"Playing the Line"

30th January - 17th February 2007
Opening Afternoon - Saturday 3rd Feb, 3 - 5pm
4cats Gallery, 269 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Australia 3067
Gallery Hours - Tues - Sat 11am - 6pm

‘Playing the Line’ explores the transformation of the 1 minute sketch into a series of major works.
The artist’s response and reaction to a pose becomes the emphasis and foundation of the final work.

 What starts as a quick pen and ink sketch, is transformed and adapted. The strong, bold, linear quality
dominates the overall look of all the works.

I have attempted to capture the dynamism and energy of the 1 minute pose.  The way an artist reacts,
feels and interprets lively and active poses, is explored through the sketch and then transformed into major works.
I try to stay true to the response, the immediateness, the spontaneity and impulsiveness of the line which can only
be achieved during a quick sketch.

The quick sketch is very often under appreciated and over looked.  I use the short cuts and the exaggerations
that one can only achieve during a quick 1 minute pose,  and  tried to accentuate them by making
that what my major work is about.

Emmy Mavroidis