Drawn Out by Maxwell Rushton

About the work
Date of completion:
9 May 2015
Edition type:
Unique work
Classification:
Drawing
Medium:
Pen on paper
Dimensions:
1000×250 cm

Provenance records
  • 07 Nov 2018 Verification
    The owner has verified the artwork record data.
  • 07 Nov 2018 Creation
    The artwork has been created
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Artist statement:
Maxwell Rushton Born 1989 Works in London Intertwining performance, painting, drawing and sculpture, Maxwell’s portfolio explores cultural phenomena and his own human condition. In his work Brand New Me, Maxwell explores society’s growing relationship with marketing by painting 20 pints of his own blood into an epic-scale replica of his logo, turning twice the volume of blood he has in his body into a piece of advertising. From this to his project Drawn Out, in which he filled four 10 meter rolls of paper with approximately 10 million hand-drawn lines over the duration of a year whilst he lived in isolation, to viral footage of Maxwell’s sculpture Left Out, which has so far been viewed over 40 million times, his “thought-provoking works” (Huffington Post) are “causing a stir throughout the international art scene” (Lodown Magazine).
Additional observations:
This artwork won the Zelous Emerge Art Prize, 2018 (1st prize). Judged by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Kathleen Soriano, Aesthetica Magazine and Mark Cass (Cass Art).
... Maxwell Rushton

Biography: Intertwining performance, painting, drawing and sculpture, Maxwell’s portfolio explores cultural phenomena and his own human condition. In his work Brand New Me, Maxwell explores society’s growing relationship with marketing by painting 20 pints of his own blood into an epic-scale replica of his logo, turning twice the volume of blood he has in his body into a piece of advertising. From this to his project Drawn Out, in which he filled four 10 meter rolls of paper with approximately 10 million hand-drawn lines over the duration of a year whilst he lived in isolation, to viral footage of Maxwell’s sculpture Left Out, which has so far been viewed over 40 million times, his “thought-provoking works” (Huffington Post) are “causing a stir throughout the international art scene” (Lodown Magazine).