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Drawing Biennial 2019
Exhibition & online fundraising auction of over 200 unique works on paper
Exhibition: 20 February – 26 March · Auction: 11 March 10am – 26 March 9.30pm
Jyll Bradley
Umbrella Work (Yellow)
| Year | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Medium | Carbon line and fluorescent paint on coloured carbon paper, hot mounted on fluorescent green Plexiglas |
| Dimensions | 25 cm diameter |
| Bidding Open | Mon 11 March, 2019 at 10:00am |
| Bidding Ended | Tue 26 March, 2019 at 9:30pm |
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About the work:
Umbrella Work refers to the rural practice of stringing a hop garden ready for spring growth – literally creating space by drawing patterns through air with coir. This new drawing - layering paint and line – evokes a childhood moment of looking up through a strung hop garden and experiencing space as volume. The work brings memory to the present through pairing vintage carbon paper with contemporary Plexiglas; its circularity suggests coinage, a personal currency of mark-making.
About the artist:
Jyll Bradley (b.1966, Folkestone) lives and works in London. Graduated from The Slade School of Art, London (1993); and Goldsmiths College, London (1988). Residencies include Launch Pad LaB, France (2018); and Hospitalfield, Scotland (2015). Select solo exhibitions and projects include Dutch/Light (for Agneta Block), Turner Contemporary, Margate (2017-18); Green/Shade, Riverside Projects, Hull (2017); Brigitte, Strange Cargo, Cheriton (2017); The friend I have/is a passionate friend, Mummery+Schnelle, London (2014); City of Trees, National Library of Australia, Canberra (2013); Lovers, neighbours, friends, artconnexion, Lille (2012); The Botanic Garden, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2008); and Esencia Floral, Museo de Antioquia, Medellin (2004). Select group exhibitions include Sculpture in the City, London (2018); Some Islands, Coleman Projects, London (2018); Neo-Geometry, New Art Centre, Roche Court (2017); Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London (2017 and 2015); The Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone (2014); The Negligent Eye, The Bluecoat, Liverpool (2014); Galapagos, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2012); point-horizon-structure, Mummery+Schnelle, London (2012); Inaugural Exhibition, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, London (2009); and Human Cargo, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth (2007). Her works are held in public and private collections including The United Kingdom Government Art Collection; The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; The National Library of Australia, Canberra; and Canberra Museum and Art Gallery, Canberra.
