Saturday, 31 January 2009
The Sky is Always Blue, the Grass is Always Green
My exhibition The Sky is Always Blue, the Grass is Always Green, for SHOWFLAT is open until the 15th February 2009. The exhibition includes my archive of Matchbox Rizla Drawings, available to visitors to open and view. The Balaclava Women portraits are displayed in the bedroom. There are two installations of collage drawings: in the bathroom Pie Napkins - Epidemic; in the kitchen Pie Napkins - Crisis/More. And as you arrive, there is the Hall of Suffragettes (and others). To make an appointment to view the work please email info@showflat.org, or contact me at gailburton2@hotmail.com. Alternatively, see my blog below for a sample of the work. The SHOWFLAT news page has more photos from the exhibition and flat party, taken by Jamie Archer, who took many of the photos shown here.
Balaclava Women
Collection of drawings, titled Balaclava Women, installed in the bedroom.
Includes portraits of women wearing balaclavas and hats, and portraits of Hiba Daraghmeh and Hanadi Jaradat, suicide bombers.
Each drawing is in pencil on 'rips' cigarette paper, framed.
Includes portraits of women wearing balaclavas and hats, and portraits of Hiba Daraghmeh and Hanadi Jaradat, suicide bombers.
Each drawing is in pencil on 'rips' cigarette paper, framed.
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Hanadi Jaradat, Suicide Bomber
Hanadi Jaradat, Suicide Bomber, pencil on Rips cigarette paper, framed.
Hiba Daraghmeh, Suicide Bomber
Hiba Daraghmeh, Suicide Bomber, pencil on Rips cigarette paper, framed.
Matchbox Rizla Archive
The Archive of Matchbox Rizla Drawings, installed in the bedroom.
Each used matchbox contains a drawing on a rizla, folded. Drawings are in pencil and coloured pencil, on various weights of rizla papers. There are fifty in total.
Each used matchbox contains a drawing on a rizla, folded. Drawings are in pencil and coloured pencil, on various weights of rizla papers. There are fifty in total.
Pie Napkins - Crisis/More
Installation in the kitchen, titled Pie Napkins - Crisis/More.
Paper napkins, collage, herbal tea, coffee, ink, pen, wool and pegs.
Paper napkins, collage, herbal tea, coffee, ink, pen, wool and pegs.
Pie Napkin - Crisis/More details
Details of Pie Napkin - Crisis/More installation in the kitchen, for Showflat
Suffragette Hall
Hall of Suffragettes (and others) Portraits.
Looking down the hall away from the front door towards the end of the corridor:
On the left - Sylvia Pankhurst (blue), Emily Davison (x2).
On the right - Sylvia Pankhurst, Josephine Butler.
At the end - Josephine Butler.
All drawings are in pencil or coloured pencil on paper, framed.
Looking down the hall away from the front door towards the end of the corridor:
On the left - Sylvia Pankhurst (blue), Emily Davison (x2).
On the right - Sylvia Pankhurst, Josephine Butler.
At the end - Josephine Butler.
All drawings are in pencil or coloured pencil on paper, framed.
Hallway Portraits
Hallway installation of Portraits.
Looking back from the end of the corridor towards the front door:
Above the door - Hiba Daraghmeh, Suicide Bomber, Portrait.
Around the corner of the hall, at the very end of the corridor, by the bathroom:
Divine Portrait.
Looking back from the end of the corridor towards the front door:
Above the door - Hiba Daraghmeh, Suicide Bomber, Portrait.
Around the corner of the hall, at the very end of the corridor, by the bathroom:
Divine Portrait.
Josephine Butler Portrait
Josephine Butler Portrait, coloured pencil on paper, framed.
Part of the installation of portraits in the hallway, for Showflat.
Sylvia Pankhurst Portrait
Detail of hallway installation, Hall of Suffragettes.
Sylvia Pankhurst Portrait, coloured pencil on paper, framed.
Josephine Butler Portrait and Sylvia Pankhurst portrait
Detail of Hall of Suffragettes installation.
Josephine Butler Portrait, pencil on paper, framed.
Sylvia Pankhurst Portrait, pencil on paper, framed.
Pie Napkin - Epidemic
Details of the Pie Napkin - Epidemic installation in the bathroom, for SHOWFLAT
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