A Fall of Ordinariness and Light: The Justification
2014
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2014
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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A Fall of Ordinariness and Light: The Justification is a 2014 by Jessie Brennan, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Jessie Brennan’s 2014 graphite drawings respond to Robin Hood Gardens, a 1960s London housing estate soon to be demolished. Each piece uses a term from the 2013 demolition order as its title. Brennan plays with fact and imagination, focusing on how the demolition feels rather than how it looks. The drawings mix sharp technique with ideas about power and loss. They sit in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection. Check out more by the artist Brennan, Jessie.
The series *A Fall of Ordinariness and Light* comprises four graphite drawings by Jessie Brennan, each subtitled with terms from a 2013 Compulsory Purchase Order related to the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens, a late 1960s housing estate designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. Brennan employs ‘playful processes’ to explore the interplay between fact and imagination, emphasizing the physical act of demolition in works that reflect her broader focus on sites of unresolved tension. The drawings’ precise technique and subject matter align with her recurring interest in spaces where external…
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Jessie Brennan’s 2014 drawings trace everyday scenes in a housing estate where light and ordinariness mix.
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