Opinion

OF IDEAS, INFLUENCES AND SELECTIVE MEMORY

When I see the work of someone like a Phyllida Barlow with an installation endlessly taking over a gallery space there is a distinct feeling of amazement because what has characterised my art from the outset has been the self-enclosed limiting factor of the edge of a canvas or sculpture with a definitive outline.

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WHO STILL DRAWS AND WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY DRAW?

This all begs the question though of the value of drawing in this day and age. When McLuhan wrote that the medium was the message back in the 60s he also noted that we were still using the ideas of the mechanical age to evaluate the present. Linear perspective obviously falls into that category as does tonal rendering in a throwback to the Renaissance. Given how many artists and the general public still use these measures to evaluate the worth of art you have to wonder if anything has changed in the half century since McLuhan. Is drawing as a concept a universal norm, a learned technique or something else?

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VOIDING THE  VOID

Sure, the abyss is great for staring into. But if screaming is your thing, you’ll want to go with the void [anon]

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