Delicate pencil drawing of high rise Singapore wins the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015

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Delicate pencil view of high rise Singapore scoops the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015

A high rise view of the of the sprawling, jungle strewn metropolis of Singapore has won this year’s Jerwood Drawing Prize.

The delicate pencil drawing, called From Andrew’s Flat, Singapore, by 33-year-old Tom Harrison, scooped the £8,0000 top prize in an award ceremony at London’s Jerwood Space this evening, September 15.

Tom, who is about to start his first year at the Royal Drawing School in London, made the drawing on a recent trip to the South East Asian country where he confessed to being “highly stimulated by the lush green jungle offset against the lines of the architecture”.

“My initial pull for the drawing was seeing all of this from an elevated position," explained Tom; "an abstract pattern of the buildings jostling for space with the jungle becoming even more apparent.”

The Second Prize of £5,000 went to Finnish-born, London-based artist Elisa Alaluusua for her 7-minute video, Unconditional Line.

The prizewinning video drawing depicts the take-off and landing of a flight and “explores a line across the skies and recreates it on screen”.

“This particular trip belongs to a continuum of invisible lines drawn between London and Luusua in Finnish Lapland,” said Elisa.

“The lines on the ground speak their own foreign language of order and safety that should not be compromised. The video is a reminder of the experiences of our own journeys.”

Two Student Awards of £2,000 each were awarded to Bryan Eccleshall for a paper drawing called After Joseph Beuys’ ‘Wirtshaftswerte and Lois Langmead whose Pelvis is made up of 8 spools of thread to represent a woman’s pelvic bone.

Professor Anita Taylor, Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize project said “The commitment and endeavor of artists and designers, emerging and mature, to use drawing as a vital means of creativity and as a means to explore and understand the world anew is significant.

“The award winners deploy drawing in various forms to both document and to question our perceptions.”

Selected from original drawings presented for consideration without any information about artist or title, the Jerwood Drawing Prize has established a reputation for promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice within the UK.

A total of 60 works by 58 artists, were chosen from over 3072 submitted works for the Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition by a panel comprising the artist Dexter Dalwood, artist/curator Salima Hashmi and art historian John-Paul Stonard.

• The winning artworks are on display at Jerwood Space, London from September 16 – October 25 2015, followed by a tour to venues across the UK, including Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum: The Wilson (November 21 2015 - January 31 2016), Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury (February 11 - April 9 2016), and Falmouth Art Gallery (April 23 - June 25 2016).

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art536915-delicate-pencil-drawing-of-high-rise-singapore-wins-the-jerwood-drawing-prize-2015