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Drawing In An Historical Context. Chauvet France 30,000 to 32,000 BCE.
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Not direct observation (the lion was not in the cave), but drawings that show a keen observation of animal form. Repetition for movement or multiplicity?Media: charcoal and (in some cases) yellow ochre (iron oxide.)Why do we draw? Why have we drawn?
Before paper people drew on walls, ceramic , silk and animal hide.
Edme Bouchardon • 18 th century, French Academy
I make large scale drawings and drawing installations. My work is driven by a profound and personal fascination with the mark, and an unabashed love for the sensation of mark-making on a larger-than-life scale. The drawings are not imitations of any aspect of nature, nor are they illustrations of a limited conceptual hypothesis. Instead they celebrate the peculiar properties of drawing as relics of the physical act of drawing. As performance, they are rituals; spells.