Lucy Andrews

Lucy Andrews is a Birmingham based painter and visual artist.

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Born in 1978 she studied Fashion Design at London College of fashion before completing a Masters Degree in Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art.

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Bodily experience is the main preoccupation Lucy's work, interconnectedness of our bodies and the environment we inhabit; water, nature and the cosmos. She is interested in the body when it becomes engaged in experiences of otherness and displacement either through changing the physical environment of a body such as the movement of migrants and refugees forced to live in unnatural conditions or when a body becomes suspended in water or air it moves and behaves with more freedom and fluidity.

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The loss of control in drunk or drug induced states where our preconceived ideas of our self are broken down and established social norms are broken away often reveal a more intimate and direct experience and offer opportunities to react to the political, social and media realities of today. 

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Enclosed in the protection of paint or smeared away with thin layers figures on metal surfaces which exude vibrancy of colour, the metal surface allowing for quick gestures and a fast application. Painted narrative scenes are filled with figures. Lucy's current paintings are inspired by photographs from newspapers, current media and direct experiences of encounters with people, she tries to convey the complex atmosphere of a moment, rather than depicting historical events aiming to foreground the complexities of our current political environment.