Title: Almost Nine
Date: 2008
Edition: Unique (no longer in existence)
Materials: White cartridge paper
Size: Of watercolour paper: 30 x 30 cm.
Notes: Produced specifically for the Drawing Wall, part of the Drawing Out exhibition in 2008 at the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
This became the precursor for two limited edition laser-cut works on paper: Cut Column and Nine Drawn Spaces
2008
The Earl's Court Irregulars, Gallery 286, London, UK.
Main image: Photomontage by Tim Dry
This year's Gallery 286 Christmas show brought together a diverse range of artists who had all exhibited at the gallery during its first 10 years of operation.
Andrew Pepper showed along with:
Clare Belfield
Edward Bell
Jennifer Binnie
Patrick Boyd
Ken Cox
Rowena Coxwell
Tim Dry
Duggie Fields
Eleni Gagoushi
Oliver Gili
David Henderson
Rebecca Hutchinson
Andrew Logan
Mali
Martick Jewellery
Sarah Nutley
Polly Nuttall
Caroline Palmer
Dido Powell
Tony Rothon
Tonelise Rugaas
Andrew Ryder
Camilla Shivarg
Olivia Stanton
Prudence Walters
Andrew Pepper showed Nine Drawn Spaces from the Absence of Drawing series.
Exhibition dates: 8th - 31st December, 2009
2008
The City Gallery, Leicester, UK.
The One Leicester Open brings together artists working in the East Midlands region. This show celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Leicester Open and attracted over 400 Midland based artists.
Andrew Pepper showed Nine Drawn Spaces
More details about the exhibition here.
Exhibition dates: 15th November 2008 - 10th January 2009
2008
Bonington Gallery, School of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
The Drawing Wall was an element within the Drawing Out exhibition held at the Bonington Gallery, Nottingham.
All staff in the school of Art and Design, from the Dean to technicians, receptionists, professors, lectures and visiting artists, were invited to submit a 'drawing' to this inclusive 'survey'.
170 works made up the Drawing Wall which was part of a curated exhibition at the Bonington and 1851 galleries. Drawing Out includes selected works using painting, computer animation, sculpture, kinetic construction, ceramics, video projection and text - all exploring the variety of interpretations of, and uses for, drawing.
Almost Nine. Pencil on paper with section cut away. 30 x 30 cm.
Almost Nine was produced specifically for the Drawing Wall by Andrew Pepper and was located in the upper right of the collection.
"When I was a child I used to draw all the time. People told me I was 'good' and should be an artist. The things I drew looked like the things I saw - they were accurate reproductions. A record of an observation. The more accurate they were the more 'impressive' people found them and the less interesting they were for me.
Today drawing is much more about working through an idea, navigating a thought, planning something, placement - a precursor to making. Something beyond a subconscious doodle and not quite accurate enough to 'be anything'.
Almost Nine is a collection of bounded surfaces - edges separating one visual space from another. Just like the much larger Drawing Wall itself, multiple elements are placed next to each other. The only specification for submitting a drawing for the wall was that it should occupy a 30 x 30 cm piece of paper. All the same but all very different once they had been drawn on.
The 9 rectangles anticipated the grid-like installation of the Drawing Wall with the content of the last drawn boundary removed - cut away to reveal the space beneath. That space fascinates me."
Andrew Pepper. April 2008
Exhibition detail. Nine of the 170 submitted drawings on the Drawing Wall
Exhibition dates: 21st April - 9th May 2008
Title: Nine Drawn Spaces
Date: 2008
Edition: Edition 30 with 5 artist proofs.
Materials: 350gms/150lb medium cold press watercolour paper.
Ph neutral, laser cut spaces.
Size: Of watercolour paper: 25.5 x 25.5 cm.
Frame size 50.5 x 50.5 x 4.5 cm (19 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches).
Production: Nottingham Trent University laser cutting studio, Nottingham
Notes: Three individual drawings laser cut through high quality watercolour paper.