ART HISTORY: Very excited, and also rather nervous, as tomorrow morning I will be attending Harvard University’s Fogg Museum store in Somerville, MA, in order to view some paintings and drawings by Agnes Martin. I’ll also be meeting with Christina Bryan Rosenberger, a conservator at the museum, and an IFA New York doctoral candidate looking at material processes in Martin’s work. I’m not sure exactly what I will find helpful in either the viewing or the meeting but I’m looking forward to moving into unknown territory. I’ve noticed that whenever I get stuck on an Agnes Martin problem, or if I’m just tired and need some inspiration/motivation, viewing some of Martin’s works “in the flesh” revives my interest and reminds me why I care so much about researching and interpreting her work.
DRAWING: My 30 Days of Drawing project is going really well and I’m attracting more readers each day. Thrilled about this. I’m glad there is an interest or a curiosity out there about such a traditional, but rich, art form. Although I’ve been busy, running the blog challenge is focusing my mind and my actions towards drawing in a way that I don’t often manage to sustain. I hope that my daily drawing practice will continue long after July is over. I feel that this might provide a way for me to really start practicing as an artist again and not merely as a critic or historian.
INTERVIEW: I’m a huge fan of New York based artist, illustrator and entrepreneur Molly Crabapple and was absolutely thrilled when she agreed to do an interview for my Drawing Month project on her use of and attitudes towards drawing as a medium. I just put the article up today and I hope you’ll enjoy it. I’ll be publishing interviews with artists every few days during July – I’m really happy with the responses I’ve received so far.
