First Floor Gallery Harare

Artemisia - Helen Teede FFG Victoria Falls 26 March 2021 to 30 April 2021

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DOCUMENTS
Reeds in the Wind 2
589237
Helen Teede
Reeds in the Wind 2, 2021
Oil on canvas
49¼ x 39⅜ in.
125 x 100 cm
HT0076
$ 6,500 USD
Artemisia “Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto” - ‘I am human and nothing human is alien to me’ Terence ( Heauton Timorumenos (The Self-Tormentor) Roman- African Roman playwright 163 BCE) Any door to knowledge, open from any point and in any direction, can through the power of curious inquiry lead any of us to the broadest and surprising interconnected discoveries. Our systems of knowledge even when they evolve discretely, at their natural extremes seek to converge holistically. State of cognitive dissonance while frequent for most humans is not a stable one, psychologically or biologically, or cognitively. These are some of the dynamic equilibria that Helen Teede is hoping to establish in Artemisia, building bridges across epistemic divides serendipitously and by design. The title Artemisia, a name derived from the Greek goddess Artemis – the hunter and protector of nature, is also the name of the Artemisia Gentileschi, the woman painter as a feminist icon in life and practice, is also the name of an ancient Greek queen and a naval commander Artemisia of Caria, who lived in fourth century BCE. By coincidence, Artemisia is also a plant, native to Zimbabwe, known as the ‘Mother of all herbs’ benefiting pregnant women, through history. Artemisia is crucial in Africa, protecting people from malaria and in 2020 was being looked at for the possibility of protecting people for covid. Artemisia then becomes for Teede a byword and a key to a matrix in which contemporary environmental concerns, mythology become a platform for the interconnectedness of cultures and histories through nature and feminist narrative. Reconciliation of myth and reality through the prism of history is unequivocally a motivator and foundation for Teede’s practice, which while rooted in Zimbabwe is evolving in the conversation between cultures and continents, with Italy as a touchstone and a counterpoint. Before embarking on her BFA at Michaelis in Cape town, Teede first studied painting at Florence University of the Arts. She chose to return to Italy for her Masters in Visual Art at IUAV University of Venice, which she completed in 2020 with a thesis and exhibition exploring, “Phenomenology of Painting as an Intersectional Medium”. Graduate studies catalysed the dialogical in Teede’s practice. Prior to commencing her master’s studies, the Zimbabwean landscape was her primary context for articulating the political – nature and land as space, where the struggle for independence took place and which still hold the key to all future possibilities for the country and its people. Spending time in Venice, and studies in anthropology, especially during lockdown have created an urgency to articulate and situate the complicity of humans in the environment. Introducing the drawn figure, created a shift from the gestural and emotive lushness of earlier work towards greater precision and clarity. Returning to Zimbabwe in 2020 after three years away, added another layer of content and context. A quest for reconciliation – cultural, historical, and emotional between the disparate contexts she has been working in and a reckoning with the intersectionality of feminism, decoloniality, and art history. Artemisia emerged as a synthesis for these conversations but with the confidence of an artist who is not just commenting on the world but also on art history from the perspective of a woman and a female artist, who does not need to be categorized in her personhood or her practice. The works in the exhibition are generous and expansive narratives, each canvas taking a single colour as a point of departure, with the drawing and gesture synthesizing the poetic, the passionate, and the vulnerable at the core of ideas around social and ecological justice in this turbulent time. There is space for song, pleasure, despair, joy, fear, and optimism. Everything human and nothing that is alien to any of us. Valerie Kabov
Available
Young animal
589238
Helen Teede
Young animal, 2021
Oil on canvas
63 x 74¾ in.
160 x 190 cm
HT0077
Sold
Reeds in the wind 1
589391
Helen Teede
Reeds in the wind 1, 2021
Oil on canvas
49¼ x 39⅜ in.
125 x 100 cm
HT0078
$ 3,250 USD
On consignment
Surrender
589392
Helen Teede
Surrender, 2021
Oil on canvas
59 x 47¼ in.
150 x 120 cm
HT0079
Sold
He will not understand her fascination with rain
589393
Helen Teede
He will not understand her fascination with rain, 2021
Oil on canvas
51⅛ x 39⅜ in.
130 x 100 cm
HT0080
$ 3,250 USD
On consignment
My god is a woman
589394
Helen Teede
My god is a woman, 2021
Oil on canvas
28 x 23⅝ in.
71 x 60 cm
HT0081
Sold
Protector of Wildlife, Queen of the Hunt
589395
Helen Teede
Protector of Wildlife, Queen of the Hunt, 2021
Fabric paint and oil on Canvas
78¾ x 66⅞ in.
200 x 170 cm
HT0082
$ 8,800 USD
On consignment
After Adnan: Horizontal water trails
591974
Helen Teede
After Adnan: Horizontal water trails, 2021
Oil on Canvas
11¾ x 9⅞ in.
30 x 25 cm
HT0083
$ 1,200 USD
Available
Little water dragon
591975
Helen Teede
Little water dragon, 2021
Oil on Canvas
17¾ x 15¾ in.
45 x 40 cm
HT0084
$ 2,800 USD
Available
The ground itself...
591976
Helen Teede
The ground itself..., 2021
Oil on Canvas
27½ x 23⅝ in.
70 x 60 cm
HT0085
$ 2,800 USD
Available
Ophelia
591978
Helen Teede
Ophelia, 2021
Oil on Canvas
17¾ x 15¾ in.
45 x 40 cm
HT0087
Sold
Witch’s oils
593796
Helen Teede
Witch’s oils, 2021
oil on canvas
70⅞ x 55⅛ in.
180 x 140 cm
HT0088
Sold
Night Sea Crossing 2
593797
Helen Teede
Night Sea Crossing 2, 2021
oil on canvas
39⅜ x 47¼ in.
100 x 120 cm
HT0089
$ 3,250 USD
On consignment
Witches, Whores, Feminists
593798
Helen Teede
Witches, Whores, Feminists, 2021
Fabric Dye and Oil on Canvas
63 x 94½ in. (framed)
160 x 240 cm (framed)
HT0090
Sold
Drop in the lake 1
593799
Helen Teede
Drop in the lake 1, 2021
Fabric Dye and Oil on Canvas
31½ x 25⅝ in.
80 x 65 cm
HT0091
Sold
Grasshopper
593800
Helen Teede
Grasshopper, 2021
oil on canvas
74¾ x 63 in.
190 x 160 cm
HT0092
$ 7,500 USD
On consignment
Drop in the lake 3
593801
Helen Teede
Drop in the lake 3, 2021
Fabric Dye and Oil on Canvas
31½ x 25⅝ in. (framed)
80 x 65 cm (framed)
HT0093
$ 4,000 USD
Available
  Night Sea Crossing 1
593802
Helen Teede
Night Sea Crossing 1, 2021
oil on canvas
47¼ x 59 in.
120 x 150 cm
HT0094
Sold
How to kneel down in the grass
593803
Helen Teede
How to kneel down in the grass, 2021
oil on canvas
47¼ x 59 in.
120 x 150 cm
HT0095
Sold
Drop in the lake 2
593804
Helen Teede
Drop in the lake 2, 2021
Fabric dye and oil on canvas
31½ x 25⅝ in.
80 x 65 cm
HT0096
$ 4,000 USD
Available
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