This special display presents works by five artists placed in dialogue with the artworks, objects and spaces of the Kettle’s Yard House. The project is part of a multi-institutional exhibition taking place across Europe and the United States in 2021–22, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ivorypress.
In the Attic, alongside a group of works on paper by Eduardo Chillida, we have placed a selection of drawings by Spanish artist Blanca Miró Skoudy (b. 1987, Barcelona). Skoudy’s drawings explore the female form as part of her varied artistic practice that encompasses sculpture, drawing, performance and designs for stage and costumes – often combining these to conjure playful, dreamlike worlds.
In the Attic, they are interspersed with the permanent display of works on paper by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, creating a lively dialogue between the two artists. Gaudier-Brzeska was also a prolific draughtsman with a fascination for capturing the human figure, creating rapidly executed life drawings that play with movement and perspective using an economy of line and gestural marks.
