clutch pencil
12 September 2006
This is a pen brush sketch of an air conditioning unit at work. It's a Mitsubishi, "Utopia". About 6 live on the canteen patio. They are unavoidably noisy and smelly. During the heat wave in July they broke down on the hottest day.
Gives the (corporate) phrase "hotdesking" a whole new meaning. Here's a view from the seat I now occupy.
But enough about the shitty end of the stick; howz about some news from the sharpend end?
I've dropped into the university's fine art library to snoop around the stacks.
Here's what I've found:
This book hasn't even been ckecked out yet!
The english title is "Diving Trips: Drawing as Reportage".It is a hardback in German/English. There are many colour illustrations. I like the design of it too. It is an exibition catalog from a show in late 2004 at the Kunstverein, in Hanover.
As the title says, this book explores drawing's "aspect of reportage".
Jessica Abel, Steve Bell, and Joe Sacco are some of names that I am familier with.
There are about 6 contributors, and the writing looks as good as the illustrations.
The actual title of this book is "Pictures & Words".
I was lucky enough to go to the book launch at the MAGMA gallery in London. It was fun, lots of orginal art featured in the book was up on the walls.
Igort, the pen name of an Italian artist is featured in this accessible softcover. I read his graphic novel, "5 is the best number". I really enjoyed it. Much like a George Pelecanos story I think.
The authors divided this book into 3 sections and each section has some introductory text. They also do a brief treatment of each artist in support of their work, but mostly let the pictures do the talking.
The kind of book that is fun to pick up and randomly open.
A few other titles worth a mention that I'll maybe talk about later are:
"The Undressed Art: Why we draw", by Peter Steinhart. This looks like a good one to read on the beach. It is an enquiry into...well, I think there is a lot more to it as well.
"Berger on Drawing", by John Berger. More musings (and some epistilary exhanges with successful artists) from one of the most famous names in art criticism. Looks like one to read twice.
Well, I'm off to read my just purchased copy of "American Splendor", the first ish from the new DC Vertigo series.
DRAW ON! ¶ 12:48 PM 0 comments
Gives the (corporate) phrase "hotdesking" a whole new meaning. Here's a view from the seat I now occupy.
But enough about the shitty end of the stick; howz about some news from the sharpend end?
I've dropped into the university's fine art library to snoop around the stacks.
Here's what I've found:
This book hasn't even been ckecked out yet!The english title is "Diving Trips: Drawing as Reportage".It is a hardback in German/English. There are many colour illustrations. I like the design of it too. It is an exibition catalog from a show in late 2004 at the Kunstverein, in Hanover.
As the title says, this book explores drawing's "aspect of reportage".
Jessica Abel, Steve Bell, and Joe Sacco are some of names that I am familier with.
There are about 6 contributors, and the writing looks as good as the illustrations.
The actual title of this book is "Pictures & Words".I was lucky enough to go to the book launch at the MAGMA gallery in London. It was fun, lots of orginal art featured in the book was up on the walls.
Igort, the pen name of an Italian artist is featured in this accessible softcover. I read his graphic novel, "5 is the best number". I really enjoyed it. Much like a George Pelecanos story I think.
The authors divided this book into 3 sections and each section has some introductory text. They also do a brief treatment of each artist in support of their work, but mostly let the pictures do the talking.
The kind of book that is fun to pick up and randomly open.
A few other titles worth a mention that I'll maybe talk about later are:
"The Undressed Art: Why we draw", by Peter Steinhart. This looks like a good one to read on the beach. It is an enquiry into...well, I think there is a lot more to it as well.
"Berger on Drawing", by John Berger. More musings (and some epistilary exhanges with successful artists) from one of the most famous names in art criticism. Looks like one to read twice.
Well, I'm off to read my just purchased copy of "American Splendor", the first ish from the new DC Vertigo series.
DRAW ON! ¶ 12:48 PM 0 comments
