When I decided to embark on a project that would involve me drawing the same object 100 times, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to give me added insight into my creative processes. What I didn’t expect to be saying upon its completion is that it is one of the most interesting and …
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Painting Invisible Pictures
(Originally published 19th April 2019) In 1974, the German artist Peter Dreher (b.1932) decided to make five or six paintings of the same, empty, drinking glass. Embarking on this project came about from the desire to make “an invisible picture.” According to Dreher, a painting, once repeated, immediately “loses its relationship with reality,” and so …
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