21 November 2023 – 19 May 2024
The museum’s collections and displays provide inspiration for artists locally and nationally to create new work. RAMM commissioned Exeter-based artist Janet Sainsbury in Spring 2023. She is known for her contemporary approach to portrait painting.
Sainsbury chose to study four women artists whose work is in RAMM’s art collection: two Exeter-based contemporary artists, Michelle Sank and Amy Shelton, and two artists with links to the southwest, Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) and Gillian Ayres (1930-2018). Sainsbury met, photographed and sketched both Sank and Shelton from life while she referred to historic photographs of Ayres and Hepworth to inform her sketches and create new portraits.
To celebrate International Women’s Day, Janet Sainsbury was at RAMM on Saturday 9 March with a temporary display of additional work made for this commission. The artist was in conversation with Lara Goodband, Contemporary Art Curator & Programmer.
Find out more about Points in a Constellation: Janet Sainsbury: Points in a Constellation – RAMM (rammuseum.org.uk)
