Alexandra Blum, ‘9.10.09 - Dalston Square construction site, library block’, charcoal on paper, 59 x 84 cm. Awarded the ‘Encouragement Prize’ in the East West Art Awards 2014
Circling the library’s exterior, through a gaping hole in the wall, I stumbled across a massive pile of breeze blocks. Later on, looking at this drawing, someone tells me they’d thought it depicted a bonfire of unwanted books.