About the work
I read on google that Lovebirds die if they are kept alone, I am not sure if this is true but I like the idea of loving someone so much you die if you are not with them. How romantic. I originally painted only one bird, but then the other looked lost. So I painted another one on the same perch.
-Sophie Barber, 28th March 2022
About the artist
SOPHIE BARBER (b.1996, St Leonards-On-Sea) is a graduate from the University of Brighton’s BA (Hons) Fine Art Practice at Sussex Coast College Hastings, 2014-2017. Barber has had solo shows at Alison Jacques, London (2021), Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles (2021), Goldsmiths CCA, London (2020), and Project 78 Gallery, St Leonards-on-Sea (2018). Her work has been included in group shows at Lismore Castle, Ireland (2022); X Museum, Beijing (2021); La Maison de Rendez-vous, Brussels (2020); Flatland Projects, Hastings (2019); Phoenix Art Space, Brighton (2019); Niagara Falls Projects, Brighton (2019); Towner Gallery, Eastbourne (2018); and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea (2017).
Sophie Barber
Photo: Courtesy Alison Jacques, London
Photographer credit: Ben Urban
