Georgina Starr

Smoking Women (3)

Year 2023
Medium Willow charcoal on blue paper
Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm
Top pick Selected by Cornelia Parker, artist

About the work

From a series of drawings about women communicating via smoke made with willow-wand charcoal.

 

Date and country of birth

1968, GB

Career Highlights

Starr’s works have featured in hundreds of exhibitions in the UK and internationally over the last 30 years, including Tate Britain, MoMA New York, Kunsthalle Zurich, Venice Biennale and Glasgow International. Recent exhibitions include a survey exhibition Hello. Come here. I want you. at Frac Franche-Comté and a live performance  commission Androgynous Egg for Frieze Projects. Her latest film Quarantaine (43mins) was commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella, The Hunterian, Art Fund, Glasgow International and Leeds Art Gallery. The film was shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award. Her latest performance Gelato Balleto! a sculptural theatre for female voice and percussion was commissioned by Paris fashion house Hermès and premiered in London last year.