Artist: Irene Lees

Title: Negligee Corset (2008)

Size: 79 x 59cm

Medium: White pen on black paper

By carefully selecting and weaving together texts on the history of clothing, particularly pieces where women's bodies are turned into little more than 'nursing objects' their underwear depicted as 'frothy little black numbers', Irene has reconstructed versions of the female form.

Inspired by her former career as a textile designer and dressmaker Irene Lees has two distinct styles of drawing; rhythmic loops and repetitive text. Both appear to look like fabric until closely viewed; only then does it become apparent that each one is meticulously hand drawn. The drawings have taken an excessive amount of time using this methodology.