“In the 1950s the critic Harold Rosenberg referred to the canvas of the Abstract Expressionists as ‘…an arena in which to act’ he said ‘What was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event’”. Rosenberg,1952:589

In Part One you will explore and inform your practice through exercises that:

• Challenge your physical and sensory relationship to the acts of drawing
• Explore gesture in relation to physical activity and alternative painting tools
• Consider the part played by chance, endurance and the passing of time in forming your work
• Examine your relationship to painting; what you consider it to be, or not be.