Cities of the World - Chris Leach
Exhibited at the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Chris Leach began his Capital Cities drawing project in 2012 continuing until 2023. Leach completed 196 tiny drawings of every recognised capital city in the world which together functions as one piece of work. These meticulously crafted miniature drawings are solidly three-dimensional, drawn with pencil, scalpel and burnishing tools on the gessoed face of an oak block. Leach is interested in how scale can be used as a tool for both psychological and representational investigation. Consequently, the work by its very nature demands a mental recalibration by the viewer to still oneself to engage with each city drawing.
Exhibited at the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Chris Leach began his Capital Cities drawing project in 2012 continuing until 2023. Leach completed 196 tiny drawings of every recognised capital city in the world which together functions as one piece of work. These meticulously crafted miniature drawings are solidly three-dimensional, drawn with pencil, scalpel and burnishing tools on the gessoed face of an oak block. Leach is interested in how scale can be used as a tool for both psychological and representational investigation. Consequently, the work by its very nature demands a mental recalibration by the viewer to still oneself to engage with each city drawing.
196 city drawings shown as part of Kathy Prendergast & Chris Leach: Cities of the World Butler Gallery, Kilkenny from 9 August – 26 October, 2025 Curated by Anna O’Sullivan, Butler Gallery Director (Above photos by Ros Kavanagh)
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