Laurie Lipton’s pencil-drawings ; also see http://www.laurielipton.com/
6 reasons why LAURIE LIPTON is my FAVOURITE ARTIST:
(and why everyone who really enjoys art should have an eye on her)
1) That woman with a pencil… her skill-level is almost “perfection”.
2) Look at that AMOUNT of DETAILS! Most of them can’t be seen in those pics and need additional close-ups. f.e. look at her self portrait - zoom in - can you find all the faces? Especially in her jacket? (yeah, she has her own humor)
3) Most of her drawings are huuuuge. Like 6ft-“she is literally drawing them standing on a small ladder (without touching the paper once)”-huge. Additional to those countless hours and hours it takes to create something like that (without going insane drawing so many details) - have you ever tried to draw something that size? Realistic? And really got the proportions right? I think everyone who tried it knows how difficult that is.
4) Unlike other artists she draws countless different motives. I’m starting to think, that she can draw everything she wants at realistic-to-perfection-level.
5) WHAT’S REALLY AWESOME: keep in mind that most of the motives she’s drawing - she came up with them… nothing you have a model for…. nothing you can really look at. And then again… realistic proportions and that insane amount of details. THAT makes her MIND and her imagination more precise than most people’s eyes. I mean…. f.e.: I have seen drawings of her with tons of cans and glasses. It’s difficult to get the light reflections (in detail) right, if you are sitting in front of that glass… but drawing something like that out of your mind… I mean — WTF!
6) And the last reason: If you have a mind like that and your skill-level is so insane that you can put any motive on paper exactly the way you want…. Congratulations! You have the freedom to express anything you have in mind. Use your art as it pleases you to tell any story you want. And Laurie Lipton - SHE DOES. She is telling stories worth thinking about. Not like this modern “3 brushstrokes on canvas”-paintings I’ve seen in so many galleries, that are not worth a second of interpreting…. Laurie doesn’t waste your time. So many of her drawings have a message. Most of them critical towards society, the way we live, politics etc.
(to get an impression also look at the drawing’s names below)
I think Laurie Lipton’s talent is almost unmatched. To me, she has everything - the mind, the skill, the message and also.. her very own dark humor :)
Pieces by name (line-by-line): Democracy, a self portrait, Lachrymose Lace, Perambulator, Reality TV, Facelift, Second Childhood, Virtual Reality, Collateral Damage and The Fates;
http://www.laurielipton.com/
https://wowxwow.com/artist-interview/laurie-lipton-ai
http://artnectar.com/2010/10/laurie-lipton-punk-machine-show/
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