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Leonora Oppenheim

design, play, participate

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    • Magic Pathfinder
    • History Project
    • The Great Recovery
    • Project Wild Thing
    • The Additive Toolbox
    • Sightlines Exhibition
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my work translates complex information into meaningful narratives for people in their everyday lives

 

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A dawn rave with the field spirits, who were out t A dawn rave with the field spirits, who were out to play a few weeks ago. June 2021. Been talking to the wonderful @cerihand today about the work I’ve been making over the last year or so. She’s helped me so much with clarifying my direction and with the articulation of my practice. I’m lucky to have such an enthusiast on my team. Feels exciting! Thanks Ceri for all your support 🙏💙 #syntheticafterlife #embodiedpractice #somerset
The state of the world has got me screaming into t The state of the world has got me screaming into the daisies and then needing a good lie down. The ocean is on fire FFS! But still, I’m grateful for making another trip around the sun. Getting older is both scary as shit and a great privilege, especially after the craziness of this past year. Damn, I’m glad to be alive. Here’s to 44! Sending love and screaming daisies on this 4th of July 🌞💫😝💛🌼🎉🦀
An injection of sunshine, floating through the fie An injection of sunshine, floating through the field. Just gonna leave this here for you, for whenever you need a booster shot 🌞💉 #syntheticafterlife #embodiedpractice #somerset
Welcoming the day with pageantry - dancing as the Welcoming the day with pageantry - dancing as the sun comes up. Some treasures from this morning’s dawn adventure. Felt compelled to capture the rays while they make a brief appearance. #whenthespiritmovesyou #moveyourfeet #embodiedpractice #somerset
“For many years, one of the barriers to me makin “For many years, one of the barriers to me making art was the perception that to be an artist is to be selfish. Such a negative thing to be, I was always taught. As I now commit more fully to my art, I see more and more what kind of selfishness it requires. Long days alone, thinking and making. Turning down invitations. Being more antisocial than a human should be. As someone who has spent most of my life surrounded by people, in shared housing and shared studios, this pandemic isolation has come as a bit of a shock. But it has also come with a true revelation. Now that I live on my own and work on my own, funnily enough, my art practice is flourishing.” . . . I wrote about the need to find a balance of generosity and selfishness as an artist. With thanks to @robert.poynton for inspiring me with the word ‘bondadoso’ - one of those wonderful untranslatable words that roughly means loving generous abundance in Spanish. You can read the full essay, featuring Martin Buber, Zadie Smith, Virginia Woolf, Barbara Hepworth, and many other art monsters 👹, over on @medium https://leonora-o.medium.com #bondadoso #generosity #selfishness #womenartists #artmonster #iandthou #purpleiris
‘It was electric’, watercolour on paper, June ‘It was electric’, watercolour on paper, June 2021. Hey, lovely ones, this is the third edition of my art gifting experiment through my monthly newsletter. Thanks to everyone who put their names in the draw last month and to those who bought a print. It was a joy to see you all in my inbox 😀👋 I’m sending this month’s newsletter out tomorrow, Saturday. You can sign up at the link in my bio to enter this month’s draw to win ‘It was electric’ and/or buy a limited edition print☝️☝️☝️#LEOonpaper #watercolour #drawing #colourstudy #electricvibes #thisisagift
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