Last summer, taking a break from digital creations, I made
dozens of drawings on 20” x 26”
papers using ink or pencil or charcoal or marker. I also drew on a large
whiteboard and photographed it before erasing. The pleasure of simply making marks on paper is, well,
idiotic. Without reason. The repetition of hard short attacks, or quick sweeps,
dashes, punctuations -- the experience is more physical than visual. The major
impetus for this project was a desire to resist the urge to make images, or
patterns, or suggestive scribbles – to resist the urge to communicate. I began
to think of them as energy fields.
“Idiot Pages” is complied from these drawings. Since the
actual drawings are large, these are details. The book is a record or reminder
– a souvenir from a summer of mark making.
6"x9" black and white 182 pages
paper: $18
hardcover: $22
these are really beautiful.
ReplyDeletethanks Altoon.
DeleteThey are.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, what you say about the purpose or motivation - what have you done with the actual drawings on paper?
Ravenna, they are in my flat files, too many to look at, and I have a really strong desire to continue these this summer... sameness and difference - and not knowing.
Deleteby the way, I think we've been at many of the same gatherings & I hope we identify each other sometime soon!
Really, beautiful. Not idiotic. Playful and intuitive.
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