ABOUT

PAPER BVILDINGS - Corinne Noble

BA Chelsea College of Art, London / MA Royal College of Art, London.

I make drawings, books, collages and objects that depict prosaic subject matter: buildings, rock-like forms, tables, sheds, or marginal landscapes. To begin, I often trace over photographs of real things. These tracings form the foundations of my final pictures – I employ them not unlike jigsaw pieces, slotting them together in new combinations to compose alternative worlds, intricate patterns, imaginary objects or fanciful architecture.

Some might question art's necessity, viewing it as a folly. But like a folly, the least habitable or 'necessary' form of architecture, so art can offer temporary respite: absorption, amusement, contemplation and transcendence. The 'ground' of a sheet of paper, for the artist, is a physical space that can be occupied by activity and provides an occupation in return. The escapism enjoyed through viewing or constructing artworks is, perhaps, comparable to visiting a romantic pleasure garden, an underground cavern, or a humble allotment.