Continuing the cultural theme of last week, when readers were treated to some excellent works by members of the Law Society’s art group, Obiter brings you the latest offering from professional artists at London firm Collyer Bristow’s very own gallery. And Obiter may be biased, but we think the lawyers did a lot better.
According to the press release, the latest exhibition, entitled ‘Line Journeys’, ‘moves from performance through to sculptural objects using mark-making and drawing as a conduit and sees the line or the mark as a journey from one idea to another, encompassing a moment’. Get away! Obiter, clearly a philistine, thought ‘mark-marking’ is what they call it at nursery when toddlers mess around with felt tips and paints. And judging from some of the entries, perhaps that’s not far off the mark. The exhibition write-up explains that the show aims to explore the boundaries of what is considered to be a ‘drawing’. Obiter read on to learn something of the techniques used by the artists. Julie Brixey-Williams created her works called the ‘100 Breaths Series’ by breathing ink across the paper. Definitely did that one in junior school. Catherina Turk created ‘a site-specific installation’ by breaking up the floorboards – angry toddler who hasn’t had his nap? – then constructing ‘a number of taut brightly coloured strings’ that ‘disperse into the room’. The exhibition opened yesterday at the firm’s Bedford Row office and is open weekdays until May. Obiter will let readers decide for themselves which side of the ‘what is a drawing’ boundary they belong.
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