{"product_id":"lydia-pettit-a-persistent-gaze","title":"248. Lydia Pettit - A Persistent Gaze","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on wood panel\u003cbr\u003e20 x 20 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLydia Pettit (b. 1991) is an artist from Baltimore, USA, living and working in London. Pettit’s work explores the experience of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the politics of the body, using self-portraiture as a means of processing and communication. Across painting, sculpture, performance, and film, she examines the body as both host to trauma and battleground — caught between recovery and regression, tenderness and violence, desire and fear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the visual language of horror cinema, Pettit uses recurring characters and personas as avatars for different psychological states: anger appears as a slasher figure, fear as the vulnerable victim, and desire as a feral, unruly presence. These theatrical and often darkly comic works confront viewers with the realities of trauma, mental illness, sexual violence, and bodily autonomy, while questioning wider cultural attitudes towards women’s experiences of abuse and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePettit completed a BFA in Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore (2010–2014), before undertaking an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London (2018–2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eE.M.D.R.\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Judin, Berlin (2025); \u003cem\u003eBitches in Heat\u003c\/em\u003e at Guts Gallery, London (2024); \u003cem\u003eProphetic Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e at Kutlesa Gallery, Goldau (2024); \u003cem\u003eThe Arcadian Dream\u003c\/em\u003e at Spurs Gallery, Beijing (2024); \u003cem\u003eSirani\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Judin, Berlin (2023); \u003cem\u003eLOOKING LIKE FIRE\u003c\/em\u003e at Sim Smith, London (2023); \u003cem\u003eI KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER\u003c\/em\u003e at Dinner Gallery, New York (2023); \u003cem\u003eIn Your Anger, I See Fear\u003c\/em\u003e at Galerie Judin, Berlin (2023); \u003cem\u003eGIALLO!\u003c\/em\u003e at Trafalgar Avenue, London (2022); and \u003cem\u003eIntroductions: Lydia Pettit\u003c\/em\u003e at White Cube, London (2022).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"UK insurance +£15","offer_id":57733115969910,"sku":null,"price":2515.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Europe insurance +£25","offer_id":57987713401206,"sku":null,"price":2525.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Rest of World insurance +£35","offer_id":57987713433974,"sku":null,"price":2535.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork248.jpg?v=1776950005","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/lydia-pettit-a-persistent-gaze","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}