FIEROZA DOORSEN

Recent Work
11 October - 3 November 2007

Fieroza Doorsen's first solo exhibition with the Eagle Gallery presents a recent series of mixed media canvases, works on paper and large scale floor and wall based sculptures.

Doorsen's working methods share affinities with the traditions of Arte Povera. Using materials ranging from found paper, wire and wax she develops the pieces through a process of wrapping, binding and layering, without prescriptive starting points.
Objects of subtle and poetic beauty emerge from this laborious process. Repetitions of fragmented text and organic form draw the viewer into a visual language that evokes both the formal matrices of classical abstraction, whilst also revealing undercurrents of more figurative imagery. Magazine photographs are simultaneously obscured and revealed by small wax dots, while strips of cut and intricately collaged newsprint begin to resemble computer data or nuanced surfaces one would associate with paint on canvas.
The most recent sculptures are built around organic forms of wire mesh over which layers of paper have been assembled in delicately modulated shifts of colour. These three dimensional forms resemble giant seed pods or the nucleoids of DNA, ultimately however, they exist on a level where definitions are suspended in favour of open ended interpretations.

Fieroza Doorsen trained at Ravensbourne College of Art and completed an MA at Chelsea College of Art in 1985. Her last solo exhibition was held at the Kenny Goss Gallery, Texas in 2006.

Doorsen has exhibited widely internationally since 1981 and has been shown in a number of recent group exhibitions in London, including “If it didn't exist, you'd have to invent it” at the Showroom, London; “20 X 5 Drawings” at the Eagle Gallery and “By Hand” at the Hales Gallery, London.

Forthcoming exhibition:

Matthew Burrows, Denise De Cordova, James Fisher, Tom Hammick and Graeme Todd
8 November - 7 December 2007

Gallery news:

Julia Farrer was this year's main prize winner at the Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour competition.

James Fisher's painting "I Live in Fear" has recently been acquired by The Jerwood Foundation for their permanent collection, following its inclusion in the exhibition "Cities and Eyes" curated by Emma Hill for Aldeburgh Music 2007.
A fully illustrated catalogue "The Invisible City" is available from the gallery, price £6.50.

Terry Smith is showing a video and sound work from his project "Broken Voices" as part of the exhibition "Triple Echo" at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea from 29 September to January 2008.

For further information or images please contact Emma Hill or Bridget Symonds at the Eagle Gallery on 020 7833 2674 or email : emmahilleagle@aol.com