![Sca1wdqsyk6vozk1qnndsw](https://axis-arts.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/user-uploads/user-11395/sca1wdqsyk6vozk1qnndsw.jpg?w=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1709368143&s=5dae5c937852c0e1f46561ecf854d98f)
Not repetition but insistence
By
Henny Burnett
2020
![Sca1wdqsyk6vozk1qnndsw](https://axis-arts.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/user-uploads/user-11395/sca1wdqsyk6vozk1qnndsw.jpg?w=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1709368143&s=5dae5c937852c0e1f46561ecf854d98f)
- Drawing and Illustration
- Pigment
- Map
- Cartography
- Mark Making
- Textures
- Patterns
- Studio Practice
- Exhibition
Dimensions
42cm x 60cm
Not repetition but insistence: The title refers to a Gertrude Stein quote "The inevitable seeming repetition in human expression is not repetition, but insistence."
The same mark is made using black ink and a calligraphy dip pen, a repetitive action yet each mark is individual and insistent as it works it way around the islands of ink washes and pigment stains, creating a map or cartography across the plane of the paper. The process of insistence brings order to the accidental stains and washes the paper already had from a previous use as a protective cover on the drawing table.
![Bfhhzasypkkd4x5ljbvqdw](https://axis-arts.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/user-uploads/user-11395/bfhhzasypkkd4x5ljbvqdw.jpg?w=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1709368127&s=d05887a0359315e211b8cf5e5b40e5c5)
Martin Urmson
![Gvfpntfom0glaezq2hu6xa](https://axis-arts.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/user-uploads/user-11395/gvfpntfom0glaezq2hu6xa.jpg?w=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1709368132&s=33f083d8b5f8ff050fe740196cefcdf5)
Martin Urmson
Become a member
We support our members with: insurance, networks, space, opportunities, R&D awards, profiling, advice and mentoring.
Become a member