“Drawing is the quickest and most instantaneous route in. I’ve always been really drawn to these ephemeral elements: notes and love letters”. France-Lise McGurn (who was interviewed in Elephant last month) has just opened a new exhibition, titled Percussia, at Simon Lee Gallery in London. Fluid figures occupy her paintings and drawings, where sensual lines build a world of intimacy and interiority. McGurn’s drawings often extend beyond the canvas, bleeding onto the gallery walls, as if charged with a sense of urgency to escape beyond these boundaries. Today at midday the artist will be in conversation with Katy Hessel, founder of The Great Women Artists Instagram account, to discuss her free-form work.
