Wine, Women & Song I
Drawing
2005 (made)
2005 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Martin Fuller's interest lies in urban scenes, and in the depiction of a louche, nocturnal world of bars and prostitutes. His work is in the English satirical tradition of Hogarth and Rowlandson, with an emphasis on the grotesque and excessive, while his use of heavy outlines and brash colour recalls 1920s Expressionism. The author Jonathan Meades has written of the 'vaudevillian humour' of Fuller's work: 'The preoccupations are mostly urban, nocturnal, sensual - and morbid. The pursuit of pleasure is attended by risks. That, however, is no reason to forgo it.'
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Wine, Women & Song I (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Drawing, Wine, Women & Song I by Martin Fuller, ink, watercolour and bodycolour, 2005 |
| Physical description | Smiling, naked female figures to left and right, wine glass top centre. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'FULLER' (Signed at top) |
| Object history | This drawing is part of the '40 Artists - 40 Drawings' series acquired as a group in 2007. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Martin Fuller's interest lies in urban scenes, and in the depiction of a louche, nocturnal world of bars and prostitutes. His work is in the English satirical tradition of Hogarth and Rowlandson, with an emphasis on the grotesque and excessive, while his use of heavy outlines and brash colour recalls 1920s Expressionism. The author Jonathan Meades has written of the 'vaudevillian humour' of Fuller's work: 'The preoccupations are mostly urban, nocturnal, sensual - and morbid. The pursuit of pleasure is attended by risks. That, however, is no reason to forgo it.' |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2578-2007 |
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| Record created | July 12, 2007 |
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