Art by Paul Doeman » Drawings

LAPIEZA gallery exhibition

Paul — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:13:11 +0000

16 – 19/02/2012.
LAPIEZA
Calle de La Palma, 15
28004 Madrid
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I’ll be displaying some AK47 rifle drawings and making some work in Madrid to show in the LAPIEZA gallery.

Rosetta Window Gallery exhibition

Paul — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:30:43 +0000

Rosetta Rathbone Art Studios. 26B Rathbone Market, Canning Town, E16 1EH.

Installation: 11/02/2012.
Official opening: Thursday 1st March from from 7-9pm.
Ends: 27/03/2012.

Works will change over the lifetime of the exhibition and will begin with the following pieces of work:

Some objects are idolised, others are used every day and not fully appreciated. Objects we buy, surround ourselves with and throw away have a personality of their own. Much like people, objects are altered by their surroundings, purposes and shapes.
When we want to get to know someone we ask “What do you do?” Their answer and how it relates to us shapes our opinion of them. The personality of an object is also heavily influenced by what it does. We think differently about a sword, hammer, flower and football not just because they look different but because they have different uses and functions.

When drawing an object you get to sit and look at it for a long time. While you’re looking a personality starts to emerge, sometimes humorous, relaxed or intelligent; other times an object can be remote or even indifferent. Perhaps through this work I can show some life in otherwise inanimate objects.

All the drawings are created with oil pastel on either white of coloured paper. Drawings are glued onto thrownaway cardboard and then cut-out to give the relief or 3D effect

Kalashnikov AK47 drawings

Paul — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:35:32 +0000

Kalashnivov AK47 drawings.

These are multiple drawings of an AK47 assault rifle, drawn using oil pastel on paper on cardboard.

The rifle was a tough object to warm to, likely due to it’s purpose, so I often felt separate from it while I was drawing.
The drawings were made viewing the rifle from various angles.

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Football shirt drawing

Paul — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:28:18 +0000

Drawing of a QPR football shirt

This is a football shirt, in this case it;s Queens Park Rangers, a football club in West London.
I’ve drawn it so that the colours are separated, the white parts of the shirt in front of the blue sections.

Man-bag drawings

Paul — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:51:53 +0000

It’s a bag I often use to carry a book and other essentials.
Here I’ve partially cut-out the drawing on cardboard and left them standing out on the floor.

Banana skins on cardboard

Paul — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 10:47:51 +0000

Here the banana skin drawings are glued onto cardboard.
The irregular shape of the sheet of cardboard emphasises the three-dimensional aspects of the drawings.

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Update: Yellow Banana skins, Rose trees & Forge glove drawings

Paul — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 21:54:45 +0000

Here’s some updates to partially-finished work and another version of yellow banana skins – a previous version is on display at LAPIEZA in Madrid.

The Rose bush drawings are mounted on a single white board, intended to blend into a white wall as are the Forge glove drawings, which show the disintegration of the welding gloves.

Rose tree drawings

Yellow Banana skin drawings

Forge glove drawings

Yellow skeleton and sack trolley drawings

Paul — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:42:57 +0000

Here yellow skeleton and sack trolley drawings are combined.
This is now a lot more about physical objects than flat drawings.
The objects are drawn life-size from an anatomical plastic human skeleton and a sack trolley, using a stick of black oil pastel straight on to white and yellow cartridge paper.
Each drawing is mounted onto cardboard and cut-out.

Russian gas mask drawings

Paul — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:26:29 +0000

The filter canister is detachable and so effectively a separate object to the mask, and so I drew it separately.
The masks are drawn with white oil pastel on black paper and the canisters with black on yellow paper. All of the drawings are cut-out on thrown-away cardboard and elevated away from the wall.

LAPIEZA: Relational cloud – drawings of junk art objects

Paul — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:49:37 +0000

While displaying ready-made works, yellow banana skins and black and white banana skins, I drew some of the junk art objects in the gallery and 2 items (crash helmet and gloves) provided by visitors.

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- images courtesy of LAPIEZA, Madrid.