Artist Talk: Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster

Friday 26 September 2025 | 18:00

£5.00 / £3.50 concessions (student/unwaged)

Join artists Laura Lancaster and Rachel Lancaster for an in-conversation about their work with National Portrait Gallery Curator Amy Emmerson Martin. Their Baltic exhibition Remember, Somewhere is the first major institutional showing of the two Hartlepool-born artists’ work displayed together. For this talk, they will be joined by National Portrait Gallery’s Contemporary Curator Amy Emmerson Martin to explore the distinct yet interconnected styles of both artists.

Laura’s paintings are inspired by found photographs, slides and films of strangers, sourced from online auction sites, flea markets, and junk shops. Through gestural, expressive paint application, she transforms these discarded memories into works that balance abstraction and figuration. Rachel, in contrast, paints fragments of cinematic imagery, often cropped from stills of 1980s and 1990s films. Focusing on intimate details, such as the nape of a neck or an arm resting on a cardigan, she creates a heightened sense of intimacy through the interplay of light, fabric, skin, hair, and pattern. Remember, Somewhere is a celebration of the everyday and the overlooked, evoking personal memory and collective consciousness, whilst also exploring each artist’s unique approach to their source material and painterly style.

Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.

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