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From: PRESS RELEASE Category: Exhibitions Date: 12 August 2009 Time: 02:41 PM Review: thecentre:mk Annual Painting Prize 2009 Ann Pitkin is delighted to announce that her piece 'Gloss' 2008 has been selected for inclusion into thecentre:mk Annual Painting Prize 2009 and the fringemk 2009 catalogue. www.fringemk.com www.thecentremk.com Selection Panel: Michael Stanley, Director of Modern Art Oxford Phoebe Unwin, Painter Sally Annett, Creative Director FRINGEMK Exhibition Venue: Middleton Hall, thecentre:mk, Central Milton Keynes Date: 21st - 27th September 2009 Ann Pitkin - The origins of my drawing came from an historical attraction to curly hair. The interest began through a fascination in the Pre- Raphaelites, culminating in an ongoing passion for the thick tussles of my partners hair. The physical feeling of hair is what attracts me. I relish the challenge of organising the landscape of each strand and using the grade of the pencil to it’s fullest range of tone. The drawing is deliberately faceless, requiring the viewer to base their opinion on the hair and not the person. We are left with hair that has evolved it’s own personality.