ALL THAT GLISTERS
31st MARCH-1st APRIL 2012
THE OUTSIDE WORLD
Rootes and Culture
Anna Rootes is a
largely self taught artist, one of those rare birds who flies in the face of
convention developing her own style that incorporates many different media. Rootes takes as a starting point the
iconography of contemporary youth culture.
By mixing her media and well as her metaphors Anna Rootes begins an
exciting journey from reality to fantasy, bypassing the mundane. She approaches the canvas with gay abandon
and certain excess ‘dressing it up’,
as she says.
She cites as influences
‘a
variety of contemporary and vintage imagery and from the artistic genres of pop
art and fashion illustration.’ By the
use of the logo and it’s consequent notions of status, Rootes isolates iconic
images. Then removes them from their original context and replaces them in a
sometimes jarring, playful yet almost sinister setting.
Anna Rootes
on her work:
I am fascinated by the interplay of art and therapy (looking ultimately
to train as an Art Psychotherapist).
This relationship both naturally and methodically influences a lot of my
work. A central theme throughout my work is escapism, achieved through
the juxtaposition of reality and fantasy.
Birds appear frequently in my work, an animal with no bounds, as being a
medium through which human aspirations can be released. My approach to work is generally freestyle,
with no set plan; the final products appear as an evolution of thoughts and
narrative. The compositions of my work are highly sophisticated.
C.A.Halpin 2012
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