- Venue
- Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery
- Starts
- Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- Ends
- Saturday, May 20, 2023
- Address
- 4 Brook St, St Paul's Square, Birmingham B3 1SA
- Location
- West Midlands
- Organiser
- Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Five, six, pick up sticks… is the body of work that emerged following Elena’s Arts Council funded project Drawing Songs, in which she explored the overlapping influences between her large abstract drawings and the sounds and music she creates and performs. Sticks were gathered from walks in Elena’s local park, handled, observed and drawn, in simple pen and ink on paper, and then developed using materials to hand in her studio.
Thinking around the themes of childhood, the nursery rhyme of the title came to mind. The sticks began to represent children. Through wrapping and stitching, thoughts surrounding child poverty are explored. This body of work sets to highlight this issue and to prompt conversations with visitors to the exhibition.
