Dimensions: support: 294 x 208 mm
Copyright: © Helena Almeida | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Helena Almeida’s "Drawing (with pigment)." It's undated and made with pigment on paper. The repeated imagery of hands bound by a dark mass is unnerving. What's your interpretation? Curator: Almeida often explores the body's relationship to space and representation. The bindings here suggest constraint, perhaps reflecting the limitations imposed on women artists historically? How does the repetitive nature of the image play into this feeling? Editor: It emphasizes the feeling of being trapped, I think. Thanks, that gives me a lot to consider. Curator: Absolutely. It's fascinating how Almeida uses simple means to convey complex social commentary.
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This is one of thirty-eight drawings in Tate’s collection by Almeida, all of which are rendered in ink, pen and pigment on sheets of off-white A4 paper. Each sheet has four holes punched down one side, and a number of the sheets have drawings on both sides. The images consist of simple line drawings, overlaid with passages of dense pigment. Each depicts the artist’s body in whole or in part. Many detail her hands, often in the act of drawing. Other images show the artist’s legs, arms or torso, or show her performing an action: dragging an unidentifiable mass that is attached to her ankle by a rope, or pushing her prone body up from the floor.
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