I just finished installing my drawing for the show that my fellow classmates and I are in titled: "Are We There Yet?" The show will be up through November 9th, with an opening reception on October 31st.
I will be posting images of the final installation soon, until then you can check out this video I made to accompany the drawing in the show. I'm sorry it's so small...it is the largest file size this blog will allow. The scrolling text at the beginning of the vid is my artist statement for this piece and is a little hard to read so I'll post that here:
To the observer, this drawing may be viewed as “obsessive,” especially since we live in a culture that glorifies the opposite of obsession – distraction. My motivation to make art is often married to the desire to overcome anxiety. Inevitably, the process of drawing eventually dominates that motivation, and making marks on a page becomes so captivating, that the act of drawing is now the obsession. Once I start to draw, anxiety is lifted and relief arrives as a state of entrancement. Drawing becomes a necessity and my infatuation with line trumps everything.
What interests me is my inability to process everything I’m confronted with and the idea of the whole – understanding is usually achieved through repetition. This piece of work explores the material transformation of a piece of lace through focused, repetitive, and habitual behavior.
*side note: I did not do anything to my wrist, the brace that I'm wearing is for preventative measures. It's a 40ft double-sided drawing, causing my hand to cramp up and slide into uncomfortable/unhealthy positions... the brace helps to alleviate that and allow me to draw for hours and hours!!! enjoy :)
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