2305990 (one of a series)
Drawing
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
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Frances Richardson studied woodcarving in Nigeria. There she learned to appreciate the spiritual values associated with wood (blood sacrifices were made when taking a tree for carving). She became particularly interested in the way in which the geometry of a tree's organic structure records its age. In her series of '1+1' drawings she explores the seemingly infinite structure of the tree's annual rings through a seemingly endless multiplication of a single arithmetic device. She also sees this building of metric entities as relating to computer technology. Richardson does not draw sculpture but rather expresses physical properties through a series of symbolic marks. Her training in Nigeria may also have led her to use series of endless repetitions of tiny strokes, allowing the overall pattern to develop subtly. Her way of using mathematical symbols is not only a means of physically defining form, but also creates a delicately ambiguous expression of space. It thus opens up avenues for exploring the mathematical with the organic. Another drawing in the collection, from the same series, is E. 452-1999.
Object details
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Title | 2305990 (one of a series) (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Graphite on hand made paper |
Brief description | Graphite drawing by Frances Richardson, '2305990', 1999 |
Physical description | Graphite drawing on irregular hand made paper, of innumerable, tiny plus and minus signs arranged in a quasi-symmetrical geometric pattern of increasing and decreasing density of tone - generally darker toward the centre of the sheet. |
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Production type | Unique |
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Production | This drawing has the same numerical code/title as E.452-1999 Attribution note: The drawing relates to another in the collection: E.452-1999 |
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Summary | Frances Richardson studied woodcarving in Nigeria. There she learned to appreciate the spiritual values associated with wood (blood sacrifices were made when taking a tree for carving). She became particularly interested in the way in which the geometry of a tree's organic structure records its age. In her series of '1+1' drawings she explores the seemingly infinite structure of the tree's annual rings through a seemingly endless multiplication of a single arithmetic device. She also sees this building of metric entities as relating to computer technology. Richardson does not draw sculpture but rather expresses physical properties through a series of symbolic marks. Her training in Nigeria may also have led her to use series of endless repetitions of tiny strokes, allowing the overall pattern to develop subtly. Her way of using mathematical symbols is not only a means of physically defining form, but also creates a delicately ambiguous expression of space. It thus opens up avenues for exploring the mathematical with the organic. Another drawing in the collection, from the same series, is E. 452-1999. |
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Accession number | E.453-1999 |
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Record created | December 14, 1999 |
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