Deconstructed Drawing

We propose a drawing created in and for a gallery. Each section of the process is to be undertaken by a different artist. For this project we have broken the act of drawing down into four stages: Conception, Choice of Materials, Action or Technique and Execution. In the following proposal I will describe in brief each artist’s practice and outline their individual role in this proposed drawing.


Stage 1: Conception
Artist: Jessica Longmore

Jessica Longmore’s practice involves a series of appropriate gestures; instinctive responses to the psychology of particular spaces. Her work draws on both her own and the viewer’s haptic senses to relentlessly question the forces which ground us and orientate us within a space. Jessica often applies a rigid framework to her studio practice, imposing strict time limits or placing herself within tense, highly charged, environments, such as other artist’s studios.

Jessica will provide a set of conceptual constraints to inform the subsequent stages of the drawing. This framework will consider the architectural features and possible restrictions imposed by the gallery and provide a direction for the drawing. Once conceived, these guidelines will be handed over to Ying Kwok to begin stage 2.


Stage 2: Choice of Materials
Artist: Ying Kwok

Ying Kwok likes to work on a flat surface area, which is a platform for her to make marks. She particularly enjoys the process of starting with nothing and working towards completion. By using monotone painting materials coupled with simple repetitious hand movements she fills a blank space with images, stroke by stroke. Ying believes that communication with the viewer is very important, so sometimes will select the painting material by considering the texture of picking up an everyday object or carrying out a daily experience.

On receiving the conceptual guidelines for the project, Ying will then select the material which is to be used for the drawing and deliver it to Nina Chua.

Stage 3: Technique or Action
Artist: Nina Chua

The boundaries of Nina Chua’s practice are always changing and the work can take many forms including sculpture, video, drawing and live art. The work often starts with a commitment to perform a simple action. This might happen intensively over a period of hours or intermittently over days or months. It is a meditative process that leads to the creation of new work.

Nina comments that “In this particular project my role is ‘action’ - however, my task is to direct the action and not to perform it. This sets up an intriguing construct for me to consider, the power to direct but impotent to act.”



Stage 4: Execution
Artist: Sarah Sanders

I am the executioner. I see myself in the act of execution as a submissive part within a network of cogs, inside a mechanical object.

Sarah Sanders will arrive at the gallery at an agreed time, armed with a conceptual framework supplied by Jessica Longmore, material from Ying Kwok and having been instructed on the technique she should use, by Nina Chua. Sarah will then create the drawing, interpreting for herself the guidance she has been given by the 3 other collaborating artists. Alongside the drawing that Sarah creates, we will exhibit a representation of the 3 preceding stages.