The exhibition I went to see in Settle was 'Translating the Body', curated by an artist's life model, Sue Vickerman ('Suki'). Here she has turned convention on its head, showing works created in modelling sessions she has had with various artists. In some cases she has taken photos or amended the artworks, taking control of and questioning the power dynamic between artist and model.
I can't say I liked most of the work but I did find it interesting - and I did like the wire sculptures by Judith Glynn.
The exhibition was paired, in a rather inspired way, with one called 'Land and Light', monochrome Yorkshire landscapes by Elizabeth Smith. Chalk and charcoal lines and smudges, powerful though minimal, evoked the hills and moors and the movement of light across the landscape. I did like these, very much. You could not help but see parallels with the lines, shapes and shadows of the nude human body, exemplified in the other displays.
Monochrome does show textures and forms in different ways, light becoming the deciding factor...so the interesting wire sculptures with their shadows do complement the drawings.
ReplyDeleteVery nice use of figure studies!
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