DRAWING AND ART

Drawing is another language: a system for expressing perception, action, emotion and meaning through line, form and gesture.

Across multiple modes of expression throughout the world, drawing was elevated to a form of inquiry; a way to experiment with the potential in mediums, and engage in conceptual visual ideas. Drawing became an expanded field; line was freed from representation, narrative and formal conventions as the emphasis shifted to invention, innovation and originality in expression. Artists pursued drawing as an independent art form with its own agency.

CONTEMPORARY DRAWING

In Contemporary Art, drawing methods, processes, strategies and expressive qualities extend from traditional drawing mediums into space as wire, string, installation, digital line and performance.

Drawing can be a mode of investigation into our personal, social and cultural realities, allowing our thinking or feelings to become visible. It can act as an encounter with the unknown and the ‘unfinished’ nature of drawing offers an open-ended approach. Contemporary drawing is an ongoing dialogue between the present and cross-cultural historical influences; a return to traditional drawing materials is a valuable intersection. Drawing remains a central artistic process and a way to return to sustained attention and concentration in a world of visual noise and overstimulation.