'N. Short v. G. Kasparov' Game: XIX
Drawing
1993 (made)
1993 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Barry Martin (born 1943) is a graduate of Goldsmith's College and of St Martin's School of Art, both especially influential in the 1960s when he was studying there. He has worked in various media - including kinetic sculpture, film, performance, and the making of environments - but the constant in his work has been drawing, either as a working tool, as a means of recording and observing, or as an end in itself. For Martin, drawing is a system of signs analogous to those of language, and also an intellectual process of enquiry, analysis and proposition.
His gift of drawings spans his career from the time he was a student in the 1960s, until the 1990s. This drawing was made at the World Chess Championships at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1993, when Martin was the official match artist. He achieves a nice sense of the suppressed energy and dynamism of the players in this study of an essentially passive and sedentary subject. For other drawings by Martin in the V&A collection see E.315-321-2006
His gift of drawings spans his career from the time he was a student in the 1960s, until the 1990s. This drawing was made at the World Chess Championships at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1993, when Martin was the official match artist. He achieves a nice sense of the suppressed energy and dynamism of the players in this study of an essentially passive and sedentary subject. For other drawings by Martin in the V&A collection see E.315-321-2006
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | 'N. Short v. G. Kasparov' Game: XIX (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil on paper |
| Brief description | ''N. Short v. G. Kasparov' Game: XIX', pencil study of two men playing chess, by Barry Martin, London, 1993 |
| Physical description | Study of two men seated at a table playing chess |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | This drawing was made at the World Chess Championships at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1993. Barry Martin was the official match artist for both of the Chess World Championships held in England, in 1993 and 2000. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Barry Martin (born 1943) is a graduate of Goldsmith's College and of St Martin's School of Art, both especially influential in the 1960s when he was studying there. He has worked in various media - including kinetic sculpture, film, performance, and the making of environments - but the constant in his work has been drawing, either as a working tool, as a means of recording and observing, or as an end in itself. For Martin, drawing is a system of signs analogous to those of language, and also an intellectual process of enquiry, analysis and proposition. His gift of drawings spans his career from the time he was a student in the 1960s, until the 1990s. This drawing was made at the World Chess Championships at the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1993, when Martin was the official match artist. He achieves a nice sense of the suppressed energy and dynamism of the players in this study of an essentially passive and sedentary subject. For other drawings by Martin in the V&A collection see E.315-321-2006 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.317-2006 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2006 |
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