Shelagh WAKELY British, 1932-2011
From the series As Yet Unnamed, Drawings, 1988-1990, 1988-90
Ink on canvas
138 x 172 cm
“These Drawings are interactive events. They are made up of pieces of data - originally in the artist’s mind one leading to the next, in an intelligent viewer’s mind a...
“These Drawings are interactive events. They are made up of
pieces of data - originally in the artist’s mind one leading to
the next, in an intelligent viewer’s mind a different path may
be tfollowed condensing to readings various. These Drawings
are not pictures or copies of reality, they pose various readings
much as a number of databases or elements in a database are
combined/recombined to make meaning.
It is a system based on a collaborative dialogue. It is nonlinear.
The artist has become an agent who does not create
specific images but creates processes tor generation of new
elements and experiences.”
pieces of data - originally in the artist’s mind one leading to
the next, in an intelligent viewer’s mind a different path may
be tfollowed condensing to readings various. These Drawings
are not pictures or copies of reality, they pose various readings
much as a number of databases or elements in a database are
combined/recombined to make meaning.
It is a system based on a collaborative dialogue. It is nonlinear.
The artist has become an agent who does not create
specific images but creates processes tor generation of new
elements and experiences.”
Exhibitions
Outside, Looking In, Richard Saltoun Gallery London, 2023
Shelagh Wakely: A View from the Window. Camden Arts Centre (2014)
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