Emma Smith, Hecate, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2009
Emma Smith, The common dream, Mixed media on paper 594 x 841 mm 2010
Emma Smith, Man in hole , Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Emma Smith, Lotus we’ve changed your name , Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Emma Smith, Hecate, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Emma Smith, The Song of Solder , Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Emma Smith, Goya’s girl, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm. 2009
Emma Smith ,You pulled over to write it down, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm 2011
Emma Smith, Look at all the lies we’ve made they stand so close, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2011
Skin Group Show Manthel van Reign Artist Gallery, 2010
New Romantics Group Show, Calder & Lawson Gallery University of Waikato curated by Karl Chitham 2011
Skin Group Show Manthel van Reign Artist Gallery, 2010
Emma Smith, Dance of the dogs , Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Emma Smith, Fortitude, Mixed media on paper, 420 x 594 mm, 2010
Dead Romantics Group Show, Calder & Lawson Gallery University of Waikato 2011
Working on paper has always been a staple – the Personality of things is still a concern albeit less obviously here . As always there is a concern that things appear to be certainly something but uncertainly something specific . There are collage elements – some parts are much older ( one part of The common dream for example is from 2002 ) . There was certainly a want to combine and combust these elements . There is very little pause in these works . I think I hoped at the time that they would operate like a charge or jolt .
