graphite & putty eraser/30x20cm
Presenting the most recent production in the current project now comprising a total of 20 drawings sourced from a gallery of photographic reproductions of what might have been considered, even when topical, less-than stellar & limelight-drenched footballers - at least outside of the orbit of the clubs for whom they appeared with distinction & by whose supporters they are oft remembered with affection - of a circa 1970 vintage, the portrait subject resulting from the process on this occasion being one Ronnie Bird, then obviously of Cardiff City (Wrexham fans say boo), whom he represented either side of spells with such iconic alt-glamour lower division names as Bradford Park Avenue, Bury & Crewe Alexandra, quite an impressive roll call to the more obscurely-inclined.
As with other examples in the series, the ‘hauntological’ aspect of the drawing, re-mediated from the photographic source capturing a moment in time past, seems to become intensified with the knowledge that the portrait subject not only aged but has subsequently passed away, traces – of which the drawing, itself comprising an accumulation of traces that record its making, becomes another - all that remain.
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