Erasing as an integral part of drawing process.
With the previous erasing experiments I have felt that there is a certain amount of disconnection between the original drawing process and the erasing. as if the two events are seperated in time, which to certain extent they are. this doesn't seem right to me, I feel that the process of these works should be a homogeneous experience, where actions and decisions should flow into each other. Rather than focusing on single seperated marks I have become drawn to the action and exigency in the whole process, where decisions and moments within the whole are interconnected.
Therefore I decided my next course of action would be to try to intergrate the erasing directly into the process.
This integration of erasing which was originally inspired by Twombly (here) I am also found drawn to Frank Auerbachs drawing technique which I believe Carlisle describes well in her introduction to Auerbach's drawing in the Exhibition Catalogue Frank Auerbach: Painting and Drawing 1954 - 2001
"The finished Charcoal or pencil drawings that Auerbach has made of his sitters testify to the daily crisis in his art...The paper has been erased so often that it has completely given way and had to be patched, in almost all, the dust of the charcoal or graphite has sunk in too far to be eliminated, sofenting the light from white to silver, while the faint criss-crossing of unwanted lines brings a vibrant energy to the heads. more visibly in the paintings, the final image is the summation of the many rejected attempts that make it possible. it is as if the crisis has to be provoked daily to move the art forward so that a new and previously unexpressed meaning can be forced from the subject."
( Carlisle, I,. 2001. Frank Auerbach: Painting and Drawing 1954 - 2001. London: Thames and Hudson.)
Therefore I decided my next course of action would be to try to intergrate the erasing directly into the process.
Patrick Milsom
Intergrated Erasing 1
2014
pencil and eraser on paper
Patrick Milsom
Intergrated Erasing 2
2014
pencil and eraser on paper
Patrick Milsom
Intergrated Erasing 3
2014
pencil, blue charcoal, ink and eraser on paper
Patrick Milsom
Intergrated Erasing 4
2014
charcoal and eraser on paper
This integration of erasing which was originally inspired by Twombly (here) I am also found drawn to Frank Auerbachs drawing technique which I believe Carlisle describes well in her introduction to Auerbach's drawing in the Exhibition Catalogue Frank Auerbach: Painting and Drawing 1954 - 2001
"The finished Charcoal or pencil drawings that Auerbach has made of his sitters testify to the daily crisis in his art...The paper has been erased so often that it has completely given way and had to be patched, in almost all, the dust of the charcoal or graphite has sunk in too far to be eliminated, sofenting the light from white to silver, while the faint criss-crossing of unwanted lines brings a vibrant energy to the heads. more visibly in the paintings, the final image is the summation of the many rejected attempts that make it possible. it is as if the crisis has to be provoked daily to move the art forward so that a new and previously unexpressed meaning can be forced from the subject."
( Carlisle, I,. 2001. Frank Auerbach: Painting and Drawing 1954 - 2001. London: Thames and Hudson.)
Frank Auerbach born 1931
Title Head of E.O.W.
Date 1959–60
Medium Charcoal, paper and watercolour on paper
Dimensions Support: 787 x 581 mm
frame: 900 x 684 x 35 mm
frame: 900 x 684 x 35 mm
Collection Tate
© Frank Auerbach
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