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Podcast: The Arts House
Episode: WORK OF THE WEEK 30 KATHERINE BOUCHER BEUG " ENTERING "
Description: Conor Tallon spoke to Michael Waldron about the dark and deeply personal, Entering (1993) by Katherine Boucher Beug which draws on the artist’s memory and mark-making from childhood.In the painting, as she reflects, Boucher Beug “used the basic idea of creating a dark background […] and drawing on it with pastel, which could be erased.” Treating the painting’s surface as a ‘black board’ allowed for erasure or retention based on the strength of the drawing. “Then,” the artist continues, “if I liked what I had made, I went over those lines with dry paint or mediums to seal the...