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Line Let Loose - Scribbling, Doodling and Automatic Drawing (Hardcover)
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Line Let Loose - Scribbling, Doodling and Automatic Drawing (Hardcover)
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Line Let Loose is a sustained investigation of the evolution of
scribbling, doodling and automatic drawing. Of these three forms of
'drawing', scribbling is the most basic: it is seen as playing a
formative role in the drawings of both children and primates.
Doodling, whilst still being a widespread phenomenon, is largely an
adult preoccupation, a nomadic form of drawing typically produced
during meetings of phone calls. Automatic drawing, on the other
hand, even though those who engage in it are not necessarily
trained artists, is a more dramatic event: the results of an
absent-minded or trance-like state are sometimes astonishing. All
three forms of drawing have, because of their amateur and
spontaneous character, been adopted by modern artists seeking to
escape from the constraints of their professional skills. David
Maclagan shows that each of these marginal forms of drawing has its
own history, which includes Spiritualism, Surrealism, Abstract
Expressionism and Psychedelic Art. Referring to Klee, Pollock,
Miro, Twombly and Sol Lewitt, as well as many lesser-known or
anonymous artists, he traces the links between them and a pervasive
notion of the spontaneous and 'unconscious' creation of forms in
art. He suggests that the original novelty of these unconventional
drawing processes has begun to wear off, and he explores their new
situation in our modern digital culture.
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