Parallel Lines of Enquiry a recent exhibition of drawings at
An Essay
Fiona Robinson’s exhibition Parallel Lines of Enquiry has an
overarching fluency and elegance akin to the power of silence. Nevertheless, the visual and other
literacies at play in each suite of
drawings and within the individual works speak volumes about the music, stories
and places that inspire her exquisite drawings.
La Plage, a short story by Alain Robbe-Grillet, is read as an
integral component of the exhibition, not simply to create atmosphere, but to
reveal its inherent musicality and illuminate the artist’s sensibilities and
reasons for being. The story is also
presented in book form. For me, this a
more empathetic counterpoint to Fiona’s intense control and spatial dexterity
and adds to the enjoyment of the drawings cerebrally and sensorily.
Constantly moving one’s viewpoint to exploit the interplay between
the natural light that makes the Allsop Gallery special and the works reveals
the huge subtlety of Fiona’s exploration and control of the linear, spatial,
textural and tonal language of drawing.
Some surfaces shimmer accentuating the vibration of the linear
chords.
Her abstractions are the process of interrogating and reflecting
profoundly on the parallels between the experienced - rehearsed - and the
spontaneous, the unique and the series, the spoken and the written, the scored
and the improvised stimuli to her practice.
These drawings are rich in their internalised dialogue. The exhibition presents the beauty of art
underpinned by structure and craft.
Reiteration here produces resolution and revelation. We are required to stare in order to hear
these drawings. Their quietness is their
loudness.
Jem Main
Artist and Director
March 2012
In May Fiona will be taking up a residency at Cill Rialaig in Kerry.
Bonjour, splendide et intelligent,la beauté, la beauté qui vous coupe le souffle d'admiration.
ReplyDeleteAh Thige, bon d'entendre de vous et j'espère que vous allez bien. Heureux que vous aimez le travail de Fiona.
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