Dimensions: support: 294 x 208 mm
Copyright: © Helena Almeida | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: So, this is "Drawing (with pigment)" by Helena Almeida. There’s no date given. It’s at the Tate. I find the sketchy quality kind of intriguing, like a thought in progress. What do you see in this piece? Curator: It’s like a glimpse into a dream, isn’t it? Almeida often played with the body and space. I think this is more than just a study. Do you notice how the shadowy area seems to anchor the more ethereal lines? Editor: Yes, it’s almost sculptural! I hadn't thought of that. Curator: It's like she's asking us to question where the drawing ends and the real begins, maybe even challenging the male gaze. It's a visual poem. Editor: Wow, I’ll never see a simple sketch the same way again. Curator: Precisely, it's more of an intimate glimpse into the artist.
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This is one of thirty-eight drawings in Tate’s collection by Almeida, all of which are rendered in ink, pen and pigment on sheets of off-white A4 paper. Each sheet has four holes punched down one side, and a number of the sheets have drawings on both sides. The images consist of simple line drawings, overlaid with passages of dense pigment. Each depicts the artist’s body in whole or in part. Many detail her hands, often in the act of drawing. Other images show the artist’s legs, arms or torso, or show her performing an action: dragging an unidentifiable mass that is attached to her ankle by a rope, or pushing her prone body up from the floor.
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