Jeerwood Drawing Prize
Paul Bradley
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Tokyo Underground Encrypted, 2013
Pencil and gouache, 82 x 62cm
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I
found this drawing interesting because compared to the rest of the more classic
drawings this one used colour and geometric shapes. The use of only the three
prime colours makes the drawing really bold and stand out, Because of this use
of colour I would say that one of Bradley's influences is Piet Mondrian as his
works are very similar with both the use of line and colour. The actual
Inspiration for the work is from a book called "Underground" by
Haruki Murakami. The book is about the gas attack on the Metropolitan subway in
Tokyo and includes interviews of the event from survivors. Bradley has then
taken this information and encrypted it into a sequence that you see in the
drawing in front of you. I really like the complexity of the idea behind the
work and the process it will have taken to get to the final outcome the way
that the it has then become this hidden code and the steps to get from one
to another is incredible. To me this work almost seem like a sheet of working
out to get to a final answer that is somewhere within it. I think that I will
take this idea of transformation to see if it will inspire my work.
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| remaining 2013 Coloured pencil paper and wood, 42 x 29cm |
Gary Colclough
I
have included this drawing because of the detail thats in it and the scale it's
so small, this is what makes it so good as its hard to do detail on such a
small scale. I think that the colour id really important the turquoise makes
the drawing allot softer and not standout. It's quite subtle, but is still
intense. The subject of the drawing is so normal and simplistic it makes the
picture more beautiful in a way, but it makes you wonder what is the point is
it, is it just a pretty picture. The drawing was actually from an abandoned
park and its inspired by the rotting of the landscape.
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solider 2013 Pastel, 157 x 152cm
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Justar Misdemeanor
This
drawing took my attention because other incredible use of tone within the drawing,
I think the way that the material is drawn and the contrast between the tones
are what make this. I also think the way that the background is blank is important;
it makes you concentrate solely on the figure. This drawing makes the solider
look vulnerable and scared whereas they are usually portrayed as strong and
heroic. This it more of the reality rather than what they see on the recruitment
posters.
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| heads will turn 2012 Graphite and pencil on paper 50 x 65cm |
Jonny Shaw
This
drawing it so realistic it actually looks like a photo it's so realistic. I
find it really interesting that the drawing is only a section of the face; it
makes me wonder why it isn't there. Shaw is inspired by the changing of the
face through relationships and time. I think that the use of tone in this was
again incredible and it catches the tension in the face, there is such a
feeling in the drawing.
Micheal
Landy
National Portrait Gallery
Micheal
Landy
Michael Landy- Michael Landy
2008
2008
This
drawing is part of a series of works of sitters from around the world, most of
them young artists. This one is a self portrait of the artist himself; Landy
drew someone else each day as a rule to the series. I think that this is effective
in the way that it creates a large body of work, but also in the fact you will
be able to see an obvious improvement in the drawings as they go along. I think
that this drawing is quite awkward because it isn't in the middle of the page
it is off centered and also it is only the face on the page, it isn't pinned
down by another body part. I really like the faintness of the pencil it makes
you looks harder into the drawing.
