Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
The Finch Project
67 Great Titchfield St.
London W1W 7PT
1st - 5th November
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
Transcending traditional forms of communication, Degrees, Minutes & Seconds (DMS) is the manifestation of a form of correspondence between Swiss artist, Caroline Denervaud and French-British artist, Sophie Kitching. The exhibition represents the culmination of a remote exchange with intuitively responsive work created in diverse locations, shown on neutral territory in London.
Spanning time zones, geographic borders, cultures and influence, the collection of paintings, works on paper and videography presented at DMS expresses a rich and meandering conversation between Caroline and Sophie. As the two artists orbited each other across the expanses of time and place - from Paris to Maine, New York to Copenhagen and finally London - the confines of lockdowns and the constraints of everyday life has led to a channeling of each other in lieu of traditional communication.
Caroline's vast paintings, which exude an operatic expression of colour ways and compositions translated from choreographed movements of her body as it dances upon the canvas, serve to amplify the natural pattern language and gentle meticulousness of Sophie's invisible drawings. Smaller postcard sizes pieces Caroline referes to as 'flowers' echo the elemental nature of Sophie's painted lithographs. The botanical essence of Sophie's works simultaneously articulate the dense and spirited dialogue of Caroline's pieces which by contrast, accentuate the white relief of Sophie's.
DMS has emerged as a sum of its parts. An orchestrated curation of works that refer strongly to the strengths and expressions familiar to each artist resurrected, evolved and redefined through their consideration for each other. It raises questions about intuition and altruism; the environmental effect on artworks when viewed in proximity to others; and the significant impact of degrees, minutes and seconds that converge to be relayed through the vehicle of art.
Text by Tiffany Jade
Invisible Green XXVII, 2022
oil, watercolour, crayons on canvas
72 x 57 inches | 183 x 145 cm
Private collection, Bath
Untitled (Clearing), 2022
oil, aerosol, acrylic, two-way mirror on polycarbonate, acrylic mirror, aluminum frame
48 x 48 inches | 122 x 122 cm
Private collection, London
Nocturne V, 2022
oil, Japanese watercolour, Indian ink on canvas
48 x 36 inches | 122 x 91.5 cm
Spread XIII-XVIII, 2022
From the series ‘Pages in Venetian red, Silver grey, and Forest greens’
Japanese watercolour on Chinese paper (Hunan) each: 12 5/8 x 16 5/8 inches | 32,2 x 42 cm
Invisible Green XXVIII, 2022
oil, watercolour, crayons on canvas
72 x 60 inches | 183 x 152 cm
Spread XIII-XVIII, 2022
From the series ‘Pages in Venetian red, Silver grey, and Forest greens’
Japanese watercolour on Chinese paper (Hunan)
each: 12 5/8 x 16 5/8 inches | 32,2 x 42 cm
Private collections, London
Nocturne V, 2022
oil, Japanese watercolour, Indian ink on canvas
48 x 36 inches | 122 x 91.5 cm
Invisible Green XXVIII, 2022
oil, watercolour, crayons on canvas
72 x 60 inches | 183 x 152 cm
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Surface to air IV, 2022
oil on two-way mirror, on polycarbonate
32 1/8 x 22 3/4 inches | 82 x 58 cm
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Untitled (Clearing), 2022
oil, aerosol, acrylic, two-way mirror on polycarbonate, acrylic mirror, aluminum frame
48 x 48 inches | 122 x 122 cm
Private collection, London
Untitled (Clearing), 2022 (detail)
oil, aerosol, acrylic, two-way mirror on polycarbonate, acrylic mirror, aluminum frame
48 x 48 inches | 122 x 122 cm
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Payne Shroud, 2020
oil on canvas
56 x 40 inches | 142 x 101 cm
Payne Cirrus I, 2022
oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches | 122 x 76 cm
Payne Cirrus I, 2022
oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches | 122 x 76 cm
Maine series III & V, 2020
watercolour on paper
each: 30 x 22 inches | 76 x 56 cm
Location Piece, 2021
gold leaf and copper-zinc leaf on found glass
15 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches | 40,3 x 40,3 cm
Maine series V, 2020
watercolour on paper
30 x 22 inches | 76 x 56 cm
Maine series III, 2020
watercolour on paper
30 x 22 inches | 76 x 56 cm
Maine series III & V, 2020
watercolour on paper
each: 30 x 22 inches | 76 x 56 cm
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view
Fiction I, 2020
gouache, watercolor, aerosol on polycarbonate, two-way mirror
15 3/4 x 12 inches | 40 x 30,5 cm
Fiction II, 2020
gouache, watercolor, aerosol on polycarbonate, two-way mirror
15 3/4 x 12 inches | 40 x 30,5 cm
Caroline Denervaud & Sophie Kitching
Degrees, Minutes & Seconds
installation view