CHARLES STIVEN

«End of the Line»

End of the Line, 2005
Kohlenstift, 31 x 85 cm

End of the Line
Kohlenstift

End of the Line
Kohlenstift

Charles Stiven, geboren 1960, lebt und arbeitet in Edinburgh (Schottland) wo er 1986 sein Studium am Edinburgh College of Art abgeschlossen hat. Seit 1992 hat er einen Lehrauftrag an der «School of Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College». Über sein Werk sagt Charles Stiven: «Each image is an amalgam of various components, some real, some imaginary. Enveloping these compositions are tonal arrangements which are sometimes arrived at through premeditated thought and sometimes through the «accident» of charcoal and paper. Just as content, form and line can have psychological and emotional resonance, so too can materials and method. For me charcoal and conte pencil are not used to illustrate an idea. Rather, they are used in a way whereby they become an integral part of the idea. Ideas mirror personality, so does method.» Charles Stivens Werke wurden an mehreren Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen in New York, Schottland und London gezeigt

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Charles Stiven was bom in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1960. He studied Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1985. Over the past 20 years his work has been shown widely in the U.K., Europe and the U.S.A. In 2002 he spent six months as l.A.A.B. Artist in Residence in Basel, and first exhibited at Galerie Rigassi in a two-person show with Ingeborg Luscher, "Begegnung der Elemente" in 2003. Other recent solo exhibitions include, "Vessels", Bridgewater Lustberg Gallery, New York, and "Dry Land", A.S.P. Museum, Wroclaw, Poland. Solo shows are forthcoming for 2006 in New York and Belgrade. Since 1992 he has been a lecturer with the School of Drawing & Painting at Edinburgh College of Art. He participated as Jury member at the 2003 Polish Drawing Biennale, and in 2004 was included in the publication "Drawing - Space, Form and Expression'" published in collaboration with the Education Department of the Drawing Centre, New York.

The work in 'END OF THE LINE", comprising a large series of drawings in charcoal and conte, combine his tactile, emotional and intellectual relationship with chosen materials and process with a quiet consideration of the human condition, both personal and universal. The work is not literal. Motifs, compositions, surface and tonal nuance are tools used to open up a reflective resonance. The work is about everything, and nothing.

Charles Stiven, August 2005

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