Posts Tagged "drawing"
Where you draw the line/ Chiharu Shiota
Because I’m drawing again, thoughts about line have really been on my mind. By expanding how we think about line, a greater significance is given to it. An artist, Chiharu Shiota, extends drawing into space, merging the viewer, the drawing, and the overall environment. The physicality of the installations are a wonderful balance to the meditative quality they evoke. This video is of her recent show in Paris and has her talking and working. Whether she is connecting objects to space, Or, by just defining space, the work becomes simultaneously transcendent and visceral. Given her background with body installation...
Read MoreThe artist’s hand: creating & created
Since my last post, “Back to the drawing board”, I’ve had a lot of thoughts about drawing and how it relates to my studio practice. Yes, I drew a lot as a kid. And yes, most people would say I have a talent for it. I’ve had periods in my career when I consciously tried to integrate painting and drawing, but never felt that successful doing it. Nevertheless, I continue with both mediums, loving them each for different reasons. Just the other day I read an interview with the artist Sarah Sze. It made quite an impression on me. She was expanding on the idea of what drawing really is. I’m including a very pertinent paragraph...
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