Although the popular understanding of drawing is something using pencil
and paper, the recent discussion has generally agreed that it is more
than that - that drawing can use any medium on any surface (marks with
meaning). Taking that further, one could argue that the whole of art
practice has some element of drawing in it.
However, the term 'painting' seems to be much more specific. Although a
painting could be made on any surface using any implement, the use of
paint as its medium is how it would be defined as a painting.
Could we define painting as 'drawing with paint'?
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My thoughts are the work does look like a OEDrawingı, but that
association is
very strongly suggested by the linear nature of the work, and the fact
it is
mainly black on a sepia background. The culturally arbitrary semiotic
reading of the image is a powerful one and does suggest OEdrawingı to
me, but
Iım interested in throwing this one in the ring, as our recent
discussions
have been around what can be a drawing, rather than what is considered a
OEpaintingı and not a OEdrawingı
Can it be both I wonder?
Craig Ruddy has his own rather flash website if you want to look at an
example of the work BTW.
Linda
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