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Is that an explosion, an implosion or an orgasm? Pixies bass-player Emma Richardson’s realm-leaping life in painting
Source: The Guardian · Published
Huge, ecstatic canvases are just one of the vocations of the musician who joined the art rockers in 2024. As her show Hotwire My Heart opens, she talks terror, awe and teabags Emma Richardson loves to eavesdrop when people look at her paintings and talk about what they see in them. “They turn into these Rorschach inkblot tests,” she grins. Looking at her works, you do stand back in awe wondering.…
Key points
- Huge, ecstatic canvases are just one of the vocations of the musician who joined the art rockers in 2024.
- As her show Hotwire My Heart opens, she talks terror, awe and teabags Emma Richardson loves to eavesdrop when people look at her paintings and talk about what they see in them.
- “They turn into these Rorschach inkblot tests,” she grins.
- Looking at her works, you do stand back in awe wondering.…
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