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Since moving to New York City in 1999, I have been exploring different ideas about public drawing: drawing in public view, drawing with the public, and getting the public to draw. People are perennially fascinated by the artist's ability to make something out of nothing in the act of drawing. Generally, children assume they can pick up materials and do the same. And generally in the USA, adults believe they cannot. However, when attractive drawing materials and a theme are provided, few of any age can resist the chance to jump in and see what happens. These projects appeal to my curiosity about where ideas come from and how images are generated.
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The Cup Windows - Drawing in Public |
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THE CUP WINDOW INSTALLATIONS
In 2011 and 2012, I exhibited my cup artworks in public window spaces in NYC for a total of 6 1/2 months. During that time, I was on view drawing on cups five days a week. While doing a five month visible drawing residency in the Flatiron Prow Artspace at 23rd in Broadway, I invited the public to join me for drawing and conversation which they did in large numbers. They were invited to take away the cups they drew and begin upcycling art projects at home.
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The Cups in Texas - Drawing the Public in |
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THE CUP INSTALLATION IN TEXAS
In the summer of 2012, the cup drawing installation went to the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art outside Houston, Texas as part of a group show entitled "Luxuriant Refuse". I travelled to Texas to give gallery talks and facilitated several cup drawing workshops, for seniors and families.
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Studio on a Bed - the Public Draws |
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STUDIO ON A BED
During the NYC Pool Art Fair in 2010, I created a "Studio on a Bed" in my room at the Gershwin Hotel. Here, surrounded by my paintings of alternative families, the public were invited to draw their own ideas of family using art materials I provided. The resulting 150 drawings were displayed in a pop-up gallery in the bathroom, steadily accumulating for the duration of the art fair.
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Family Tree - the Public Draws |
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FAMILY TREE
The Family Drawing project, begun during "Studio on a Bed" at the Pool Art Fair, went to the Figment Arts Festival on Governor's Island in June 2010. The public were again invited to draw their idea of family with provided art materials, and this time, to build a community family tree. The drawings were exhibited around the trunk of a literal tree and they accumulated over the course of the weekend festival.
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