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Jim Pearson |
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Hyas araneus. 'A façade in alternating bands of black basalt and white travertine',
Graphite and water colour |
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In the drawings of James Pearson, the elaborate system of forces, stresses and strains observed in crustacean form, inspires reinvention in the closed system of the architectural facade. Working between observation and the physical experience of superficially irregular natural forms and architecture, the imagination is tempered, finding order and pattern in complex organic models such as in Hyas araneus (spider crab). From this point, the mind's eye attempts to transcribe essential patterns found in the natural form onto the man-made. In direct experience of the architectural setting at Orvieto and Siena, the alternating bands of black basalt and flood-lit white travertine create a strobe-light effect and the imagination playfully considers the rationally ordered façade's alter-ego. |
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Jim Pearson was born in New Malden, Surrey in 1948 and completed an MA in Sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1975. Recent exhibitions include Outlook at Camberwell College of Arts Gallery, (2008) group exhibitions at Wilson Road Gallery Space and Morley Gallery , London (2005/7), 'Drawing' at the London Institute Gallery (200) and 'The Importance of Drawing from Old Masters to the 20 th Century' at The Royal Museum and Art Gallery in Canterbury. UK in 1999. |
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