Contemporary Drawing Practices: Landscape

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Russell Crotty, Artist

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"The hovering globes-created between 2000 and 2004- are suspended from the ceiling and resemble a small galaxy of spheres that invert our notion of scale. The globes are installed at eye-level so that visitors can admire in detail the thousands of pen strokes and gossamer lines, as well as Crotty's haiku-like, hand-written notes on celestial activities and issues of ecological concern. In conjunction with the exhibition, MAM has commissioned Crotty to create a new globe of the night skies over the Everglades. When completed, this new work by the artist will stand as a lasting tribute to Florida's most unique natural resource. Crotty's creative process is singular. His methodical work embodies both the Renaissance ideal of virtuosity, and the romance of 19th-century astronomy. Awed and intrigued by the mysteries of the universe, Crotty observes the night sky from his telescope in his home-made observatory in the hills of Malibu, California. The artist painstakingly records the movements of stars and planets and laterreinterprets his observations in books or on paper-covered acrylic spheres like those shown at MAM. " text source is Miami Art Museum. Link here.

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Sally Booth, Artist

"Booth works on semi-transparent materials, which she says reflects her own sight: “Because I’m visually impaired I see things a bit soft and out of focus. I use a lot of line drawing and simple shapes because I don’t see the detail. I found this method echoed my vision in some way. “For me it’s like that all the time but it’s quite beautiful. On the one hand it makes things more difficult but at the same time there’s a softness to it.”

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