A Fall of Ordinariness and Light: The Scheme
2014
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2014
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
A Fall of Ordinariness and Light: The Scheme is a 2014 by Jessie Brennan, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a drawing from 2014 by Jessie Brennan. It’s part of a set of four graphite works about Robin Hood Gardens, a housing estate in London. The drawing’s subtitle comes from official demolition papers. Brennan made these drawings using playful methods that mix fact with imagination. They focus on how the building’s demolition will physically change the site. See more of Jessie Brennan’s work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Brennan’s 2014 series *A Fall of Ordinariness and Light* comprises four graphite drawings that engage with the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens, a late-1960s housing estate designed by Alison and Peter Smithson. Each work is titled with a phrase from the 2013 Compulsory Purchase Order issued by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets: *The Scheme* is one of these. The drawings employ meticulous graphite techniques to explore the intersection of factual documentation and imaginative interpretation, reflecting the physicality of demolition and the broader themes of loss and inevitability. The…
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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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