Like a Rope, 2019-20

 ^{Like A Rope (detail) 2019-20 Graphite, Indian ink and Acrylic on paper 38 panels, each approx 35.cm x 43.2cm}

Like a Rope (2019-20), a drawing made in graphite, charcoal and ink that is over fifteen metres in length. Rawlins uses the rope as a metaphor to draw a continuous line from the security rope he observed when attending the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival in 2019 to a range of imagery; the rope forms nooses, conjoins figures, and morphs into script, producing a narrative that links Rawlin’s history with that of fellow Trinidadians, his family and his ancestors. His chosen medium, graphite/charcoal, is key to the project, its unruly dust constructively contaminating every part of this captivating project.  

_{Images courtesy Drawing Room/ Eva Herzog}