Drawn to Experience V2

Overview

When it comes to contemplating drawing as an art form, the focus usually falls on the finished product. The process of sketching and scribbling is as much an expression of creativity as the end result, however; it's just that we usually only really see the latter, not the former.

That's what Drawn to Experience V2 calls attention to: the expansive act of performance drawing. It considers making marks on paper as a combination of theatre, line, motion and record — aka an interdisciplinary experience.

The group exhibition by 16 artists from around the world, as curated by Queensland's own Kellie O’Dempsey, examines an array of works that trace this line of thinking. More traditional efforts are included, of course, as are digital drawings and video. And it wouldn't be a true celebration of the method behind the medium without a demonstration in the form of a live drawing performance.

Image: Gosia Wlodarczak, 2013, A Room Without A View — drawing performance Day 5, a 17-day drawing performance held in a specially constructed sensory limitation room at the RMIT Gallery, Melbourne.