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11/4/2003

Scritch Scratch

Transition Gallery, London

Mark Croxford
Annabel Dover
Delaine Le Bas
Alex Michon
Marcus Oakley

Transition presents a collection of 'drawings' hovering in the space between fine art and illustration, connected by the liberating concept of 'I don't care how I'm meant to do it I'm doing it this way'.

These drawings, often described by outlines, have a heartfelt awkwardness that is as far removed from the gestural freedom of the art class as is possible. They are not 'easy come' and their presence is accompanied by copious amounts of their creators' blood sweat and tears. There is an underlying complexity to their deceptively simple surfaces.

The moniker Scritch Scratch delineates this particular kind of drawing, cerebral, projective and 'outside' the art school. This work is seared on to its support leaving an imprint akin to one a child might leave when they press too hard on their paper. This is art that lives in the real world and not in some rarefied fine art laboratory.

Mark Croxford scratches images through a layer of black paint to liberate the shiny surface of the mirror support. Magical Annabel Dover's ghostly christening gown simply floats in a shimmering white over the darkest black ground. Part wedding dress, part mourning gown it stands for all of life's big ceremonies. Delaine Le Bas shows new, layered drawings on glass and paper, her Romany roots expressed in an exuberance of decorative style, anger and melancholia. Often classified, as an Outsider artist, Delaine's work is both girly and confrontational; she uses what she wants in the way she wants. Alex Michon draws paperworld, trawling through her rock and roll routes to make hybrid allegorical sketches of love, life and the pursuit of freedom. Marcus Oakley's beautiful, colouring book, arcadian landscapes and anthropomorphic animals come from a visionary land of childhood innocence.

Fri ­ Sun 12-6 - Free admission

For further information and images: Call Cathy Lomax on 020 8985 775 or 0794 1208566

Transition 110a Lauriston Road, London E9 0794 1208566

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