An older man and a girl with her hands full 2014

PITTOCK, Kenny

Registration number

1612231

Artist/maker

PITTOCK, Kenny

Title

An older man and a girl with her hands full

Production date

2014

Medium

Posca marker and charcoal on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

38 x 42 cm

Inscriptions

AN OLDER MAN AND A GIRL WITH HER HANDS FULL, THEY BOTH / STOOD IN FRONT OF THE LAST SEAT IN THE CARRIAGE / OFFERING IT TO EACH OTHER AND SAYING WHY THEY / PERSONALLY DIDN''''T NEED IT. FOR AGES IT LOOKED LIKE / NEITHER OF THEM WOULD SIT DOWN, I THOUGHT ABOUT / TAKING IT MYSELF, JUST TO MAKE THE DECISION EASIER / FOR EVERYBODY. EVENTUALLY THOUGH THE TRAIN GOT PRETTY / ROCKY AND THE OLDER MAN RELUCTANTLY SAT DOWN.

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Keywords

Kenny Pittock, Train drawings, 2014

Summary

Kenny Pittock is a Melbourne artist who is enchanted by the everyday and who works across several mediums.. When he lived with his parents in Upper Ferntree Gully Pittock would commute daily to his studio in the Nicholas Building. During these journeys he would draw his fellow passengers. Over a period of two years he did almost 500 of these drawings. Often his subjects would get off the train before he had barely put pen to paper. What began as a way to pass the time developed into a more conscious project. Ninety-nine of the drawings were displayed at the 'NEW14' exhibition at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. The City of Melbourne purchased nine of them.