The practice of drawing for Gosia Wlodarczak is one of “being present within space, time, and language.” Choosing to work in public and private spaces rather than in a studio, Wlodarczak records her environment as it appears in front of her eyes and in her body, her hand responding to movements, details, impressions. A 12-day performance drawing process of pigment marking on glass wall and windows. Work commissioned by the Singapore Biennale 2011.

Visit www.gosiawlodarczak.com for more about Gosia Wlodarczak

Find out more about Singapore Biennale below:

Singapore Biennale: Open House 2011

In Singapore, during Hari Raya, Deepavali and Chinese New Year, people open their homes to others, inviting them to visit, eat and talk. This is not only a gesture of hospitality and goodwill but also an opportunity to reflect, negotiate and exchange.

In the same way, Singapore Biennale has thrown open its doors to invite artists to Singapore to visit,create art and offer their own perspectives and creative approaches on ideas like culture, points of views, connections with others and moving across borders.

Explore more about the event here: About Singapore Biennale 2011

Find out more by visiting the Open House Notebook Blog

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About Gosia Wlodarczak
Born in 1959, Poland, Gosia Wlodarczak arrived in Australia in 1996 and lives and works in Melbourne. In 1984 she graduated Master of Fine Arts with Distinction at Poznan Academy of Fine Arts, Poland. Since in Australia she was awarded numerous prizes and grants including: Australia Council Skills and Development Grant (2008), Edith Cowan University Public Art Project, Western Australia (2007); Australia Council New Work Grant for Established Artists (2006). Gosia has participated in numerous group exhibitions including: I walk the line: new Australian drawing at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney where she was commisioned to held a drawing performance; Sound Vision 09 Bellingham Electronic Arts Festival at the Western Washington University, USA (both in 2009). A four times finalist for The Dobell Drawing Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (2003 – 2006), she exhibited in mix tape at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (2003-04), and the 5th Drawing Biennale at the Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University (2004). In 2010 Gosia has undertaken a three months residency in New York, USA, and has been invited to participate in the Contemporary Australian Drawings 1 exhibition at RMIT Gallery. Her work is represented in collections including: National Gallery of Australia; Art Gallery of South Australia; Edith Cowan University; Murdoch University; Poznan Academy of Fine Arts.

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Where: KG52 Gallery, Kammakargatan 52, Stockholm

When: 28th April – 14th May 2011 (Tuesday – Thursday 12pm – 6pm  and Friday – Saturday 12pm – 4pm) Private View Thursday 28th April.

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Drawing lay at the heart of Watteau’s creative process; he prized his drawings and kept them in bound volumes which enabled him to refer to them when composing his paintings as they were an essential source of inspiration for figure poses. Throughout his career Watteau worked continually in red chalk; early works using this medium on display include The Shipwreck c. 1710 and Interior of a Draper’s Shop c. 1710-11. Although he achieved as broad a range of colour and tone as is possible through this medium, he is best known for his mastery of the trois crayons technique, the subtle manipulation and expert balancing of red, black and white. He made very little use of pen and ink and occasionally combined chalk with graphite, and also employed washes.

Watteau: The Drawings has been organised by the Royal Academy of Arts. The exhibition has been curated by Pierre Rosenberg, Académie Française, Président-Directeur of the Musée du Louvre, Louis-Antoine Prat, Chargé de mission, Département des Arts graphiques, Musée du Louvre and Katia Pisvin, Royal Academy of Arts, London.

Please note: The Royal Academy will close early (1pm) on 2 June 2011.

For more information please see website: www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/watteau/

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3 – 19 March 2011

PROGRAM

Open Residency: 3 – 12 March 2011
Exhibition Period: 16 – 19 March 2011
Wednesday to Saturday, 19h – 23h, Drawing Spaces

OPENING/PROJECT PRESENTATION: SATURDAY, 12 MARCH, 21.30H

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SARA BARRIGA:

The space is my piece of paper

“Conversation with Carla Rebelo about the experience of place.
Five questions to run the distance between drawing and memory.”

Drawing Spaces, Fábrica Braço de Prata

See website for further details: http://www.drawingspaces.com/

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Wall Drawings by Greig Burgoyne & Reena Makwana
18 March – 16 April 2011
Preview 17th March, 6-9 pm

Please visit website for further details: http://dallarosagallery.com/current-exhibition

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Mel Strawn presents his second collection of drawings that can be viewed through is ebook (see link below).  Both representational and abstract drawings are included; many of the drawings are sketchbook, working drawings and some are integral to prints and paintings-reflecting a working life as an artist.

View Drawing2_MelStrawn

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Sketchbooks by artists, architects and designers

Where: The Usher Gallery, Lincoln, LN2 1LP
When: 11th December 2010 to 6th March 2011
(Private view Friday 10th December 2010, 6-8pm – please RSVP see below)

Download Exhibition Flyer Here

HOLD ME! TOUCH ME!  FEEL ME!

Visitors to the Usher Gallery in Lincoln will be able to select, take off the shelf and browse through over 200 sketchbooks on loan from contemporary artists, architects, designers and makers.  These sketchbooks are included in the Library zone of ‘The Moment of Privacy Has Passed’ an innovative and engaging exhibition of sketchbooks curated by John Plowman.  The exhibition focuses on the ways in which we can engage with ‘the sketchbook’ in a gallery context.

Divided into four zones the exhibtion incorportates the conventional modes of display of the Cabinet and Wall, the cutting edge of the Digital and the innovative Library.  Each of these zones will offer visitors to the exhibtion a different experience of engagement with the sketchbooks.

The sketchbook can be viewed as private and personal, a creative space in which thoughts and ideas are noted in a variety of ways by, amongst others, artists, architects, designers.  Making these private and self-referential sketchbooks visible within a gallery context will offer up new insights and perspectives on this hitherto invisible aspect of the creative process.

The Cabinet, Wall and Digital zones will feature sketchbooks from contemporary artists including Grayson Perry and Simon Faithfull as well as historic sketchbooks from the Usher Gallery’s collections.

Private View Please RSVP Maggie Warren:

Maggie Warren
Community Engagement Officer
Culture & Adult Education
Lincolnshire County Council
The Collection
Danes Terrace
Lincoln
LN1 1LP

Email: maggie.warren@lincolnshire.gov.uk

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Sheffield Hallam University

Conference: Friday 3rd December 2010 (11am to 4.30pm)
Where: Hallam Union, The Hubs, 6 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2UU

Exhibition: 4th – 23rd December 2010
Where: 153 Arundel Street, Sheffield S1 2NU

The exhibition includes drawings by Jill Calder, Roderick Mills, Ken Garland, Ed Fella, Abram Games, Alan Fletcher, Saul Steinberg, Jason Ford, Lee Ford, Frazer Hudson, Lydia Monks and Simon Spillsbury.

You can down load the two PDF flyers here:
Working Drawings Conference Flyer
Working Drawings exhibition Flyer

Online Registration and Information: www.shu.ac.uk/ad/workingdrawings/

Bookings for the conference are charged per attendee at £10 for non Hallam staff or practitioners and £5 for students. You will receive an email shortly after registration to arrange payment
Further information can be found at here: www.shu.ac.uk/faculties/aces/art/gallery/

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A BBC Radio 4 programme is available through the iPlayer.  Xavier Pick describes the power of drawing for a war artist in Iraq.

You can access the 15 minute radio programme here.

You can also see more of Xavier Pick’s work online here:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11709058

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