Jen Aitken, gesso and ink on paper, 2018
The Canadian Jen Aitken casts ground sculptures in concrete, among other things, evoking the ‘brutalism’ of architecture; on the other hand, she makes fine metal or wood constructions. Her work presents a balance between the solid and delicate. They are recurrent forms with continuous lines. Her work invites the viewer to observe and figure out the logic of a construction. Their presence is subdued and their texture has a subtly coloured surface.
Her ‘Outlines’ explain her fluent visual language with attention to the “peripheral spaces”. She demarcates a space, creating at the same time a completely new space. With her ink on vellum, Aitken connects a pattern of surface lines with an innuendo of sunken lines, suggesting that the actual drawing continues elsewhere, a duality between the visual and the memory.
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