Jerwood Gallery- Drawing prize..(2012)

As a part of my semester A lectures for my final year at UEL, i had to go to the Jerwood drawing prize gallery in borough. I found it quite interesting, before i had been i never had heard of this gallery. It was fairly small with a varied collection of top judged artworks all around. This one floor exhibition highlighted the contemporary works of UK artists some of the 78 works being college students also.
I could appreciate the diversity of the chosen collections, however none really caught my eye as favourites. I loved the huge lino prints that were presented. One consisted of a montage of little images that made one huge print, the detail and textures of this piece instantly stood out to me. There were a mixture of illustrations, sculptures, prints and paintings. Whilst in there i had to fill out a question sheet with some interesting thought provoking questions to consider whilst looking at the galleries collection. They made the viewer look at the chosen drawings in a different perspective, trying to put oneself in the shoes of the artist. What were they trying achieve? What were some of the popular materials used throughout the exhibition. After i found out how many entires had been made for the drawing prize at Jerwood Gallery, 3,000 to be precise i would have liked to see a little more then 78 artworks. Although i was completely impressed with my visit to the Jerwood Gallery, i now know that i can go there to check out more collections of the best artwork from around the UK.