‘Who is the woman in Eileen Cooper’s paintings? The question takes one to the core of her art. She is almost always there, firmly outlined, naked, universalised, like Eve in a Romanesque fresco. … In paintings eminating from some other time or place, the obvious conclusion would be that she is a goddess or heroine of myth. But these are images made in South London in the 1990s – a myth‑free zone, you might well think – so that can’t be right.’
Martin Gayford, Eileen Cooper: Open Secrets, catalogue, Art First Contemporary Art, London, 1998.
01 of 10
- 1993 Thin Ice oil on canvas three panels each 175 x 91 cm
- 1992 Boy with Bird conté and charcoal on paper 118 x 79 cm
- 1992 Woman Rebuilding Herself IV charcoal on paper 66 x 42 cm
- 1991 Boys and Tiger oil on canvas 137 x 122 cm
- 1991 Choices charcoal on paper 152 x 113 cm
- 1991 Haunted pastel and charcoal on paper 139 x 94 cm
- 1991 Play Dead oil on canvas 152 x 168 cm
- 1991 Untitled charcoal on paper 152 x 57 cm
- 1991 Which What Why oil on canvas 122 x 122 cm
- 1991 Woman Surprised by a Young Boy oil on canvas 152 x 137 cm
