A Little Walk/Lark in August

Hipkiss

1997 · Graphite and metallic pencil on paper · Modern and Contemporary Art

This highly detailed, sweeping panorama is the creation of the collaborative team Hipkiss. Dense with symbolism, the drawing features a fantastic landscape that is situated between the realms of nature and culture, agriculture and industry. At the top are ominous architectural structures towards which birds fly. Along the bottom edge is a strange orchard filled with row upon row of twisted trees. Meanwhile, a female figure fit with small wings and a halo emerges from a tree at the top right, while androgynous figures, powerful and defiant, arise from the ground, as if birthed from Mother Nature. The drawing’s rich iconography speaks of chaos, conflict, and change.

Artist

Hipkiss

Date

1997

Medium

Graphite and metallic pencil on paper

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Gift of Richard Shebairo and Kathleen Monaghan, 2016