Studio Visit…
I recently got the opportunity to visit artist, friend and collaborator, Rebecca Fortnum in her studio in south London. I love photographs of artists studios and this was no exception. Rebecca is working towards a forthcoming show at the Museum of Childhood, ‘Absurd Impositions’ 9th April - 4h September 2011. The show will be (and I quote…)
A selection of drawings by Rebecca Fortnum exploring the ways in which portraits evoke the imaginative life of children, as well as the power relations involved in looking.
‘Dream’, a series of small pencil drawings of children with their eyes closed, introduces the idea that a child’s imaginings are inaccessible to the viewer. Has the child deliberately blocked out the viewer’s gaze, or is the viewer being given the chance to look with impunity?
Alongside Dream, the large-scale drawings in the series ‘Imperative’ present a child’s gaze that is unflinching and empowering.
These are two of the images which may be on display. They are large pencil drawings (720 x 1000mm) beautifully made on watercolour paper and viewed through a curtain like vertical colour wash.
