Hugh Frost

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The Anchorites (Ongoing)

The Anchorites is a series of small paintings and figurative low reliefs, incorporating elements made or found and images imagined or appropriated over a period of 10 years. Composed in arrangements reminiscent of editorial design strategies, objects produced many years apart are inlaid side by side, formulating new relationships.

The series takes its name from the historical practice of ascetic Christains who would permanently wall themselves up in a small chamber within the structure of a chapel or church in order to better contemplate the divine free of distraction and temptation. Anchorites would spend the rest of their lives in these confined spaces, reliant on the local community for their basic needs and sometimes offering counsel and insight in return.