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ERICH KETTLEHUT FUTURE FICTIONS

Influential film art director;
draftsman, and model-maker In
t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f Metropolis,
Kettlehut and his c o - a r t director
Otto Hunte, together with
cinematographer Karl Freund,
used forced perspective camera
techniques to amplify the
magnitude of buildings in
relation to human characters.

Brush and ink This is a dramatic
drawing from a film that shaped
the history of world cinema.
Kettlehut drew using a fine and
relatively dry brush dipped in black,
gray, and white ink on brown-gray
paper. Working on toned paper
such as this gives an artist greater
scope for dramatic lighting effects
than if they work on white paper.

Fritz Lang's Metropolis

cE.R1I9C2H6 KETTLEHUT

PAUL NOBLE
British c o n t e m p o r a r y artist
who creates m o n u m e n t a l ,
intensely detailed graphite
drawings explaining and
questioning the geography,
architecture, mythology, and
morality o f an invented place

called Nobson Newtown.
His political visions and
satires of humanity are
exhibited w o r l d w i d e .

Graphite shapes Nobson Central
isoneof a series of very large
graphite drawings of the spoil and
detritus of Nobson Newtown. Its
sheerscaleengulfs the viewer and
demands time and patience to
beread.Building shapes are
based on letters and in some
works can be read as text.

9 1998-99Nobson Central
ft 1 0 in x 1 3 f t 2 in
(3 x 4 m)
PAUL NOBLE