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Sketchbook With Voices by Eric Fischl
A gem brought back into print, Sketchbook with Voices puts a postmodern spin on the classic artist's journal. Gleaned from a series of interviews between the authors and artists, this sketchbook is packed with assignments and points of entry that encourage exploration. Art and design enthusiasts will be enamored of the roster of 60 of today's leading voices in contemporary art—including John Baldessari, Chuck Close, Barbara Kruger, Richard Serra, and Cindy Sherman. While the stars of postmodern practice provide the inspiration, the empty space inside these pages invites the user to draft ideas in whatever form they may take!
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First published September 1, 1986
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May 11, 2020
I found this sketchbook --in rather good condition, considering that it has been hidden in a dungeon for more than a decade.
Thanks to this collaboration of phrases I got acquainted with powerful names such as Dorothea Rockburne, Jenny Holzer, Sol Lewitt, Barbara Kruger, and Barry Le Va.
This title was brought to my attention after an online lecture from Jerry Saltz, who wrote a very good afterword (p. 197)
My favorite passage was contributed by Jenny Holzer on page 156. Her "Considerations for making a successful public work" offers 26 useful lines that could very well be applied to many other art forms. I also found great advise in Sol Levitt's "Sentences on Conceptual Art" (pages 192-193).
My favorite phrase belongs to Richard Serra: "Work comes out of work." (p. 179)
This could be a great tool for art students, as well as anybody wanting to exploit their creative mind.
Thanks to this collaboration of phrases I got acquainted with powerful names such as Dorothea Rockburne, Jenny Holzer, Sol Lewitt, Barbara Kruger, and Barry Le Va.
This title was brought to my attention after an online lecture from Jerry Saltz, who wrote a very good afterword (p. 197)
My favorite passage was contributed by Jenny Holzer on page 156. Her "Considerations for making a successful public work" offers 26 useful lines that could very well be applied to many other art forms. I also found great advise in Sol Levitt's "Sentences on Conceptual Art" (pages 192-193).
My favorite phrase belongs to Richard Serra: "Work comes out of work." (p. 179)
This could be a great tool for art students, as well as anybody wanting to exploit their creative mind.
January 27, 2021
This is a sketchbook with a drawing prompt at the top of the page. it's made with a good toothy drawing paper. And if you have young eyes with good vision I totally recommend you get this sketchbook.
But, if you have problems reading tiny text without a magnifying glass, I'd say give it a pass. There are other sketchbooks with prompts out there.
I can't read the text prompts with my reading glasses and since I usually draw or paint without wearing my progressives lenses it makes the book unusable for me.
Luckily, I borrowed this book from the library so I just have to turn it.
But, if you have problems reading tiny text without a magnifying glass, I'd say give it a pass. There are other sketchbooks with prompts out there.
I can't read the text prompts with my reading glasses and since I usually draw or paint without wearing my progressives lenses it makes the book unusable for me.
Luckily, I borrowed this book from the library so I just have to turn it.
June 10, 2011
Can't draw. Don't think I'll ever be able to either. But I am very interested in the process of creation.
I went to hear Eric Fischl speak about the American Now and Here exhibit. He spoke about not only how he came up with the idea for the project but also how he approaches the process of creating a painting. I thought it was fascinating.
He mentioned this book....it was his way of asking the same question of how you create something to a bunch of artists that he knows. so I'm looking forward to reading the book as a way to listen to the creating process. Probably will have to go look up most of the names of the artists because I won't have a clue who they are...so it will also be a great art history lesson for me, too!!!!
I went to hear Eric Fischl speak about the American Now and Here exhibit. He spoke about not only how he came up with the idea for the project but also how he approaches the process of creating a painting. I thought it was fascinating.
He mentioned this book....it was his way of asking the same question of how you create something to a bunch of artists that he knows. so I'm looking forward to reading the book as a way to listen to the creating process. Probably will have to go look up most of the names of the artists because I won't have a clue who they are...so it will also be a great art history lesson for me, too!!!!
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