Airplane Drawings
Leslie Hirst Airplane Drawings 09 May - 28 June 2015
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SKYWRITING
Kunstverein Baden, Austria
09 May - 28 June 2015

The Airplane Drawings are an ongoing project begun in 1998. The drawings are records of ground patterns seen from the window of an airplane while flying. Working quickly with a ballpoint pen on magazine pages forces unintentional juxtapositions of line, image and language.

Fifty-five Airplane Drawings were installed for the solo exhibition SKYWRITING at Kunstverein Baden in Austria. About the works, curator Verena Gamper writes:

"This unusual perspective, together with the constantly changing view through the window, demanded a maximum of spontaneity and a minimum of reflection. What transpires is a combination of glyph and graphic, of topography and typography that, despite the random nature of the concurrence, sometimes results in uncanny relationships. Suddenly the spaces intentionally left blank in the graphic design of the magazine become bearers of information that draw the narratives of all the images together in a dialogue."

Leslie Hirst Airplane Drawings 09 May - 28 June 2015
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SKYWRITING
Kunstverein Baden, Austria
09 May - 28 June 2015
Leslie Hirst Airplane Drawings ballpoint pen on magazine page
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No. 111
2011
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.75 x 10.5 in.
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No. 105
2013
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.125 x 8.75
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No. 35
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 88
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.5 in.
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No. 115
2013
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.125 x 8.75 in.
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No. 96
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 29
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 93
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.5 in.
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No. 151
2014
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.5 in.
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No. 76
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.5 in.
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No. 95
2010
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 87
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 10
2003
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 103
2013
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.125 x 8.75 in.
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No. 118
2013
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.125 x 8.875 in.
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No. 114
2013
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.125 x 8.75 in.
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No. 74
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.5 in.
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No. 98
2011
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 11
2003
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 58
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 55
2007
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 8.125 in.
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No. 46
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.25 x 8.75 in.
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No. 39
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 97
2010
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 32
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5
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No. 24
2005
ballpoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 17
2005
bapppoint pen on magazine page
10.5 x 10.5 in.
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No. 94
2010
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 8.875 in.
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No. 75
2009
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11 x 9.125 in.
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No. 54
2006
ballpoint pen on magazine page
11.5 x 9.5 in.