Sketches after Cimabue

In c1280 Cimabue depicted the destinations of the Evangelists as largely imaginary cities; attempting to use a realistic sense of space to depict far away places. Leeds is now imagining and developing a new city, redeveloping areas such as Holbeck, the centre of Leeds' early textile trade. St Francis came from a textile family and Holbeck itself has architectural elements inspired by the landscapes of Italy. For the Separations exhibition it felt entirely appropriate to take inspiration from Italy and create my own versions of Cimabue's cities, suggesting the complex physical and emotional relationship we have with the spaces we inhabit.