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About

Drawing by Willa Hilditch

"My practice calls into question the relation between figurative representation and the objects and scenarios that they depict. My work is systematically self-referential. I construct objects from paper, ceramic, wood and paint that echo shapes from either my urban architectural drawings or from the work of others. I extrapolate from these to create forms that are playful in colour and pattern. I treat these sculptures as theatrical parts. They take the form of props or characters, sometimes using the larger works as backdrops for the objects to sit in front of. Together the elements unfold as a scene in a theatrical rehearsal of characters. The sculptural elements are in constant rehearsal within my studio space. My drawings depicting the sculptures/props in various combinations but contain no point of reference to scale. This gives them a certain ambiguity. My process has no fixed end point, hence the naming of many works as rehearsal or appropriate theatre related language."

Willa Hilditch has recently graduted from Chelsea College of Art and is about to begin studying at The Royal Drawing School. She was High Commended in the Hermione Hammond Drawing Award 2017.

You can see more of her work at www.willahilditch.co.uk

You can view this exhibition here, online at www.londonartsboard.blogspot.co.uk, on Facebook or in person on the corner of Vestry Road and Peckham Road, Camberwell, London SE5.