Drawing Today

Drawing Today

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An analysis of the nature of drawing and its re-emerging popularity in the world of modern art during the last 20 years. It is one of the most prominent and accessible forms of modern art, and a pre-eminent tool of both experimental and traditional artists.

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Drawing Today by Tony Godfrey

Drawing has become the pre-eminent tool of both experimental and traditional art. The long-term definition of drawing as marks on paper is now seen as too limiting; it can range from the humblest doodle to monumental land lines. It is the medium used by artists as various as the painter John Walker, the land artist Richard Longt, the one-time minimalist Sol Le Witt and the young figure sculptor Antony Gormley. The last 20 years have witnessed the re-emergence of drawing and its importance to artists: the return to the life room sparked off by the preoccupation of R.B.Kitaj; the legacy of abstraction with the rich achievements of artists such as De Kooning, Twombly, Johns, Marden and Penck; the explosion of work that extended the meaning of drawing and the crucial influence of drawing on the new image painters of the 1980's, most notably Clemente, Paladino, Kiefer and Le Brun. "Drawing Today" is complemented by an assortment of attractive colour illustrations.
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ISBN 13 9780714825670
ISBN 10 0714825670
Title Drawing Today
Author Tony Godfrey
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Phaidon Press Ltd
Year published 1990-04-12
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.