Elke
Finkenauer

Draw a Line Somewhere

2012/3

Two-sided soft drawing. Red felt, black quilting, yellow cotton. Approx. 3000mm x 3600mm x 10mm (h x w x d)

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Draw a Line Somewhere explores languages of drawing, through an engagement with surface, line, gesture and process. Conflating drawing with soft sculpture techniques the work hints at three-dimensionality yet exhibits characteristics of drawing, such as a flat surface as a ground and line as a key element (created through processes of cutting and stitching). Whilst gestural, the form is a product of meticulous labour – a repetitive and experiential process of encounter through fabrication that represents an interiorisation and an antidote to mediated experience.

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This work was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Student Art Prize, and exhibited in St Mary's, York in 2015. 

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Photos 3, 4 & 5 (above) courtesy of artsdiary.co.nz