Artist

Edward Barber

Edward Barber is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Edward Barber kept a sketchbook in his back pocket, filling it with quick line drawings of London’s street corners and pub interiors. He drew the same fire escape in Shoreditch every Tuesday for six months, noticing how light changed the bolts’ shadows. In 2007, the V&A asked him to contribute to their 155th birthday book; he sent a single sheet of dense cross-hatching that somehow felt like both a map and a memory. Why he’s here: tap “Contribution to V&A’s 150th anniversary album” and you’ll see how a few inches of paper can hold a whole neighborhood.

Works by Edward Barber

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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