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November 2003
Artist Jac Saorsa’s first London exhibition Drawing on Uncertainty
is based on two specific series of works, one of large-scale drawings
and one of oil paintings.
The
drawings are inspired by a recent extended visit to Costa Rica and are
intuitive works which are not only a visual testimony to the experience
but also responses to the different language, culture, climate and architecture.
Executed with charcoal, graphite, and in some cases ink, they are mainly
monotone with only specific areas where muted colour has been applied
with pure pigment.
The
paintings are figurative works after live model. Painted in oils, mainly
monotone and deliberately confusing the distinction between drawing and
painting techniques, they represent various aspects of the model, ‘fragments’
of the person, facial expression and hand gesture. ‘Structure lines’,
relating to the rules of traditional academic figure drawing, are drawn
with a brush over the painting so that it appears to have been executed
‘inside out’. The lines form a kind of exoskeleton.
Other
exhibitions to date include various solo and group shows in New York,
Limassol in Cyprus, Glasgow and Nottingham. Jac Saorsa has recently been
appointed Director of Drawing at the Vertitas University of Art and Design
in Costa Rica and has previously taught Drawing workshops in New York’s
Metropolitan Museum of Art, and taught at both primary and secondary schools
in the UK and in Cyprus.
Air
Gallery, 32 Dover Street, London W1 Tel: 020 7409 1255
Exhibition dates: 9-17 November 2003
www.jacsaorsa.com
Press
Info: Claire Sawford Pr Tel: 020 7722 4114 cs@cspr.uk.net
Claire Sawford PR
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Primrose Hill
London NW1 8LH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7722 4114
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