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INDUSTRIOUS by Lucinda Rogers
This group of drawings is part of an ongoing series depicting working areas that are not often seen but which are part of the workings of cities and towns. They are drawn directly from life, sitting on the spot up to six hours.
The London drawings centre on the Peacock industrial estate in Tottenham in 2015. Tottenham is under particular pressure to find space for thousands of housing units, causing many of its working areas to be under threat. The Frome drawings were made in April 2016 and are a snapshot of the huge variety of businesses and activities in Frome, together with buildings I noticed that pay reference to the long history of industry in the town.
Small business and employment should be fundamental to the life of every town and city and we should should stand up for that.
Lucinda Rogers is driven by a desire to document and it is her surroundings that feed this compulsion to draw from life. She has amassed a large body of drawings made on location in London and New York. To Lucinda a city becomes a landscape, its inhabitatnts providing a sense of scale and animation. Her commissions have taken her backstage at the Globe Theatre, and a monthly column Country in the City for Country Living magazine has given her further opportunity to discover the unexpected in her local London area. Her drawings of London's burgeonning restaurant scene in The Times during the 1990s and The Weasel column in The Independent gave her a wide international following. Her clients include the Historic Royal Palaces, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The New Yorker, Dunhill, Claridges Hotel and Cambridge University, among many others.
Lucinda Rogers has upcoming 2016 exhibitions at L'Escargot in London, at Tanner & Lawson in Chelsea.
More information can be found at Lucinda Rogers on Wikipedia and on the artist's website
Rook Lane Chapel, Frome, Somerset
Rook Lane is a space for art, architecture, performance and education. A unique arts centre housed in a restored 18th century chapel, Rook Lane is home to NVB Architects and the base for Rook Lane Arts Trust. The chapel was built in 1707 and served the community of Frome until 1968, but what followed was 25 years of dereliction. Notable events in recent years have included a Talk by Assemble, winners of the Turner Prize 2015, and an exhibition of works by Peter Blake.
