Over the past 25 years, married artists Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar have adopted a makeshift life, navigating many cultures and environments as they pursue their artistic endeavours. Along with their two kids, they have travelled from London to the Seychelles, Paris, Oxford, Northern California, Cape Town, Botswana, Nicaragua, and Mexico on their artistic journey. They frequently travel through Southern Africa in a tent on top of a Land Rover.
They’ve each made thousands of artworks over this time. Lisa’s are tiny – miniature worlds in sculpture boxes called Glass Cathedrals. They often capture just one person’s single moment, on this planet of billions. By contrast, Ralph’s composited paintings are large in scale and ambition, aiming to encapsulate world-changing events, and the mood of the times.
Joined by their daughter, Mila Lazar, a Fine Art Painting student at Camberwell, this exhibition brings together for the first time an account of their life lived as artists, and the bountiful art that marks the trail they’ve left in their wake.A proportion of sales will be donated to AT The Bus, the school-based programme of art as therapy for young people in Oxford and London.
The North Wall Arts Centre will feature artwork by Lisa Swerling, Ralph Lazar, and Mila Lazar from 23 October-9 November. For more information about the exhibition, visit: https://www.thenorthwall.com/whats-on/makeshift-the-art-of-lisa-swerling-and-ralph-lazar/
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