There's a kinship here with the practice sketches ancient Egyptian scribes left on limestone chips - an ibis or a cat rehearsed in a handful of brisk, economical strokes, likeness arriving fast or not at all. Celestine Addo's grey cat gets a rounded head with whiskers fanning out and one ear sharply pricked, the body trailing into haunches with four limbs scattered beneath it in the loose, open lines of something caught mid-stride.
There's a kinship here with the practice sketches ancient Egyptian scribes left on limestone chips - an ibis or a cat rehearsed in a handful of brisk, economical strokes, likeness arriving fast or not at all. Celestine Addo's grey cat gets a rounded head with whiskers fanning out and one ear sharply pricked, the body trailing into haunches with four limbs scattered beneath it in the loose, open lines of something caught mid-stride.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery