Tutu drawings

by PaulAugust 15, 2014August 26, 2014

There’s a common custom in Berlin, to leave unwanted items that might be useful to other people, in a cardboard box outside your house. In this way I acquired a child’s tutu dress.

The exhibition ‘A slice of life’ at Franfrantou focused on ideas of mortality. As the drawings float and dance they conjure feelings of life and energy.

The artwork comprises of drawings in oil pastel on two different types of paper, one is glued to cardboard while the other floats freely, with cut-out drawing glued to it.

Plastic bag and leaf drawings.

by PaulAugust 14, 2014November 27, 2014

Oil pastel on paper on cardboard.When I see nature I like, I sometimes put it in a plastic bag and take it home. That’s a typical modern experience of nature.

This composite drawing compromises of studies of various types of leaves found in Berlin and a blue plastic bag, used to collect the leaves.The final piece of work is displayed using pieces of cardboard to hold the drawings out, away from the wall.

The leaves were created from drawings on coloured paper, which were then cutaway to reveal different coloured paper behind.

Blue plastic bag and leaves, Oil pastel on paper. — Blue plastic bag and leaves.

Knife rain drawings in Berlin.

by PaulAugust 12, 2014August 26, 2014

These are drawings of 9 different knives in 6 different colours.

The knives were drawn turning to produce drawings from different angles. The drawings were cut-out on cardboard and secured to the wall to create a rain of knives, albeit made beautiful by a rainbow of colour.

Knife rain drawings @ Franfrantou — Knife rain.

Berlin consumer objects @ Bartleby, Berlin

by PaulAugust 9, 2014September 25, 2014

8th – 15th August 2014. Bartleby & co. Boppstr. 2, 10967, Berlin.

Artwork on show:

Eine flasche wasser bitte. A bottle of water, please. — Eine flasche wasser bitte. (A bottle of water, please.)

Exhibition statement

In Berlin I’ve been drawing objects with relevance to my experience of living here for the past 7 weeks.
The heat and humidity of the German summer has meant I’ve carried water with me. This is a learnt behaviour from living in London, where we’re regularly reminded to take water with us on the ‘tube’.
In Berlin I’ve made many drawings of the type of bottle I’ve carried with me; sometimes blue from the coloured plastic, at other times black and white from the bottle’s iconic shape. My German language skills are still very limited, “Eine flasche wasser, bitte” is a phrase I’ve regularly used around town.

Berlin’s Bauhaus stores are a cheap and enjoyable place to browse. For a few euros I’ve picked up items like these gloves, which are capable of expression and communication through the way the fingers are arranged. Russia and a luxurious golden pattern; what are they trying to say?

Midas touch

by PaulAugust 7, 2014November 27, 2014

These drawings of a women’s gardening glove, were part of an exhibition at Bartleby in Berlin, Germany.

This pair of gloves were bought from a Bauhaus hardware store in Berlin.

I cut away parts of the drawings to reveal the coloured and patterned paper underneath.

This is not the first time I’ve drawn gloves.

Kid gloves

by PaulAugust 7, 2014September 25, 2014

This work featured in the Bartleby exhibition in Berlin.

The drawings are of a pair of gardening gloves, bought from a Berlin hardware store (Bauhaus). 3 different types of paper were used in it’s creation. One is patterned with Russian dolls (Matryoshka).

The title “Kid gloves” is a reference to the situation in Ukraine and Europe’s approach to Russia and it’s involvement in the conflict there and its annexation of Crimea.

A second pair of gloves were also studied to produce a third piece of work at the exhibition.