I am re igniting this blog, as I am off to Berlin next week for a few days. Partly because I am missing it so, partly to see if I can get some more concrete plans for an exhibition in the city.
I have been unable to leave the work on the large scale drawings alone. I have been trying to finally resolve other work started before the residency, primarily the doll work. But the drawings are progressing in strange and wonderful directions and it is very exiting.
I had a visit from some curators at my studio on Tuesday and they were very impressed with the increasing army of dolls marching across the studio floor, but they were also very exited by the large scale drawings. This was encouraging. I feel unable to gauge the success of this new departure in my work, so it is great to get some feedback on them.
I was sorting through my plans chest a couple of weeks ago and realised that these drawings are not just the product of the residency, but that I have been making drawings consistantly over the last 3 or 4 years. Not sculptors drawings, but first life drawings and then more abstract developments from the life drawings and sculptural works. Berlin just allowed the drawing to become the focus of all my creative thoughts, not just a contingent activity. It was a kind of release from more conceptually bounded work.
I have been made aware of what a time away from normal routine and environment can do for ones practice.
I am exited by the thought of going to Berlin, it will be strange to be there as a visiter again, just for a few days, not months. It will also be cold!
