Ian Ritchie RA, Corona Isolated ∞ Together, 1 June 2020.
Somerset paper (three layers, burnt in part) and watercolour. 330 mm x 245 mm. © The Artist. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Corona Isolated ∞ Together, 1 June 2020
Ian Ritchie RA (b. 1947)
RA Collection: Art
This drawing is inscribed "Produced by the sun's rays, magnifying glass in my garden, in Lanie house. A play on the words 'Corona' Virus and the heat of the sun's corona (6000 degreees C). To create the work in a period when hearts were burning everywhere in the world."
This work was produced for the Varnishing Day Portfolio: A Moment in Time project. With the onset of the global pandemic in Spring 2020, and for the first time in the history of the Royal Academy, the Summer Exhibition was postponed.The portfolio represents the first time that the community of Royal Academicians has collaborated on one piece of work as the project intended to document what this group of artists and architects were doing, thinking and making on 1 June 2020 (traditionally the annual RA celebration of 'Varnishing Day', the day when Royal Academicians traditionally celebrate the start of the Summer Exhibition and put the finishing touches to their works). The finished publication can be seen here https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/varnishing-day-portfolio
Object details
330 mm x 245 mm
