Avis Newman Stratagem of Engagement (e) 39 – 54 Year 2023/4 Medium Pencil on paper Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm About the work The drawing is from an ongoing series of works – drawings, canvas works and installations titled Thirteen Chapters, which is a meditation on notions of conflict. In the group of drawings from which this image is taken, sequences of marks, encoded signs and inscriptions in different ways map the imaginary sites and spaces in which a metaphysical violence is acted. Date and country of birth 1946, GB Career Highlights Recent solo exhibition: Watching the Map, Maureen Paley, London, UK (2023) Recent group exhibition: Women’s Work Is Never Done, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK (2023-2024) Shortlisted for David and Yuko Juda Art Foundation Award 2022