Kathrin Longhurst

Kathrin Longhurst draws from her upbringing behind the Berlin Wall, exorcising (or is she exposing?) the dark heart of a repressive regime that ruled her childhood in her charged series of poster girls. Painted from life, her sassy models now pose empowered and emblazoned across the perspex boards, imagery undoubtedly injected with a good measure of pure pop. One has to question… are they autobiographical or Stalinist appropriation? - There is just so much to consider in these works.
Kathrin is a highly regarded traditional portrait painter. Like all good artists she explores new ideas, and ways of working – her models are now stripped down and enthused with everything the west has to offer (that was previously out of reach during her childhood). Simply put, the works exhibited on UpRaw are an important moment in this significant artist of the future.