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13/9/2006

Sarah Woodfine

Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London

The Drawn Curtain

'According to the philosopher Gaston Bachelard, "the miniscule, a narrow gate, opens up an entire world." In the case of Sarah Woodfine Bachelard’s maxim is entirely apt. Woodfine’s drawings, often contained within specially constructed structures that act both as frames and as physical extensions of the drawing itself, operate as miniature worlds, self-contained systems through which a series of vignettes are staged for the viewer’s careful consideration. The deceptive, intense surface of Woodfine’s drawings is one point of attraction; a second stage of intensification and of bringing into focus is enacted by Woodfine’s elaborate framing. One may therefore regard these ambivalent drawing-objects as a bi-part lens through which one may view a corner, fragment or snapshot of another universe. The environment presented may be regarded as a translation or transformation of selected aspects of the world we frequently take for granted. Woodfine’s practice involves the directing at! tention, of looking and causing the viewer to look in an active, highly interested and consistently insistent way.' Peter Suchin

Sarah Woodfine studied at Liverpool School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools. In 2004 she won the Jerwood Drawing Prize. She recently completed an Artangel Interaction project, When Night Draws In. Recent exhibitions include: Drawing Inspiration, Abbot Hall Gallery; The Real Ideal, Sheffield Millennium Gallery; The Nelson Touch, Maritime Museum Portsmouth; Cloud & Vision, Museum of Garden History, London; Only Make-Believe, curated by Marina Warner at Compton Verney.

Private view: Thursday 14 September 2006 6 - 9 pm

Danielle Arnaud
123 Kennington Road - London

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