debate.. drawing vs painting
blurring, smudging - emulates painting
rubbings- remove pencil. create distance by literally taking it away
layers
style of drawing compared to oil glazing
obvious affinities- Gerhard Richter
blurs forms and outline so that they lose any detail or plasticity
linger in the past tense- based on black and white films or photography
unlike 'traditional' drawing- seen as an analytic medium
individual lines remained visible to reveal the hand of the artist
form of visual thinking
performative pencil lines allowed viewers to reconstruct the artist's intellectual and creative process
present tense- never complete- always could imagine continuing the process