Cube 1+/- No. 1
2005
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2005
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Cube 1+/- No. 1 is a 2005 by Karen Bateson, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The drawing is called Cube 1+/- No. 1 by Karen Bateson. It's from 2005 and made with graphite. The artist used equal lengths of graphite to form the drawing, which is an interesting fact about this work. This approach makes the drawing seem like a low-relief sculpture, which is a unique aspect of this piece. You can learn more about techniques like this by looking up cross-hatching.
Equal lengths of graphite, typically used in propelling pencils, are arranged side by side and adhered to create a slightly raised, 6cm square area. Directly above this, a 6cm square section features several vertical pencil lines. The work blurs the distinction between drawing and low-relief sculpture. It was produced in 2005 as part of a collaborative effort between Karen Bateson and Hamish Young.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Karen Bateson made precise, minimal drawings like Cube 1+/- No. 1, a 2005 work on paper that plays with geometry and measurement. The piece sits in a quiet corner of the 2000s drawing tradition, where lines and angles…
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