Drawing/Embodying with Laxmi Hussain

Saturday 19 August 2023

11:30–13:30 and 14:30–16:30

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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Join artist Laxmi Hussain for a guided life drawing workshop, exploring the body and its transitions through life. Play with shape, form and instinctive use of line to create, and take inspiration from Moore’s own sculptures outdoors.

As part of our summer series celebrating the theme of Vitality: The Human Landscapes of Henry Moore, Laxmi Hussain will be holding Drawing/Embodying workshops for all age 16+. Our workshops are open to all levels of experience, beginners and beyond, to encourage collective learning with our lead and one another.

Laxmi will host an immersive experience, adding her signature lines directly on to the model’s own body, recognising their shape as they move through different positions; whilst conversationally guiding participants to consider how this connects to their own experiences and outcomes.

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This event is included in an annual ticket, but places are limited for each session so booking is required.

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If you are a legacy member of Henry Moore Friends, with a valid membership card, please book a free “annual ticket holder” place and bring your card to show at the ticket desk.

This workshop is suitable for adults and young people aged 16+

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About the artist

Elegant and ethereal but also precise and geometric, Laxmi Hussain’s drawings and paintings exist somewhere between the abstract and the realistic, often presenting what appear to be the free-flowing organic forms of the body through intricately ordered patterns.

Laxmi has been drawing for as long as she can remember. As a child in London, she would lose hours after school, sketching on the counter in her dad’s corner shop. But it is only since the birth of her first child, that Laxmi has turned her passion into a profession, finding artwork to be a valuable means of reclaiming her own identity amid the emotional blurrings of motherhood.

Her inspiration comes from the forms encountered in everyday life, from the body, the tenderness of motherhood, the natural shapes of the body as a vessel and its evolution throughout life.

Working in several different media, usually at night, Laxmi is driven by experimentation, constantly exploring new techniques and searching for the shapes and subjects they express best.

Often, her work includes elements that appear incomplete, obliging the viewer to pause and engage with the artwork, filling in the absences themselves rather than just dismissing it and moving on.

www.thislakshmi.com

Other events at Studios & Gardens

This summer we are celebrating the theme of Vitality: The Human Landscapes of Henry Moore with a series of practitioner-led activities designed for different ages, abilities and interests. Join us to participate in workshopping, walking, talking, digital interactions and drop-in events.

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