I am now over a third of the way through the 365 day commitment to this blog of good things.
It is sometimes the only writing I do each day and yet it provides that opportunity.
Today I returned to another old skill, which I do not do nearly enough of, yet it is nearly like breathing. In order to apply for an installation there are several drawings required.
Without practice what the eyes sees and what the hand does are not always so well coordinated, but the pleasure of making marks and the feel of graphite on on paper evoke old memories.
Today on Studio 360 I heard Kurt Anderson interview Dr. Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist, about his new book Reductionism in Art and Brain Science in which he explores how we find meaning in art. He won the prize for research into memory. The book looks at how we distill memory and knowledge of aesthetic qualities in order to understand the abstractions contained in art. He looked at the memory of sea slugs to understand human memory and speaks of bottom up sensory experience (lower brain function) combined with top down cognitive function. This combination results in a reductionism, which allows memory to be reduced and integrated. Kandel makes the argument that reductionism lead to the abstraction of the figure and other representational schema in modern art. He maps this transition and explores works from artists ranging from Turner and Monet to Pollock and Warhol.
The process of drawing is one of reduction, but also of creation. One can't possibly recreate reality in an image, but the drawing itself becomes something new unto itself.
It is sometimes the only writing I do each day and yet it provides that opportunity.
Today I returned to another old skill, which I do not do nearly enough of, yet it is nearly like breathing. In order to apply for an installation there are several drawings required.
Without practice what the eyes sees and what the hand does are not always so well coordinated, but the pleasure of making marks and the feel of graphite on on paper evoke old memories.
Today on Studio 360 I heard Kurt Anderson interview Dr. Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize winning neuroscientist, about his new book Reductionism in Art and Brain Science in which he explores how we find meaning in art. He won the prize for research into memory. The book looks at how we distill memory and knowledge of aesthetic qualities in order to understand the abstractions contained in art. He looked at the memory of sea slugs to understand human memory and speaks of bottom up sensory experience (lower brain function) combined with top down cognitive function. This combination results in a reductionism, which allows memory to be reduced and integrated. Kandel makes the argument that reductionism lead to the abstraction of the figure and other representational schema in modern art. He maps this transition and explores works from artists ranging from Turner and Monet to Pollock and Warhol.
The process of drawing is one of reduction, but also of creation. One can't possibly recreate reality in an image, but the drawing itself becomes something new unto itself.
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| Louise Bourgeoise |
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