Andrew Bick

Drawing for Gillian Wise #1

Year 2018-19
Medium Collage, watercolour and pencil on paper
Dimensions 28.8 x 20.6 cm
Top pick Charles Asprey, Arts Patron, co-editor of PICPUS and co-director of The London Fountain Company - 'This homage to Gillian Wise using pages from her catalogue is beautiful.'

About the work

This drawing contains elements taken from Gillian Wise's (b. 1936) pages in the Systems exhibition catalogue (Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1972). I have combined this with a set of watercolour rectangles, marker pen and pencil diagonals and sections of collaged graph paper. Wise is under-appreciated and under-valued. Along with many British Constructionist and Systems artists (she was one of only two who took part in both groups) her work is currently being re-evaluated. This small series of drawings are my way of being a fan and also doing a little bit to keep her name in the public imagination.

Date and country of birth

1982, PK