Sue Dunkley
1942 (London) / 2022 (London)
Living in : London
Working in : London
Artist's gallery
British artist affiliated with the Pop Art movement, Sue Dunkley studied from 1959 to 1965 at the Bath Academy of Art, then at Chelsea and the Slade School of Fine Arts. In her work from the late 1960s and early 1970s, she explores the role of women in society and also addresses issues of violence and sexuality. Deeply affected by her divorce in 1974, she conveys her sadness and despair in paintings such as Bath (1972), which allow her to exorcise her own situation while questioning how the male gaze appropriates the female body. Sue Dunkley also developed a Pop language, using images of celebrities such as John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, whose tragic destinies have long fascinated her. She devoted a significant number of works to the Kennedy family, finding in their cursed fate a resonance with her own divorce and family struggles. In her depiction, Dunkley favors an expressive style, where the blurred, velvety effect of pastels transforms photography into an image where visual sharpness is destabilized. In the early 1970s, Dunkley exhibited regularly with the London Group and had her first solo exhibition in 1973 at the Bolsover Street Gallery in London. Over the next ten years, she had exhibitions at the Thumb Gallery in Soho. She is currently represented by the Mayor Gallery in London.
Living in : London
Working in : London
Artist's gallery
British artist affiliated with the Pop Art movement, Sue Dunkley studied from 1959 to 1965 at the Bath Academy of Art, then at Chelsea and the Slade School of Fine Arts. In her work from the late 1960s and early 1970s, she explores the role of women in society and also addresses issues of violence and sexuality. Deeply affected by her divorce in 1974, she conveys her sadness and despair in paintings such as Bath (1972), which allow her to exorcise her own situation while questioning how the male gaze appropriates the female body. Sue Dunkley also developed a Pop language, using images of celebrities such as John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe, whose tragic destinies have long fascinated her. She devoted a significant number of works to the Kennedy family, finding in their cursed fate a resonance with her own divorce and family struggles. In her depiction, Dunkley favors an expressive style, where the blurred, velvety effect of pastels transforms photography into an image where visual sharpness is destabilized. In the early 1970s, Dunkley exhibited regularly with the London Group and had her first solo exhibition in 1973 at the Bolsover Street Gallery in London. Over the next ten years, she had exhibitions at the Thumb Gallery in Soho. She is currently represented by the Mayor Gallery in London.