Wrench, 1984
Oil Stick on Paper, 22 1/2" x 30"
Hammer, 1984
Oil Stick on Paper, 22 1/2" x 30"
Judith Cowan was born in London in 1954. She attended Bristol Polytechnic in 1973-74, and the Chelsea School of Arts in 1977-78. She is the recipient of a Gulbenkian Rome Scholarship as well as the Greater London Arts Association Award. Her drawings and sculptures have been shown extensively in England and are included in the collection of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Cowan's vocabulary ranges from antique vases and metalware to contemporary household implements. Her realist renderings of consumer products seem to propose truth as an empty vessel as they explore notions of containment, contrary meanings, and a hidden core.
*Excerpted from Tools as Art: The Hechinger Collection, published by Harry N. Abrams Inc.