5th December 2007
Space to Draw is a curated exhibition of works from a mixture of emerging and established artists with a previous relationship with Jerwood: Antony Gormley, Neville Gabie, Peter Randall-Page, Michael Shaw, Heather Deedman, Alison Gill and Paul McDevitt. Most of these artists are known for their sculpture or site-specific work and drawing is an essential part of their practice.
Space to Draw is the first in a series of conversations across the Jerwood Visual Arts disciplines. The Jerwood Visual Arts series encompasses sculpture, painting, drawing, photography, applied arts, and moving image in a regular series of awards, prizes, and exhibitions. Jerwood Visual Arts is involved in the questioning of the shifting and undefined lines between these disciplines.
“Having been invited by the Jerwood to consider the relationship between sculpture and drawing, we have deliberately selected work which represents a wide range of media including stone, steel, paper, plastic, wicker, film, animation and performance in order to exemplify how drawing can take place, not only on a two-dimensional plane, but also in a three-dimensional space.” Helen Waters, Co-curator, Space to Draw
Antony Gormley's Feeling material V uses wire to draw a figure within a three dimensional space. The wire forms a matrix of orbits around a void, the density of material surrounding that void describes the contours of a body. The viewer's ability to move around this three dimensional drawing is echoed in Michael Shaw's animations. Described as sculpted drawings, or virtual sculptures, Shaw's animations twist and turn on screen, so that the experience is of a three dimensional object in two dimensions.
Drawing is a major part of the practice of each of the artists within the exhibition, as preparation, as design, or as a separate body of work that informs their sculpture. Paul McDevitt is known for his drawing and has recently started making sculpture. His giant wicker sculptures appear, as with Antony Gormley's, to be drawings in a three dimensional space.
Space to Draw is at the Jerwood Space from 17 January - 10 February 2008. Exhibition events will be held every Monday evening during the exhibition.
Jerwood Space 171 Union Street, London SE1 0LN (Nearest tube: Southwark/ Borough/ Bank) Tel: 020 7654 0171, Monday - Friday, 10am - 5pm, Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 3pm, Admission Free.
