Centrale Montemartini

2008

ROLE

Artist

Residency

Rome Drawing Fellow

I was interested in exploring the extent to which a lined ink drawing could capture more than just the outlines of objects. I chose the Centrale Montemartini because of the possibilities afforded to me by the stark contrast between the white marble sculptures of the collection and their backdrop -- the restored machinery of the former occupant of the factory, the Giovannni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre. This was a perfect context within which to represent the materiality of the white marble and the black machinery in a line drawing.

Centrale Montemartini

2008

ROLE

Artist

Residency

Rome Drawing Fellow

I was interested in exploring the extent to which a lined ink drawing could capture more than just the outlines of objects. I chose the Centrale Montemartini because of the possibilities afforded to me by the stark contrast between the white marble sculptures of the collection and their backdrop -- the restored machinery of the former occupant of the factory, the Giovannni Montemartini Thermoelectric Centre. This was a perfect context within which to represent the materiality of the white marble and the black machinery in a line drawing.