“Ɖ Naśnl Gaḷri seḷbrets ɖ rtrn v Magi Hamblñ, its frst Artist in Rezidns.
Wn v Britn’z most significnt n contṛvrśl pentrz n sculptrz, Magi Hamblñ xibits a ny siriz v dṛmatic pentñz, ẃć hv nvr bn sīn in public bfr.
Okpayñ Rūm 1, Hamblñ’z et wrcs r vast, intns n eṇjetic, meẓ́rñ ovr six bî sevn fīt, wɖ anɖr nînʈ, smōlr canvs ɖt wz pṛdyst in rspons t ɖ deʈ v Emi Wînhǎs in 2011.
Ʈru trbyḷns n xubṛnt culr, Hamblñ cntinyz t afrm pentñ’z imījsi, seyñ “Ɖ crūśl ʈñ ɖt onli pentñ cn d z t mc y fīl az f y’r ɖr ẃl it’s biyñ crietd – az f it’s haṗnñ in frunt v y”.
Inspîrd bî Hamblñ’z xpirịns v jîgantic wevz craśñ ontu ɖ sìwōl at Sǎʈwold, Suf̣c – ɖ cǎnti ẃr ś wz born, stl livz n ẃć hz ofn inspîrd hr wrc – ɖ wrcs ofr vizitrz a cntmprri paṛlel t ɖ sìsceps bî Nōwījn artist Pedr Balca cncuṛntli dspleid in ɖ Sunli Rūm.
Magi Hamblñ z reprizntd in ol mejr Britiś c’lẋnz, fṛm ɖ Britiś Myziym t Têt. Hr sculpćr Scaḷp (2003) z prmnntli saitd on ɖ bīć at Ōldbra, Suf̣c, az a monymnt t cmpozr Benɉmin Britn. In 2013 ś wz ɖ subjict v a solo preznteśn at ɖ Stet Hrṃtij Myziym, St Pītrzbrg; n hr aclemd siriz Norʈsì Pentñz, bgun in 2002, wz most rīsntli sīn in Magi Hamblñ: Ɖ Wev at ɖ Fitswiłm Myziym, Cembrij (2010).”
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Đ ICOṆMIST, 26 Nvmbr 2014
Ben Lūc, Đ LUNDN ĪVNÑSTANDD, 26 Nvmbr 2014
Aḷster Smart, Đ TEḶGRAF, 24 Nvmbr 2014
Marc Brǎn, Đ GARDỊN, 23 Nvmbr 2014
Wiłm Cc, BBC ARTS, undetd
