Close Drawn Portraits, The Ladies Who Knit for Peace, The Drawing Room

Voorsanger, Jessica (2018) Close Drawn Portraits, The Ladies Who Knit for Peace, The Drawing Room. [Drawing, Exhibition/show, Performance]

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Ladies Who Knit - Jessica Voorsanger

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Creators:

Voorsanger, Jessica

Description/Abstract:

I was commissioned to create a series of portraits for a portraiture (from life) survey exhibition called 'Close drawn Portraits' at the Drawing Room, London. For the exhibition I created a series of portraits of older women who were in a group who 'knit for peace'. I also made portraits of their favourite artists to link it to my current research of creating portraits of inspiring artists (in oil and watercolour). Some of the other people in the exhibition were Barbara Hepworth, Pablo Picasso and David Hockney amongst others. I was also asked to create a performance where I created watercolours of visitors to the exhibition. A very interesting dynamic is creating when making portraits as you have to engage with the subject, the subject matter and the final work all while creating an engagement with the sitter to enable them to be comfortable in an uncomfortable situation. Very few people experience the kind of scrutiny that is experienced while sitting for a portrait.

Item Type:

Art/Design Item

Date:

22 November 2018

Jessica Voorsanger

Material:

watercolour, ink, paper

Measurements or Duration:

210 x 150 mm each (12 drawings shown as a grid on a plinth)

Funders:

Arts Council England, Tavolozza Foundation

Locations / Venues:

Location

From Date

To Date

The Drawing Room, London, UK

22 November 2018

3 February 2019

Projects or Series:

Watercolour Portraits

Additional Information:

The other artists in the exhibition were: Mounira Al Solh, Frank Auerbach, Paul Cézanne, Virginia Chihota, Lucian Freud, Dryden Goodwin, Barbara Hepworth, David Hockney, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Horst Janssen, Claudette Johnson, Michael Landy, Maria Lassnig, Joyce Pensato, Deanna Petherbridge, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Paula Rego, Nicola Tyson, Jessica Voorsanger and Clifton Wright.

Uncontrolled Keywords or tags :

drawing, portrait, performance, commission, historical, peace, watercolour, catalogue

Schools:

School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography

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