| Description | This file includes correspondence sent and received by Petherbridge concerning a wide range of activities undertaken in both a professional capacity as an artist, art educator, and writer, as well as in a personal capacity, including:
-personal correspondence (e.g. discussing friendships, work, relationships; travel; health; arrangements to socialise; relatives of Guy Petherbridge; birthday and thank you cards)
-invitation to events (e.g. book launches; exhibitions; private views; christmas parties)
-participation in conferences/symposiums (e.g. keynote speaker at 'Drawing Conversations 4: Engaging with sites of history and narrative', University of Huddersfield)
-participation on panels and boards (e.g. judge for the Royal Institute of British Architects' annual architectural drawing competition)
-approaches to galleries (Scottish National Gallery; Ashmolean Museum; Fitzwilliam Museum; British Museum; Whitechapel Gallery)
-exhibitions (e.g. 'Artists at Work', The Courtauld, 3 May-15 Jul 2018; 'Places of Change & Destruction', Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, 6 Sep-14 Oct 2017; 'Journeys with The Waste Land, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Feb-May 2018; 'CLOSE: Drawn Portraits', Drawing Room, London Nov 2018 - Feb 2019; 'Walk through British Art: 60 Years', Tate Gallery)
-drawing research (e.g. discussions with various academics, students and artists on the subject of drawing)
-publications (e.g. exhibition catalogue essay written for 'The Drawing Works at Patriothall Gallery', with draft essay titled 'Faultlines' attached; exhibition catalogue essay written for 'Joy Hester: Remember Me', Heide Museum of Modern Art; contribution to 'The international encyclopedia of art and design education' volume 3, pedagogy)
-travel (e.g. Goa)
-invitations to lecture/teach (e.g. Júlio Resende Centenary Lecture, Lugar do Desenho - Fundação Júlio Resende in association with the University of Porto, 11 Oct 2018, with lecture notes attached; Henry Moore Institute)
-buyer and seller information of works of art (e.g. 'Landscape Abstraction (Australia)')
-location of works of art (e.g. 'The Destruction of the City of Homs')
-grant and fellowship applications (e.g. Associate Fellow, Warburg Institute, draft application attached)
-copyright permissions (e.g. The Tate; Author' Licensing and Collecting Society membership)
-details of frames bought for Petherbridge's drawings
Of particular note:
-description of bronze casting made by sculptor Somnath Hore, dated 23 Apr 2017
-draft article prepared for the Tate magazine but withdrawn, titled 'Destruction and Graphic Stratergies of Excess', dated 4 Jul 2017
-letter from Petherbridge to Patricia Allerston, Deputy Director and Chief Curator, Scottish National Gallery, dated 22 Sep 2017, concerning the drawing 'The Destruction of Palmyra', and a suggestion to show it alongside Gavin Hamilton's work 'Dawkins and Wood discovering the Ruins of Palmyra'
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Catherine Whistler, Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum, dated 17-22 Aug 2018, concerning Petherbridge's reflections on her career, posthumous reputation, and current drawings, and arrangements for Whistler to visit Petherbridge's studio
-correspondence between Petherbridge and Jane Munro, Keeper of Paintings, Drawings and Prints, The Fitzwilliam Museum, dated 17 Aug 2018-1 May 2019, concerning Petherbridge's reflections on her career, posthumous reputation, and current drawings; arrangements for Munro to visit Petherbridge's studio; and Bryan Robertson's bequest of one of Petherbridge's drawings in 2003
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Kate Macfarlane, Drawing Room, dated 13-14 Aug 2018, concerning the inclusion of Petherbridge's self portrait 'Hole in the Head' in the exhibition 'CLOSE: Drawn Portraits', with description of the self portrait written by Petherbridge, dated 3 Sep 2018 attached
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Godrey Worsdale, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation, dated 17 Dec 2018-28 May 2019, concerning Petherbridge's participation in a seminar at the Henry Moore Institue; Petherbridge's offer to donate her books on public art to the library; and her drawings relating to public art projects and competitions
-letter from Petherbridge to Iwona Blazwick, Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery, dated 2 Mar 2019, concerning Petherbridge's proposal of an exhibition of her recent large-scale narrative pen and ink drawings
-printed email exchange between Petherbridge and Anna Townsend, GCSE art student, dated 7-11 Mar 2019, concerning Petherbridge's inspiration for the drawing 'Umbria Rurale III', her drawing practice, and challenges she has faced whilst pursuing a career in art
-printed email from Henry Noltie, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 18 Sep 2019, discussing Petherbridge's new political drawings and her fustration at not being able to share them with a viewing public
-undated text titled 'General Comments Bath Spa University Drawing'
-book proposal titled 'Graphic Events and Transdormative Lines', undated
-book proposal for a short sequel to 'The Primacy of Drawing', titled 'The Democracy of Drawing: Observations on contemporary practice, undated
-list of drawings displayed in 'Places of Change & Destruction', Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, 6 Sep-14 Oct 2017
-draft press release for 'Places of Change & Destruction', Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, 6 Sep-14 Oct 2017
-untitled draft article withdrawn from Tate Magazine, dated Jul 2017 |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Catherine Whistler, dated 17 Aug 2018, concerning Petherbridges reflections on her career, posthumous reputation, and current drawings |