GILL ROCCA
finding solutions to given problems.
I’m coming up with different solutions
in each of the works.”
For the Figment series, Gill’s main
challenge was simplification. This
feels fitting for someone working in
the most relaxing, zen-like studio one
could imagine. Gentle classical music
and burbling electronica soundtracks
her light, clean Peckham workspace,
while Marie Condo would approve of
all the neatly arranged boxes and
clutter-free work surfaces.
“Essentially I’m a minimalist,”
she says. “And I think that the way
that my work has developed is moving
closer to that again. When I’m working
on the paintings these days, I find
myself trying to get rid of things.
It’s sort of a paring down, striving
more for simplicity in the composition
and the form.”
That is reflected in the way the
paintings develop too. Right from the
very start, even as she applies theABOVE From
Nowhere III, oil on
canvas, 60x180cm
RIGHT Space III, oil
on wood, 30x30cm