It’s so rare anymore to see an exhibit of drawings that I can hardly believe I’ve seen two very exciting ones in the past couple of weeks. Just yesterday at the University of Denver was a jewel of a show called Mash-up, small drawings with pencil on board by Faye Anderson. She has taken images from art history, from different time periods and cultures, and placed people and objects in very clever and witty combinations.
Two Girls and A Guy, Rubens and Botticelli
Lazy Girl Recliners, Rousseau
Upstairs at the head of a stairway is a large quilted work by Faye on a similar theme, Famous Women In Art On Quilted Background. This piece is permanently installed in the Merle Chambers building on the university campus.
Detail
At the opposite end of the size spectrum are enormous pencil drawings by Joseph Stashkevetch in a show rightly called Epic at the Denver Art Museum. Though very different in scale but seeming to come from a similar idea, his work also combines classic and contemporary content in an extremely detailed and photorealistic way. He uses conte crayon on watercolor paper.
A Beautiful Fall 2013
Detail
Obsolete 2013
Made my fingers want to grab those pencils and get out a sketchbook!
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