Drawing Class 01: 03/05/15

Vernon Ah Kee (1967 - )

Ah Kee's work has a blurred quality to it. There is a large amount of ambiguity and anonymity. He creates deep tonal variation by building up the lines in his drawings. His drawings have a ghostly quality to them, appearing to be clouded images of what we assume is a human form. The soft and feathered lines look almost like spiderwebs, binding up the subject.

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Mike Parr (1945 - )

Parr's work has a very linear quality to it, with line upon line being drawn so there is a deep tonal quality to his work. There is a harshness to his lines, as if they have been cut into the paper. The identity of the sitter has been largely obscured with the rough dark lines. The lines distort the face, changing it into an unrecognisable mass darkness.

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David Hockney (1937 - )

Hockney's cleverly uses detail and ambiguity in his work, leaving some parts of his drawings bank and other parts highly considered with a large amount of detail. His drawings are very linear, including little to no tonal variation or colouring. He captures neutral and relaxed poses, with his subject being often at rest. His work is also very realistic and naturalistic, with accurate rendition of proportions and likeness.

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Francesco Clemente (1952 - )

Clemente's work is very disproportional, disjointed and awkward. He transforms the form by distorting and warping its appearance. He makes the body look awkward by exaggerating proportions and twisting the form into odd contortions.

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Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986)

I like Beuys' use of ink, how he blocks in the form and almost transforms the body into this alien creature. His work is very fluid and seems to have a free flowing and moving feeling to it. It appears as if the model has been captured in mid movement, giving the drawings an animated feeling.

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Ida Applebroog (1929 - )

There is a childlike simplicity to Applebroog's work. The textural quality and the colouring adds to this feeling. Like Louise Bourgois' work, there is a naivety and innocence about her work. The human body has been simplified to shapes stacked on top of each other. There is a linear quality to her work. I find it funny that most of her drawings are of stick figures wearing shoes. These remind me greatly of children's scribbles.

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Louise Bourgois (1911 - 2010)

There is a childlike naivety about Bourgois' work, something that I would expect to see scribbled on a desk in primary school. There also seems to be a fragility and awkwardness to her work. There is a large amount of exaggeration like the large protruding stomaches and breasts. There seems to be a common element of pregnancy or motherhood in her work. Her drawings are very simplistic. There is also a tender aspect to them which gives them a childish aura.