Drawing and drawing and more drawing...this obsessive exploration by the Elvis Studio is rhythmical and detailed...holy cow there is a lot going on in this image...it is part of a series of works on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...there is a certain frenetic energy in these kinds of works, they are unique and laden with minutia...slow down and really look at drawings like these...they go beyond the large sweeping movements of the Abstract Expressionist...they are not meant to be inhaled, but to be savored...Difference in scale is incrementally narrow compared to traditional works, but if you were to focus in on an 18th or 19th Century cornucopia, you might see this much visual information...simplified and uniform marking creates visual harmony...larger black forms spread throughout the picture plane carries the eye around...exploring darker ideas and developing uncommon relationships...
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