Fran Norton Residency
During the Easter Holiday artist Fran Norton was invited to have a residency in the Centre for Drawing at the Wimbledon College of Art, London. Fran’s work has a
Author: Jez Pigott
Exhibition
As part of the Oxford Art Weeks I was invited to exhibit some of my woodland drawings at the newly built Woodland Centre based in Little Wittenham, Oxford. I had
Exhibition: Alexander McQueen – Savage Beauty
Having heard a lot of good things about the new Alexander McQueen show at the V&A over the past few weeks. I decided to go and see it for myself.
sleeping lines
Observational sketches of my cat. My eventual aim for these sketches would be to simplify the lines, as I feel it has a much more powerful resonance when drawing in
headless
A sketch of headless dancers, connecting through shape and line marks
Line fall
Using a variety and long lines to create a shifting one direction fall of lines
Memory and Imagination
During the times when I’m travelling in cars on buses, and trains, I enjoy accumulating sketches of momentary memories I glean from looking out of the windows as the
‘Life lines’
To test a pen on a new page, a throw away mark repeated again and again, becoming a vast sea of lines, filled with the motion and
cornucopia
Drawing from memory, I pass by these by on a regular basis and really enjoy the cup-like shape of the plant.
Travel Spaces
Travelling and drawing, slipping the lines in between and over the seconds as they go by.
Fran Norton Showcase
Frans work is concerned with the home and what it represents for both her and her family/friends/people renting spaces/musicians etc. The home for Fran represents a very maternally nurturing and
Hanging from a Thread
Fine line drawings using the shape and motion of a harvestman spider.
The National Gallery
For the final part to our workshop at the National Gallery, we held an exhibition in the Drawing room inside the National Gallery. We had each made our own responses
Ines Workshop
ines_workshop For Ines’ workshop first we were given an object and asked to write down any words we would use to describe it. we were then instructed to wear
In preparation for the upcoming ‘just for day show at the National Gallery I made many studies of my hands in order to help me understand the mechanics of
Exhibition: Sarah Sze, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Sarah Sze’s exhibition at Victoria Miro spans all three spaces. This is the artist’s third solo show with the gallery and her first presentation in Europe since representing
Exhibition: Interactions of the Abstract Body
As part of the ongoing exhibition ‘The adventures of the Black Square’ at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. There was an evening performance of Josiah McElheny’ ‘Interactions of the Abstract
magnetic drawings
Shortly after making drawings using a hair brush and a comb I decided I wanted to start working with magnets to make my drawings led by other forces other than
Websites for Exhibitions attended
Holly Birtles ‘Dr Feel Bad’ http://www.hollybirtles.com/ Saad Quireshi ‘ Congregation’ http://www.saadqureshi.com Emily Motto ‘ New Contemporaries’ http://www.emilymotto.com/ Matthew Barney ‘ Crown Zinc’ http://www.cremaster.net/# Henry Hussey ‘ New Contemporaries’ http://henryhussey.co.uk/ Tania Kovats – ‘Oceans’ www.hestercombe.com