Drawn to drawing; Four shows illustrate innovative diversity of less-common medium.(VARIETY)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: February 15, 1996| Author: Abbe, Mary | Copyright information

Drawing has always been the most intimate and available of artistic skills, one that anyone can try merely by picking up a pencil. It may also seem to be something of a lost art.

As recently as a century ago, almost any Euro-American artist would have been trained to draw and expected to show that skill in paintings or sculpture. Evidence of drawing skill is less common in this age of cameras and computers, when traditional media are out of fashion and many artists prefe...

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