Loopy
Maker
(artist)
born 1947
born 1947
Title
Loopy
Date of Production
2022
Medium
graphite
Dimensions
Length: 76 cm
Width: 57.2 cm
Width: 57.2 cm
Accession Number
D.2023.XX.2
Mode of Acquisition
Linda Karshan, gift, 2023
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
© Linda Karshan
Location
Not currently on display
Label Text
Linda Karshan is one of the most committed and interesting graphic artists working today. She is exceptional in working exclusively as a draughtswoman and the importance of her work is increasingly being recognised in the UK and internationally.
In her practice Linda Karshan is concerned with the fundamental qualities of draughtsmanship, namely structure, rhythm, balance and harmony. Though her approach has evolved gradually over time, Loopy is still very much informed by the movement and types of rhythmic mark-making that characterise her oeuvre. The lines in this drawing are more fluid and animated than some of her earlier, much more structured work. Of this work the artist has said “These quick 'loops' hark back to loops from 1996. In this piece, the loops fall at the intersections, and NOT between the intersections. It's a case of dynamism, and embodied knowledge. The rhythmic, downward movements swept me along. They had their own momentum. I did not interfere.”
Karshan gifted this drawing to mark the retirement of professor Deborah Swallow, Director of The Courtauld from 2004-2023, and as a pendant to her own drawing Untitled (1995), also in the collection.
In her practice Linda Karshan is concerned with the fundamental qualities of draughtsmanship, namely structure, rhythm, balance and harmony. Though her approach has evolved gradually over time, Loopy is still very much informed by the movement and types of rhythmic mark-making that characterise her oeuvre. The lines in this drawing are more fluid and animated than some of her earlier, much more structured work. Of this work the artist has said “These quick 'loops' hark back to loops from 1996. In this piece, the loops fall at the intersections, and NOT between the intersections. It's a case of dynamism, and embodied knowledge. The rhythmic, downward movements swept me along. They had their own momentum. I did not interfere.”
Karshan gifted this drawing to mark the retirement of professor Deborah Swallow, Director of The Courtauld from 2004-2023, and as a pendant to her own drawing Untitled (1995), also in the collection.
Provenance
Gift of the artist in honour of Deborah Swallow, 2023
Exhibition History
From the Baroque to Today: New Acquisitions of Works on Paper, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 23/02/2024-27/05/2024
Inscriptions
Verso, lower right, graphite : "Selected for The Courtauld, in honour of Deborah Swallow, to mark her retirement, our friendship and bond of trust. To be seen and studied in dialogue with UNTITLED, 1995, 60x44” in the Courtauld’s collection.
LK, 23/05/2022.
III , 26/01/2022 Karshan"
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