What  is  Drawing  An  empirical  ques/on  that  will  be  discussed  within  a  studio  based  

learning  environment  

Dr  Annemarie  Murland  

Caravaggio  

Caravaggio,  Boy  Bi>en  by  a  Lizard,  1594  

Caravaggio  Boy  bi>en  by  a  Lizard  

1595-­‐1600        Drawing  and  Caravaggio       Genre,  Figura/ve  and  S/ll  Life  Combina/on       Narra/ve  –  Allegory       Technique               Composi/on  and  Structure  –  Armature       Colour  and  Tonal  –  Drawing       Pain/ng  Process  –  Methodology  

As  part  of  your  visual  research  address  these  bullet  points  and  document  your  responses  in  your  research  folder  and  visual  diary  where  you  should  illustrate  a  prac/cal  response  to  the  imagery:  Drawing  –  sketching  –  deconstruc/on  of  the  composi/on  for  example.  Suggested  reading:  h>p://www.na/onalgallery.org.uk/technical-­‐bulle/n/keith1998b      

Maori:  Ta  Moko  

Is  the  Moko  a  Drawing  To  find  meaning  and  understanding  inves/gate  the  following  

•  Culture  • History  and  tradi/on  • Materiality  • Narra/ve  • Gender  

Is  Graffi/  a  Drawing  

Glasgow  East  End,  2007,  Skip  the  Pass  

Space  and  Place:  art  as  language  

•  Is  a  found  drawing  a  drawing?  • What  do  these  marks  say  about  the  space  and  place  they  are  located  •  Consider  the  impact  of  text,  signs  and  symbols  •  Consider  the  role  of  colour  •  Carefully  observe  the  whole  composi/on  

Found  Portrait  www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/sota/tracey/journal/found3.html  

Peter  Couple  found  Drawing  

In  contemporary  visual  culture  Drawing  is  said  to  be  both  a  verb  and  a  

noun  •  Consider  this  proposi/on  •   respond  visually  •   support  your  response  with  theore/cal  material.    

•  Cite  the  author  of  this  proposi/on  

Francis  Bacon  back  to  Degas  

canvas  1104  x  m    

Edgar  Degas,  Diego  Martelli  1879,    Oil  Paint  on  Canvas  

Francis  Bacon,  Study  for  self-­‐portrait  1963,    Oil  Pant  on  Canvas  

Francis  Bacon:  Back  to  Degas  Rothenstein  Lecture  2011  

By  Mar/n  Hammer  11  May  2012  

www.tate.org.uk/research/publica/ons/tate-­‐papers/francis-­‐bacon-­‐back-­‐degas  

Drawings  rela/onship  to  wri/ng  examine  and  explore  through:  

•  Mark  making  •  Authorship  and  signature  •  Connoisseurship  •  The  real  and  the  ideal  •     

Auguste  Rodin  

Before  the  Crea/on,  Circa  1900  De  Profundis  Clamavi,  1887-­‐88  

Henri  Ma/sse  

Self  

Self  Portrait,  Lithograph,  1949  Self  Portrait,  Ink  on  paper,  1900    

Claude,  Charcoal  on  paper,  1946  

 

Cy  Twombly  www.cytwombly.info/index.html  

 

Notes  from  Salalah,  Note  ll,  2005-­‐7,  Acrylic  on  Wood  Panel  

Cy  Twombly  www.cytwombly.info/index.html  

MIN-­‐OE,  1951,  Bitumen,  Oil  Based  House  Paint  

Cy  Twombly  

Suma,  1982,  Oil  Paint,  Crayon,  Gouache,  Graphiteand  colour  pencil  on  paper  

Brice  Marden  

Suicide  Notes,1972-­‐3,  Sketch  Book,  28  Ink  Drawings  

Brice  Marden  www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibi/ons/2  

               

Greece  Summer,  Ink  on  Paper,  1984   Howell  paper  drawings,  Ink  and  polymer  paint  on  hand  made  paper,  1996  

Brice  Marden  www.ma>hewmarks.com/books-­‐and-­‐posters/brice-­‐marden_3/

pain/ngsdrawing00bric#page/n25/mode/2up  

William  Kentridge  www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibi/ons/964  

Drawing  from  Stereoscope  1998–99.  Charcoal,  pastel,  and  colored  pencil  on  paper,  

William  Kentridge  

History  of  the  Main  Complaint  1996  

William  Kentridge  www.tate.org.uk/context-­‐comment/audio/ar/sts-­‐talk-­‐william-­‐kentridge  

Kentridge,  Pensione,  Lithography  and  crayon  on  printed  paper,  1999  

Luc  Tuymans  www.tate.org.uk/context-­‐comment/ar/cles/he-­‐poe/c  

Portrait,  2000  

Bend  Over  2001  The  Barge,  1979,  Watercolour  on  Paper  

William  Sco>  

William  Sco>,  Scalpay,  1963,  colour  lithograph  

William  Sco>  

William  Sco>,  Ochre  S/ll  life,  1958  

Jean  Bap/ste  Chardin  

Chardin,  The  Silver  Turin,  1728,  Oil  on  Canvas  

Jean  Michel  Basquiat  Jean  Michel  Basquiat  

www.moma.org/collec/on/ar/st.php?ar/st_id=370  

Basquiate,  Oil  S/ck  on  Paper,  1981    

Banksy  www.banksy.co.uk/outdoors/bb2.html  

Banksy  

Banksy,  Divo2  

Natee  Utarit  www.nateeutarit.com/current_exhibi/on_06.htm  

From  the  Horror  of  Beau/ful  Pain/ngs,  2011-­‐12