Publication News: Drawing in the Reality of Space

Charley Peters, Logical Atomism (2012), acrylic yarn and fishing wire in space

My article about the subjective truth of drawing in the digital age has been published by TRACEY, the Journal of Drawing and Visualisation Research. The current issue examines issues related to drawing in-situ. My contribution to the issue, 'Drawing in the Reality of Space' can be read online here:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/sota/tracey/journal/insit/2014/PDF/Charley_Peters-TRACEY-Journal-DIS-2014.pdf

Studio: Drawings

Charley Peters, Untitled Sketches (2012), Graphite Powder & Acrylic on Paper 

Works in Progress: Neon Reflections

Charley Peters, Untitled Sketch (2012), Paper

Developing the recent work recorded in the blog posts: http://www.charleypetersprojects.com/2012/08/work-in-progress-psychoparadoxa.html and http://www.charleypetersprojects.com/2012/08/work-in-progress.html. These untitled spatial sketches use the reflective properties of neon paper to leave a trace on a adjoining forms in the composition.

Charley Peters, Untitled Sketches, (2012), Paper

Work in Progress: Psychoparadoxa

Charley Peters, Psychoparadoxa (2012), Card & Graphite Powder

This is an early studio development of the Psychoparadoxa series of drawings, which explore spatiality and perspective through limited, instinctively drawn lines. The geometric 3-Dimensional construction - a drawing in space - is a physical interpretation of the linear movements suggested in the earlier ink drawings (examples below). The work depicted above is a maquette that will be developed in different materials over the coming weeks, focusing on creating fluid and dynamic single forms which move away from floor-based compositions and explore the physical space inhabited in the studio.

Charley Peters, Psychoparadoxa (2012), Ink on Paper

Work in Progress

Charley Peters,  Untitled (In Progress) (2012), Board, Graphite Powder & Card

Charley Peters, Untitled Drawing (2012), Graphite Powder and Acrylic on Paper

Sketches: Wall and Floor Drawings

Charley Peters, Untitled Drawing (2012), Duct Tape and Card

Charley Peters, Untitled Drawings (2012), Duct Tape and Card

These images document the development of a series of studio drawings using duct tape and card. I was interested in translating the straight lines and geometric forms of my recent drawings on paper into a more physical encounter in space using the studio wall and floor as a surface on which to 'draw'. Limited colour intervenes with the material forms, which were created by folding and placing the individual pieces of card to create particular, deliberate lines. The drawings above evolved through a series of fluid and playful engagements with the materials within a controlled space, developing from the initial monochromatic structures shown below.

Charley Peters, Untitled Drawings (2012), Duct Tape and Card

Studio Views: Psychoparadoxa, Developments in Studio Drawing

Charley Peters, Studio Drawings for Psychoparadoxa Series (2012), Yarn

My first studio day of 2012 led to developments of the Psychoparadoxa series of line drawings. The drawings were taken from the flat surface of the paper and constructed in yarn, suspended in a 3-dimensional space in the studio. The original works in ink suggested 'opened-out' perspective drawings and by executing them in the physical space of a room the relationship between background and foreground lines could be explored further. The yarn does not make contact with the studio wall at any point, but forms a geometric construction in space that marks out drawn lines in 3-dimensions.

Charley Peters, Studio Drawings for Psychoparadoxa Series (Detail) (2012), Yarn

Charley Peters, from Psychoparadoxa Series (2011), Ink on Graph Paper

Sketches: Slice Visual Essay

Charley Peters, Sketches for Slice (2011), Ink on Paper

Over the next two weeks I am continuing to work on a series of drawings that will be part of a visual essay in the publication that accompanies the Slice project that TBC Artists' Collective have been involved in. The latest sketches towards developing work for the publication are a response to the shifting virtual lines suggested by the red elastic stretched between TBC members during their 'drawing in space' in Catherine Wheel Alley.

The Slice website documenting all works created for the project by artists in London and Lahore will be live on Friday, after a launch event at the Ideas Store, Whitechapel on Thursday evening.