Building bridges one line at a time

I am always fascinated by how artists can combine varied mediums and techniques to create a unified work...some use conceptual connection, like the piece (discussed on this blog, posting 5/22/09) by Joseph Kosuth with a picture of a chair, beside the definition of the chair and then finally, the actual chair. Other artists will use similar color and texture, while some choose to use line or implied line to connect areas of the composition...

This design/drawing by BrenB ties the bottom to the top through a combination of implied and actual line...the position of the arms and hands lie closely to where they might exist in the graphical figure...these are however, drawn, hollow and exaggerated through foreshortening...there is also a connection between the white wound line around the mouth and the words "GIRLTALK." The relationship is purely conceptual but still a connection intellectually...there are hints of color relationships also between the grid background color, areas of the figure and the background...