This catalogue accompanies an exhibition curated for Drawing Room by David Musgrave, one of the leading figures within an emerging generation of British artists. It presents new work by Musgrave and that of his contemporaries - William Daniels (UK), Hannah Greely (US), Rupert Norfolk (UK) and Clare Stephenson (UK) - in juxtaposition with a 19th Century lithograph by Georg Scharf and a drawing of c.1940 by Yves Tanguy.

'Waste Material' is about time, matter and the imaginary. Hannah Greely's 'Assembly', a papier-mache stepladder which is home to numerous handmade insects, implies a future world from which human beings have been erased. At the opposite end of the time-line is Georg Scharf's 'Duria antiquior' (A more ancient Dorset), a print made after a drawing by the geologist Henry De la Beche based on fossil evidence of prehistoric life, which offers a complementary impossible perspective.

24 pages with 11 full colour illustrations and a 3,000 word essay by David Musgrave.

David Musgrave (b.1973, Stockton-on-Tees, UK) lives and works in London, UK. He studied at Chelsea College of Art and Design,UK, where he now teaches. Musgrave creates understated, often poignant works that demand a level of scrutiny and attention rarely encouraged in contemporary culture. The speculative potential of visual experience lies at the heart of his practice. His work has been featured in many institutional exhibitions, including The Policeman's Beard is Half Constructed at Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Space Force Construction, V-A-C Foundation, Venice (2017); Golem Legend, Stiftung Jüdisches Museum, Berlin (2016); Behold Continues to Retreat, Bethlem Gallery, Beckenham, UK (2015); Being Thing, CIAP, île de Vassivière, Beaumontdu-Lac, France (2015); Prix Canson, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2015); The Noing Uv It, Kunsthalle Bergen; Être Chose, CIAP Île de Vassivière; Quiz, Galeries Poirel, Nancy (2015); The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Nottingham Contemporary and De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea (2013); In Focus: Slow Looking: contemporary drawing, Tate Britain, London, UK (2103); Made in the UK, Contemporary Art from the RISD Museum, Museum of Art, Providence, USA (2011); Transparent Things, Freiburg Kunstverein, Freiburg, Germany (2011); Draw, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK (2006); How to Improve the World, The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2006); Lines of Enquiry, Kettles Yard, Cambridge, UK (2006); Waste Material, The Drawing Room, London, UK (2005); showCASe, South London Gallery, London, UK (2004); Living Dust, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK (2004); and Recognition, Anna Barriball and David Musgrave, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (2003). Select solo exhibitions include Select solo exhibitions include greengrassi, London, UK (2018, 2015, 2012, 2009, 2006, 2004); Luhring Augustine, New York, USA (2014, 2009); and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USA (2015, 2011, 2008, 2005); Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis, USA (2010); Art Now, Tate Britain, London, UK (2003). His work is held in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA; the Dallas Museum of Art, USA; the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA; and Tate, London, UK. In January 2013 Musgrave’s digital animation Studio golem was broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. He is the author of a novel, Unit, published by LemonMelon in 2015.

Rupert Norfolk (b.1974, Abergavenny, UK) lives and works in London. Graduated with BA (Hons) Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design (1996). Norfolk was Maker-in-Residence at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (2013) and co-curated Physical Information, a programme of five exhibitions at Bloomberg SPACE London (2017). Select exhibitions include The Duchamp Effect, Readymade, Kunsthalle Göppingen (2017); Museum of Stones, Noguchi Museum, Long Island City (2015); The Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2014); Novecento mai visto, Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia (2013); Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2011); Big Minis, CAPC - Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux (2010); and Newspeak: British Art Now – Part 1, Saatchi Gallery, London (2010).

Clare Stephenson (born 1972, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) studied Fine Art Sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design in Dundee. Solo exhibitions include: Martini Bikinis, Glasgow Project Room (2013), She-who-is-the-Maker-of-Objects at Linn Lühn, Düsseldorf (2011) and She-who-Presents at Spike Island, Bristol (2009). Group shows and collaborative projects include: Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland (with Sophie Macpherson), Tramway, Glasgow (2014); Costume: Written Clothing, Tramway, Glasgow (2013); Shoplifters, Shopgirls (with Sophie Macpherson), LUX/ICA Biennial of Moving Images, ICA, London (2012); Madame Realism, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht (2011); Compass – Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2011); Newspeak: British Art Now, Saatchi Gallery, London (2010). She was awarded the Creative Scotland New York Residency in 2010 and has since undertaken residencies at Fremantle Arts Centre, Australia (2012); a City of Cologne Residency at Neues Kunstforum, Cologne (2012) and at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath (2013). She lives and works in Glasgow and is represented by Linn Lühn, Düsseldorf.

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