Study #15
Study #15 looks in depth at a drawing by British artist Charles Avery from the David Roberts Collection. The artist presents a selection of additional works in the exhibition, including sculptures, drawings and items from his studio. A new text by writer and curator Nicolas Bourriaud is commissioned for the project.
The work depicts a scene from ‘The Island’, the epic fictional world to which Avery has devoted his practice since 2004. The Island’s geography and anthropology are intricately conceived and revealed through Avery’s diverse works, which often function as emissaries or relics from the territory rather than direct illustrations. Although rooted in Avery’s own upbringing on the Scottish island Mull, the landscape, architecture and anthropology of The Island are evolved through distinct mathematical and philosophical systems.
David Roberts Art Foundation
Symes Mews
London NW1 7JE
20 Jan. 2016 – 8 Apr. 2017