Man coming home from work 2014

PITTOCK, Kenny

Registration number

1612232

Artist/maker

PITTOCK, Kenny

Title

Man coming home from work

Production date

2014

Medium

Posca marker and charcoal on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

38 x 42 cm

Inscriptions

Man coming home from work. When he got/ on the train I overheard a guy behind me say/ "How come he''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s allowed to wear cloths/ covered in mud but if I put my clean shoes/ where he''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''s sitting then I get fined four/ hundred bucks for having my feet on the seat

Credit line

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.