Kim Poor

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Kim Poor
A photo of Brazilian artist Kim Poor
Brazilian artist Kim Poor
Born
Elizabeth Kimball de Albuquerque Poor
NationalityBrazilian
EducationParsons School of Design
Skidmore College
Central School of Art and Design
Known forFine Art
Jewellery Design
MovementDiaphanism
Websitekimpoor.com

Elizabeth Kimball de Albuquerque Poor is a Brazilian artist.

Biography[]

Kim Poor first exhibited at the age of 12. At 17 she left Brazil to study Fine Arts at the Parsons School of Design in New York City with Larry Rivers and at Skidmore College in upstate New York where she developed a new technique in painting with ground glass on steel.[1] In 1982 she enrolled at the Central School of Art and Design in London to pursue her interests in printmaking with Norman Ackroyd R.A.

Her own style and technique of painting uses powdered glass fused on steel and is known as “Diaphanism”.[2]

When writing about Poor's 1997 work "What the Jaguar Saw", art critic Edward Lucie-Smith said; "Jaguars play a major role in the mythology of the Amazonian Indians. The Brazilian artist Kim Poor, working with a demanding technique in which tiny specks of pure pigment are fused onto a metal surface, here gives the beast a godlike presence."[3] With further reference to the technique, this time in relation to Poor's 1997 work "Macaw and the Moon", he comments, "This is a painting in enamel on metal. The technique the artist uses seems wonderfully well-suited to the mystical atmosphere she wants to evoke, since it allows her to create both the intense colors of the bird in the foreground and the ethereal quality of the figure symbolizing the moon in the background."[4]

Kim was married for 26 years (1981-2007) to British musician Steve Hackett. Her artwork for his first album Voyage of the Acolyte won Album Cover of the Year for 1976.

References[]

  1. ^ "About - Kim Poor". Kim Poor's Official Website. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Diaphanism". Kim Poor's Official Website. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  3. ^ Lucie-Smith, Edward (1998). "In The Jungle". Zoo. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 22. ISBN 0-8230-5981-2.
  4. ^ Lucie-Smith, Edward (1998). "Creatures Of The Air". Zoo. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 147. ISBN 0-8230-5981-2.

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