There is a fascinating show on at the moment at Wolverhampton Art Gallery by Robert Davies.” Animals” hopes to encourage us to examine our relationships with farm animals and is made up of photo-real large-scale pencil drawings on sheets of Fabriano paper.
Curly By Robert Davies , Pencil on paper
As interesting as the theme itself is the discussion that these technically excellent drawings provoke. Just what is good drawing? The show is accompanied by a stop motion piece made over a four-week period showing the production of one piece. Craft to be admired and levels of patience and ambition in the scale of project are no doubt admirable. Judging by the reaction of many this is the very definition of “good art” . But if this is great drawing what does that mean for Picasso etc?
Bull By Picasso
It would be interesting to hear your views on this?
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