Lost my concrete feet. These are see-through, lined with silica. You can see what’s going on inside – like when fish bleed and slip from side to side. Sensitive to heat, to light, the effects of moisture, I keep them wrapped in discount vouchers for days out later.
Drawing by Mark Clements
Words by Diane Becker
Delighted this recent drawing has been selected for the Harris Open 2011.
Mark Clements Deep Topography Ink on Paper 33cmx33cm
Harris Museum and Art Gallery
Market Square Preston PR1 2PP
Monday 11.00 – 17.00
Tuesday – Saturday 10.00 – 17.00
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. Admission Free.
It is Ataturk’s death day. The market is a colour-scape, as usual. ‘There’s an Arctic storm brewing,’ a woman shouts to no-one in particular, ‘a storm coming, from over the Bering sea…’ A younger woman pulls me to one side… ‘I’ve got his ashes,’ she says, and shows me a cat bite on her leg as if to prove it. I listen. It is not a day for rejections.
Drawing by Mark Clements
Words by Diane Becker.
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This slideshow contains #01 – #12 of Flatlands – a series of works in ink on paper. Each image measures on average 25cm x 25cm.
This ongoing series explores the point of transition; that moment which hovers between representation and abstraction. Working in monochrome intensifies the perception of multiple viewpoints, encouraging the viewer to decipher, strip back and reconstruct the artwork’s topography according to their own experience.
