Drawing 'Tarpaulin I' (Amélie Scotta)
Drawing: colored pencil on paper
Title: Tarpaulin I, 2022
Artist: Amélie Scotta (1983)
Amélie Scotta currently focuses on the city under construction.
The artist herself:
"I draw the ephemeral installations that we don't look at, such as tarpaulins, scaffolding and excavations. These structures, reminiscent of skeletons or skin, speak to me of the city as a living organism, in perpetual mutation.
'Tarpaulin I' depicts a tarpaulin draped over a building. This plastic material also evokes facades, illusion, covering and concealment. I like the contrast between the simplicity and fragility of my drawing materials and the powerful, even overwhelming architectures that I depict."
You can see more of her work on her website:
Instead of a person, I have included the skirting board in the photo as a scale of size.
Museum MORE, Gorssel, The Netherlands, had last year an interesting exhibition called 'Size Matters | Monumental Drawings', where you could see dozens of large-scale and imposing drawings. All these works of art measure at least 2 meters in height of width, larger than most people themselves.
I visited this exhibition, just a day before it ended and was quite impressed. I will show you a few works. Enjoy ;-))
Drawing 'Tarpaulin I' (Amélie Scotta)
Drawing: colored pencil on paper
Title: Tarpaulin I, 2022
Artist: Amélie Scotta (1983)
Amélie Scotta currently focuses on the city under construction.
The artist herself:
"I draw the ephemeral installations that we don't look at, such as tarpaulins, scaffolding and excavations. These structures, reminiscent of skeletons or skin, speak to me of the city as a living organism, in perpetual mutation.
'Tarpaulin I' depicts a tarpaulin draped over a building. This plastic material also evokes facades, illusion, covering and concealment. I like the contrast between the simplicity and fragility of my drawing materials and the powerful, even overwhelming architectures that I depict."
You can see more of her work on her website:
Instead of a person, I have included the skirting board in the photo as a scale of size.
Museum MORE, Gorssel, The Netherlands, had last year an interesting exhibition called 'Size Matters | Monumental Drawings', where you could see dozens of large-scale and imposing drawings. All these works of art measure at least 2 meters in height of width, larger than most people themselves.
I visited this exhibition, just a day before it ended and was quite impressed. I will show you a few works. Enjoy ;-))