Katrina Palmer is the National Gallery's Artist in Residence 2024. Here, she offers a different perspective on the Gallery's Room 18 and its paintings. Struck by an empty wall, the result of paintings being moved away from the vibrations caused by building work, Palmer's view, spoken by artist Ricardo Guimaraes, explores the impact of this displacement for Room 18 and beyond. Through paintings in the room, including Rubens's 'Samson and Delilah', his 'Peace and War' and others, her view addresses themes of change and movement, of gaps and displacement, and their repercussions.
Born 1967 in London where she also now lives and works, Katrina Palmer’s practice encompasses sculpture, writing, drawing, audio environments, performance, and video.
Palmer is best known for her investigations of sculptural materiality, which often involve written compositions and site-specific recordings to explore histories of absence within landscapes or institutional spaces. Her commission 'End Matter' for Artangel in 2015 saw her situated on the Isle of Portland where Portland stone is quarried. She produced an audio tour based on her writing during her residency on the isle which was turned into a play for Radio 4 and a publication.
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