Anna Barriball (born 1972, Plymouth, lives and works in London) makes work which moves between the parallel languages of drawing and sculpture, often using the practice of drawing to create something which might be more properly understood to be sculpture.

Sheets of paper pressed insistently by her pencil up against windows, walls and doors become heavily material objects, while things in the world – windbreaks, found photographs, a fireplace – are redrawn as artworks through subtle alteration.

This exhibition brings together work made over the last ten years, and encompasses drawing, sculpture and video. It includes the kind of works on paper for which Barriball first became known, and also major new commissions: a large
windbreak sculpture and a wall drawing.

Organised by The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh in collaboration with MK Gallery, Milton Keynes. Exhibition supported by The Henry Moore Foundation

New publication
Published to accompany the exhibition this book brings together a generous selection of Barriball’s work, from the beginning of her career in 2000 to ambitious, large-scale new work made in 2011. The book is lavishly illustrated, and includes essays by Director of The Fruitmarket Gallery Fiona Bradley and writer and academic Briony Fer, and a conversation between Anthony Spira, Director of MK Gallery and Anna Barriball.

New edition
Untitled, 2011, silver gelatin print, edition of 100, £195 unframed.
On the occasion of the exhibition Anna Barriball has created a limited edition photographic print. Editions are also available by Claire Barclay, Christine Borland and a new edition by Callum Innes who showed in a major exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery in 2006.

Talk: Rub and Bleed: the meeting of materials in Anna Barriball’s drawings
Thursday 8 March, 6.30pm. Free.
Dr Ed Krcma (University College Cork) explores issues of friction and mobility in Anna Barriball’s work on paper.

Artist’s Talk
Wednesday 14 March, 6.30pm. Free.
Anna Barriball in conversation with Fiona Bradley, Director of The Fruitmarket Gallery.

Panel Discussion: Sculpture and Drawing
Friday 23 March, 6–8pm. £5/£3 concs.
A panel of speakers including Briony Fer (University College London), artist Tania Kovats, Elisabeth Lebovici (EHESS, Paris) and Anna Lovatt (University of Nottingham) explores relationships between sculpture and drawing

Tours

Ways of Seeing
Thursday 16 February, 2–3pm. Free. 15 places.
A tour of the exhibition for older visitors led by freelance gallery educator Mary Keegan.

In the Loop
Wednesday 29 February, 2–3pm. Free. 10 places.
A tour of the exhibition for visitors who are hard of hearing.

In the Frame
Wednesday 29 February, 6.30–8pm. Free. 10 places.
Artist Juliana Capes leads a tour of the exhibition, specifically designed for visitors with visual impairments, including detailed descriptions of Anna Barriball’s work and practice.

Friday tour, 2pm every Friday. Free.
Drop in any Friday for an informal tour.

 

 

Artists’ BookMarket
Saturday 14 April, 11am–6pm
Artists’ BookMarket returns to The Fruitmarket Gallery this spring, featuring a range of artists who work in book form. The Fruitmarket Gallery bookshop is open throughout, specially arranged to spotlight its own stock of artists’ books.