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Drawing Disobedient Bodies
  • ISSN: 2057-0384
  • E-ISSN: 2057-0392

Abstract

‘Transitioning through drawing’ is a series of works on paper that explore the value and role of drawing to alleviate the emotional distress and isolation experienced by people experiencing illness, while also facilitating opportunities for contemplation and inquiry into the clinical procedures through an aesthetic lens. This series reflects a practice-led enquiry that stemmed from the artist’s exploration of various forms of drawing within their creative practices. Drawing experiments included marks made by oil paint across water and movements of the body on an inked glass surface, both of which created imprints on large sheets of paper. These marbled surfaces and body monoprints became the foundation for further additions, including forms, surface marks and textures. The phenomenological nature of these drawings, combined with the physical act of creating them, mirrors the diagnostic process of searching for disease and decay within the body through medical imaging. Through this artistic lens, the drawings evoke the shared experience of vulnerability.

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Keyword(s): body; cancer; doodling; meditation; monoprint; pareidolia; phenomenological drawing
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