'... a conversation with Picasso'

Kinship is a charcoal drawing direct on to a real canvas sail 10m x 3m, similar in size to the Guernica painting by Picasso.. It was created for Southampton City Gallery as part of the Creative Connections exhibition 2023. It is organised by National Portrait Gallery London and hosted with Southampton City Gallery, in an exhibition co-curated with Cantell School GCSE Art students.

 

It also included a long trip to Madrid to have this conversation with Picasso about the need for another Guernica, every year. The art work also ended up exhibited in Paris a stones throw from the original World Fair in 1937, and the Spanish Pavilion that it was commissioned for. 

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Kinship won the Prix Taylor Foundation in Paris Art Capital - Feb 2024

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Visit my shop for the limited edition book on this drawing and limited edition signed prints of the cartoon sketch for this artwork. If you a a student or poor artist, grab the free PDF link for a free digital copy further down this page..

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Kinship was created for exhibition in Southampton City Gallery in summer of 2023. It continues its travels to new audiences, in a similar vain to Guernica it remains 'migrant' , though i hope to find it a home one day.

 

Creative Connections at National Portrait Gallery London Learning Studio gives the background to the creation of this artwork and the education based project behind it.  See video at bottom of this page.

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Latest news

The Kinship Drawing was exhibited in Paris in Feb 2024 - invited as key part of the Salon Dessin Peinture A L'eau. hosted at ART CAPITAL  A stones through from the location the original Guernica was painted for the Paris International Fair in 1937. It won the Taylor Foundation Prix.

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May 28th - June 10th it was exhibited in Venice at Musa International Pavilion during the Biennale 2024 ' Foreigners Everywhere'. This solo exhibition also had postscript works on this theme and a new work called Neighbours. Search for the Neighbours drawing on this website or on m socials. 

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Check out the dedicated iG project page for more background info and detail images @https://www.instagram.com/the_kinship_drawing/