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Drawing - The Boundary

The Boundary

  • Object:

    Drawing

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (probably, made)

  • Date:

    2005 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Wright, James, born 1979 (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Pen and ink

  • Museum number:

    E.2605-2007

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case WD, shelf 214, box C

  • Image in copyright

James Wright bases his drawings on snap-shots of corners of the inner city. In the artist's own words, his work is about 'neglect, decay and the everyday, the often overlooked and abandoned'. In constructing his drawings with a high level of detail, Wright evokes the objectivity of the photograph, in which no element has priority over another.

Physical description

Pen and ink drawing of a patch of waste ground with scrubby grass, littered with empty cups, cans and bits of wood. A wire fence is in the background. In the margins of the sheet are small drawings.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (probably, made)

Date

2005 (made)

Artist/maker

Wright, James, born 1979 (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Pen and ink

Dimensions

Height: 29.7 cm, Width: 21.1 cm

Object history note

This drawing is part of the '40 Artists - 40 Drawings' series acquired as a group in 2007

Descriptive line

'The Boundary', pen and ink drawing of a patch of scrubby waste land with grass, litter and wire fence. By James Wright, 2005

Exhibition History

Contemporary Drawings (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/07/2003-30/07/2009)

Materials

Pen and ink

Techniques

Drawn

Categories

Drawings

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O139591
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