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Artworks
Simón Arrebola
The Great Frost. Frozen Tamesis., 2020Oil on canvas46 x 55 cm
18 1/8 x 21 5/8 inCopyright The ArtistThe series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter...The series of five paintings is based on the novel Orlando: A Biography that Virginia Woolf wrote in 1928. It is a biographical autofiction and is considered a love letter dedicated to her girlfriend Vita Sackville-West.
In The Great Frost. Frozen Thames speaks of heartbreak alluding to the scene in which Orlando is abandoned by his beloved Sasha. This idyll took place during The Great Frost, a harsh winter that took place in England during 1608-09 where the Thames came to freeze. Hence that hole appears at the bottom and an orange-haired figure (Orlando as a man) is willing to jump on a trampoline and avoid despair over the abandonment of his beloved.Exhibitions
Devil's in the Detail, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, 8 December - 16 January 20211of 41