Sarah Dudley

EDITIONS // DARK MATTER PRINTS
Dark Matter prints and sculptures, installation view
 Für den Text auf Deutsch bitte hier klicken. Each of the seven sculptures in this series is a stage in the process of breaking and then healing the heart. 

The title “Dark Matter” makes a connection between the astrophysical phenomena and human emotions. Dark matter can’t be measured, seen, or touched; we only can infer its existence based on the gravitational effect it exerts on other astral bodies.

I see emotions in a similar way: we feel them, but they remain intangible; we only know of an emotion’s presence because of the physiological and mental effects it creates in us.
These archival pigment prints (Giclée) are made with lightfast inks and printed on heavyweight Hahnemühle photo paper. Each print is hand-signed and numbered, and mounted in museum mat board cut to fit a 40 cm / 16" frame. 

Edition sizes are strictly limited to 20 impressions per image.

Dark Matter, phase 1 (irrepressible)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 1 (irrepressible)


Archival Pigment Print 
in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


Phase 1 is the heart in its full glory, pulsing and glowing with life, love, and vitality. The reds are saturated and rich, like strong, healthy blood.


Dark Matter, phase 2 (vulnerable)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 2 (vulnerable)


Archival Pigment Print 
in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


In phase 2, the cold blues creep across the surface, tempering the heart’s strength. Just like a lava flow, as the heart cools it first turns bluish grey and eventually goes black.
Dark Matter, phase 3 (weakening)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 3 (weakening)


Archival Pigment Print in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


In phase 3,  the heart has been enveloped. The soft blue tones distract you from what’s actually happening inside. As the outer crust thickens, the heart at the core is compressed and cut off from the outside world.



Dark Matter, phase 4 (veiled)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 4 (veiled)


Archival Pigment Print in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


As the phases progress, the sculptures blacken and the crust thickens. The subtitle “veiled” gives you a sense of the growing darkness. You can still see a few hints of the colour, of the life-force being compressed within.
Dark Matter, phase 5 (impenetrable)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 5 (impenetrable)


Archival Pigment Print in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


Phase 5 is the blackest darkness, the deepest isolation in utter silence. But although it does represent “rock bottom”, that’s also the most encouraging thing about it. The only way to go from here is up.



Dark Matter, phase 6 (emerging)
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 6 (emerging)


Archival Pigment Print in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


Phase 6 is the most exciting of them all because you can see the first signs of the transformed heart emerging from her cocoon. Glowing reds and pinks shine through the cracks in the outer shell and the restricting sphere shape begins to soften.
Dark Matter, phase  (uncontainable)
front view
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 7 (uncontainable)

(front view)

Archival Pigment Print in museum mat board
40 x 40 cm
2024


This sculpture is the final phase, entitled “uncontainable”. It shows the heart having bursting through the thick, black crust that had encased it for so long.



Dark Matter, phase  (uncontainable)
side view
Archival pigment print
40 x 40 cm
2024

Dark Matter
phase 7 (uncontainable)

(side view)

EDITIONS // EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPES ARTIST BOOK
Emotional Landscapes
Artist book on stainless steel
14.5 x 17 x 7 cm
2014
Emotional Landscapes
Artist book on stainless steel
14.5 x 17 x 7 cm
2014
 Für den Text auf Deutsch bitte hier klicken. Hand-printed lithography, magnets and handwriting on stainless steel
Edition: 4
14.5 x 17 x 7 cm
2014This artist’s book combines semi-abstract images and text to explore family dynamics through personal experience. The work reflects on the different ways we respond to hardship and expresses gratitude for the strength and resilience that can emerge from difficult experiences.
Emotional Landscapes, reverse side

Emotional Landscapes, page 1
Emotional Landscapes, pages 2-3

Emotional Landscapes, pages 4-5
Emotional Landscapes, pages 4-5, reverse side

Emotional Landscapes, pages 6-7



Emotional Landscapes, pages 8-9

Emotional Landscapes, pages 8-9, reverse side
Emotional Landscapes, pages 10-11

Emotional Landscapes, pages 12-13

EDITIONS // LITHOGRAPHS

 Limited edition lithography, drawn and hand-printed by the artist.
Steindrucke, von der Künstlerin gezeichnet und per Hand gedruckt.
Depth

1-colour lithograph
Unique
56 x 76 cm
2010
Depth II

1-colour lithograph
Unique
56 x 76 cm
2010

Squash

1-colour lithograph
Edition: 4+1
56 cm x 76 cm
2013
The Source

5-colour lithograph
Edition: 10+1
78 cm x 106 cm
2014


Saucerful of Secrets I

2-colour lithograph with hand drawing in coloured pencil
Unique
14 x 19 cm
2014
Saucerful of Secrets II

2-colour lithograph with hand drawing in coloured pencil
Unique
14 x 19 cm
2014


Saucerful of Secrets III

2-colour lithograph with hand drawing in coloured pencil
Unique
14 x 19 cm
2014
Saucerful of Secrets IV

2-colour lithograph with hand drawing in coloured pencil
Unique
14 x 19 cm
2014


Saucerful of Secrets V

2-colour lithograph with hand drawing in coloured pencil
Unique
14 x 19 cm
2014

Self-portrait: Saffron Robes

5-colour lithograph on Kinwashi Japanese paper
Edition: 8+1
76 cm x 50 cm
2013
Self-portrait: Spirituality

6-colour lithograph on Kitakata Japanese paper
Edition: 7+1
76 cm x 50 cm
2013
Self-portrait: Chrysalis

2-colour lithograph on French cotton rag paper
Edition: 8+1
76 cm x 50 cm
2013


In the beginning

1-colour lithograph with collage on Kozo Japanese paper
Edition: 4+1
83 cm x 50 cm
2013
FORBIDDEN FRUIT SERIES

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