Title
Transcription Drawing: Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 1960 #12
1986
Artist
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Details
- Other Title
- Transcription Drawing no.12
- Date
- 1986
- Media category
- Drawing
- Materials used
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- 31.3 x 49.1 cm image (drawn border); 37.5 x 55.2 cm sheet
- Signature & date
Signed and dated l.c. sheet, pencil "RL 1986".
- Credit
- Gift of the artist 1989
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 147.1989
- Copyright
- © Ruark Lewis
- Artist information
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Ruark Lewis
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About
This drawing is from a series based on Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8 1960. This compact and focused quartet was written in three days and dedicated “to the victims of fascism and war”. The drama and intensity of the music is reflected in the drawings, which are like Lewis’ own musical score. The music and drawings are considered to be simultaneous gestures and Lewis sees his work as an inversion of the role of conductor. He is a visual choreographer.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 11 Jan 1992–17 Feb 1992
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Nolan Gallery, Australia, 01 May 1992–08 Jun 1992
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, 12 Jun 1992–12 Jul 1992
Contemporary Australian Drawings - from the collection, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah, 14 Oct 1992–08 Nov 1992
