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| Michael Landy, Drawing (3) (charcoal on paper), 2007 |
«It has been nearly twenty years since Michael Landy covered all the walls, top to bottom, of City Racing Gallery with small signs, symbols and figures, highly-stylised and personalised, boldly drawn in marker pen. The twenty-year anniversary of 'Run For Your Life', 1993, is an exciting pretext to stage a retrospective of works on paper by one of the truly original - and resolute - artists of his time. Landy is also about to be celebrated at The National Gallery, London, with an exhibition, 'Saints Alive', the conclusion of his two-year residency.
Michael Landy's utterly distinctive graphic production is the foundation of his practice. His drawings function in many different ways: as semi-autobiographical pieces, preparatory or concluding sketches for his large-scale projects and installations, as well as autonomous bodies of work ...» (from Thomas Dane Gallery' 20 Years of Pressing Hard: Michael Landy Drawings 1993-2013, 5 Jun - 27 Jul 2013, Press Release)
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