Lucy Algar – Drawing Performance

Upstairs at The Art Shop

Ink Drawings | Sketchbooks | Small paintings

Lucy’s work interrogates movement, both within landscapes and of performing bodies. She places fluid, energetic lines on paper as if they were performers on a stage, constantly balancing depth, scale, light & shadow.

‘Lucy’s drawings challenge us to address scale and physicality. They are grounded in movement, whether that be dancers across paper or swaying trees in landscape. The relationship between figure, music and hand are unconscious: they evolve organically as she draws and collaborates with the dancers. Her international practice and training is rooted in set and costume design, helping us and her students understand the power of movement and where our eye is drawn.  As the dancers move across the floor their movements are mirrored in ink. The space between allows us to see.’ Carol Swords FRSA (Creative programming & Interpretation Manager at Kensington Palace).

Lucy Algar, MA FHEA, is an artist, performance designer and educator. She is Course Leader of the BA in Theatre Design at Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL. Her work includes extensive design for performance both live and for film and TV, art installations in public environments and galleries, and exhibition design.