Line #2, 2021
Drawing through a tactile sensation
Line #2
Drawing through a tactile sensation
I reproduce my tactile relationship with my family necklace by rolling a small piece of charcoal over the paper with my finger. I emulate the sensations I have when passing my chain necklace through my fingers, by moving the edges of the charcoal on the paper. Fingerprints can also be seen on the final drawing, as the record of the skin on the sensation.
* This creation is framed
Alicia Gonzalez Ramirez
Specialization/Major
Art - Drawing
Graduation Year
2022
Location
France
About
My academic training as an artist and anthropologist is based on the idea that our cultural environment defines our approach to the world and, therefore, informs our artistic practice. Following this idea, I understand art as inseparable from the social context in which it is created and developed.
This vision of art is embodied in my work by placing this link at the center of my artistic concerns. Due to its versatility and physicality, drawing soon became the ideal medium to approach my research on how our body relates to the environment. Drawing is movement, a gesture in space that connects us with our surroundings. But drawing is also the registration of those movements through mark-making. For the recording process of these gestures, I naturally combine conventional work tools such as paper, graphite, or charcoal with more current ones such as video or audio.
Measurements (Width X Height X Depth)
65 X 50 cm
25.59 X 19.69 Inch
Weight
0.1 kg
0.22 Lbs
Materials
Charcoal on paper
Having made this action everyday, its repetitive nature puts me in a particular state of mind and helps me warm up before working on other pieces.