Fay Ballard

Memory Boxes

These large-scale works (2012-14) contain drawings of Fay’s childhood belongings and memories made to explore her past, each accompanying by inventories describing the objects.

Detail: Blanket Memory Box From Life graphite on paper 45 x 33 cm 2012
Drawn From Life
Detail 9: Origami elephant from Memory Box Drawn from Memory graphite on paper 15 3x 122 cm, 2012
Drawn From Memory
Detail 4: 'Crash Injuries' by Jacob Kulowski 1960 from Memory Box About my Father, graphite on paper 153 x 122 cm, 2012
About My Father
Memory Box Dead Mother graphite on paper 80 x 74cm 2014 detail 6
Dead Mother