The Third Problem
Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2005
Artist: Maria Kontis
Dimensions:
Framed size: 61 x 81 cm
Image size: 29 x 24 cm
Medium: Pastel on velvet paper
Object number: UAC 499
DescriptionMaria Kontis studied MA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts. She said:
'Right now I'm drawing family snapshots. Each snapshot is photographed and re-photographed in different light, at different angles, in focus and out of focus. When I draw I work between these reference photographs and the actual snapshot. The drawing is not a copy of one particular photograph. Sometimes the drawing no longer resembles the original family snapshot - figures are added, altered or removed. But the final drawing looks like a copy of a snapshot. I work with the technology of the photograph to create something out of the photograph that is no longer the photograph but remains very close to it, like a second skin. Touching the difference between the photograph and the drawing, between the sheen of the photograph and the furry grade of the paper just close enough. But never the same.'
'Right now I'm drawing family snapshots. Each snapshot is photographed and re-photographed in different light, at different angles, in focus and out of focus. When I draw I work between these reference photographs and the actual snapshot. The drawing is not a copy of one particular photograph. Sometimes the drawing no longer resembles the original family snapshot - figures are added, altered or removed. But the final drawing looks like a copy of a snapshot. I work with the technology of the photograph to create something out of the photograph that is no longer the photograph but remains very close to it, like a second skin. Touching the difference between the photograph and the drawing, between the sheen of the photograph and the furry grade of the paper just close enough. But never the same.'