This is one of my favorite drawings. While I was at the Moma I was doing some Blind Contours of other artist's pieces, then drawing out the name written on the plaque. With this one I decided to draw out the entire text on this certain plaque (which was actually really painstaking and ended up being super exhausting). My objective was not to write, but to draw, to see the letters abstractly through occupied and negative space, as well as form.
Ironically, after doing so, i came across the work of Leon Ferrari, a still living artist who did a lot of the same thing during the 70's. His drawing caught my eye immediately, i really was drawn to the line qualities and mark making. I then read that he had some similar objectives as me, which sort of made me laugh. I've been beat by 40 years.
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