Soap Drawing no. 30, 2022/23 by Oli Kellett has been shortlisted for the 7th John Ruskin Prize.
Selected from nearly 3000 entries, the shortlist, which called for artists to explore the theme From the Eye to the Hand will be between 16th January to 2nd February 2025 at Trinity Buoy Wharf.
Beginning on 7th October 2019, Soap Drawing is a daily drawing practice of documenting a bar of soap on a soap dish, and recording the minute day-to-day changes as it gets smaller until eventually it disappears. Once gone, the process begins again with a different soap on a different soap dish.Inspired by artists On Karawa, Peter Dreher, Hanne Darboven and Roman Opalka, this exercise is an observation into time passing and how repetition, ritual and discipline can shape a life.
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