s leading private galleries, renowned for the quality of its exhibitions and publications. The Gallery represents artists of international standing, whilst also introducing and supporting artists at earlier stages in their career. We are pleased to advise public, private and corporate clients about buying art, and in starting, building and maintaining collections.

http://www.inglebygallery.com

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