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Emily Ball
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John Skinner
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Katie Sollohub
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Nick Bodimeade
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Gary Wragg
Exhibition
Drawing; thinking on paper
5 Oct 2019 – 10 Jan 2020
Special hours
- 05-Oct-2019
- 10:00 – 16:00
Address
- Star Road Trading Estate
- Partridge Green
England - RH13 8RY
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The number 17 bus route, operated by Stagecoach, runs between Brighton (Churchill Square) and Horsham (rail station) and stops in Partridge Green. The service runs every 60 minutes throughout the day. The nearest stop to the Seawhite Studio is at the bottom of the High Street (B2116), opposite the Partridge pub. From here, it’s a 5 minute walk to the studio. Walk to the end of the High Street, turn right and the entrance to the Star Trading Estate is 200m on the right.
- The gallery is located in Partridge Green, a small village situated between Horsham and Brighton, within easy reach of the A24 and A27. The Atrium Gallery is located on the Star Trading Estate, which can be accessed from the B2135. The B2135 is a turning off the Steyning bypass that runs through Ashurst and Partridge Green linking back onto the A24 to Horsham or Worthing. Turn into Star Road on the Estate and then take the first turning on your right. The Gallery is located a short distnace on the left.
- The nearest rail stations to Partridge Green are Horsham (9miles away) and Pulborough (15 miles away).
"Drawing; thinking on paper" is a show that celebrates drawing, and aims to switch people on to why drawing is so vital, important,and beautiful.
About
Drawing: thinking on paper
An exhibition of drawings by the tutors at the Seawhite Studio at the Atrium Gallery, Emily Ball at Seawhite Studio
“Drawing is essential. It is the act of seeing manifest. Drawing creates the world and sets our place within it.” (Simon Carter)
Curated by Emily Ball and featuring the work of ten artists, this show is a celebration of drawing and an opportunity to showcase the work of the artists that tutor at the Seawhite studio. The strength of this teaching team lies not only in their expertise and wealth of knowledge, but in their passion for sharing their approach with their students – and this includes the importance that each of them places on drawing as an integral part of their practice.
“Through drawing you see the world better. You take time to look; you notice the small details, the beauty, the repetitions, the colours, the rhythms. You give yourself time, to pause, breathe, think, reflect, and feel.”(Katie Sollohub)
“Drawing is a direct and handmade response to things seen. There is an immediacy to a good drawing, you feel close to something being seen and responded to.” (Simon Carter)
“I love drawing; it's like thinking on a piece of paper.” (Gary Goodman)
“Drawing is possibly the bit I love most – magically making something from next to nothing.”(Nick Bodimeade)
“I think of drawings as works of art in themselves -I don't make a distinction between drawing and painting.” (John Skinner)
The exhibited works reveal the different function and purposes that drawings can have. Some are finished pieces whilst others are still raw; exploratory studies, revealing the artist’s search for a language of marks that resonate. They are a fascinating insight into the way each artist has unpacked, reassembled and found their image through the act of drawing.
The experimental nature of some of these drawings has proved a challenge in hanging the show, but it is one that Emily Ball has embraced as part of the process of broadening people’s horizons about what constitutes a drawing. With this show, it is her firm intention to defy the preconception that drawing is merely a preparatory activity before painting.
“Without drawings, artists wouldn’t be able to have a language for their paintings: their drawings should be as tough and rigorous as their paintings. Drawing is vital. I want to switch people on to why it is so important, and remind them how beautiful it is too.”
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Opening Preview: Saturday 5 October 2019, 10 am - 4 pm.
Exhibition continues until 10 January 2020. Visits by appointment only, Monday - Friday
Please email emily@emilyball.net to arrange a visit.
