Last week I spent a day drawing. All of it went in the bin except for the last drawing which took me just five minutes. However, yesterday I went to a great drawing exhibition which has renewed my enthusiasm.
The exhibition, “Drawing: Sculpture” is on at the Drawing Room in SE1. It explores the relationship between drawing and sculpture which is one of my key interests. It moves away from being about ‘drawing in space’ to a matter of material concern where drawing happens within the sculpture.
As a sculptor I am excited by the substance of the drawing material and the texture of the virtual space. The exhibition, which featured artists including Anna Barriball, Alice Channer and Dan Shaw-Town, showed work using a range of materials beyond the traditional drawing media. It showed how substances like graphite and charcoal can be used in surprising ways.
Much has been written about the relationship between drawing and sculpture. For me, drawing with materials is an activity that happens either in two or three dimensions and has an eye to composition of form, texture and balance.
The exhibition both confirmed my thoughts and provided added inspiration.
