Deep Drawing | 2023
Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, detail, foreground. Adrift, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 35 x 265 x 165 cm, side view. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
The exhibition Deep Drawing took place at Drawing Centre Diepenheim, the Netherlands, from February 18th to May 14th, 2023, with work of three former participants of the artist in residence program: Zakia el Abodi, Rachel Bacon and Isabell Schulte. While each of the three artists have their own voice, what they have in common is a slow and meticulous way of observing and making, resulting in drawings that invite viewers to slow down and take time for looking. The exhibition was curated by Roy Voragen.
The artists spent 3 months in the Drawing Studio in Diepenheim in 2022, supported by the Mondriaan Fund. Located in the countryside in the East of the Netherlands, the artist residency at Drawing Centre Diepenheim encourages a form of deep drawing: slowing down, reflecting, contemplating and conversing with the surrounding environment. With space and time to reflect on their practice, the artists were able to enter into relationships with their environment, experiment and make new work.
The text A body is that which crumples, a reflection on Rachel’s work and methods, and written by artist Marina Kassianidou, appeared in a small publication on the exhibition.
Overview exhibition Deep Drawing. From top to bottom: Rough Cut No. 1, SlopeEnd, and Adrift. On the wall right, Zondag, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 20 x 30 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Adrift, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 35 x 265 x 165 cm, detail, foreground. Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 200 x 180 cm, background
Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 200 x 180 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 200 x 180 cm. A synclination is a geological term for the folding that takes place under pressure and heat in sedimentary rock, creating U-formed striations, and commonly found in anthracite coal mining areas.
Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 200 x 180 cm
Disynclination, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, detail. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
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Overview exhibition Deep Drawing, with from top to bottom: Rough Cut No. 1, SlopeEnd, Adrift.
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Adrift, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 35 x 265 x 165 cm
Komatsu Krumple, 2022, screen print on paper on foil, 60 x 70 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Overview exhibition Deep Drawing, with SlopeEnd (left) and Adrift (right). Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Adrift, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 35 x 265 x 165 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Rough Cut No. 1, 2021, graphite on paper on foil, 140 x 200 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Rough Cut No. 2, 2021, graphite on paper on foil, 140 x 220 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
6 drawings out of a series of 7, 2022, all graphite on paper on foil, all 20 x 30 cm. From left to right: Maandag, Dinsdag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag and Zaterdag. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
4 drawings out of a series of 7, 2022, all graphite on paper on foil, all 20 x 30 cm. From left to right: Dinsdag, Woensdag, Donderdag, Vrijdag. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Dinsdag, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, detail. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
SlopeEnd, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 22 x 108 x 175 cm. The title SlopeEnd is a play on words: a slope is a mining term for a downward moving vein of ore, so it refers to the depletion inherent to excavation practices. However the word "slopend" in Dutch also means exhausted, in both a literal and figurative sense.
SlopeEnd, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, detail. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
SlopeEnd, 2022, graphite on paper on foil, 22 x 108 x 175 cm. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
Drawing Centre Diepenheim, February 2023. Photo Tessa Wiegerinck
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