Drawing 'Skog' (Eric Odijk)
Drawing: charcoal and pastel on paper (205 x 303 cm)
Title: Skog, 2003
Artist: Eric Odijk (1959)
Primeval forests, tree roots, stones and lichens: Eric Odijk drawings reflect his boundless fascination for nature and the sublime.
The artist himself:
"To me, it's a political issue, because the attacks on nature have been disturbing for decades already.
'Skog' documents a primeval forest in Sweden - an isolated region in the middle of a desert of commercial forestry.
I drew it as a winter world thawing in the slow spring.The large scale of my work is crucial to what I want to express: the sublime sense of coming home to nature, as I feel while out walking. The sublime challenges us to confront what surpasses out understanding."
You can see more of his work on his website:
www.erikodijk.nl/en/erikodijk/skog-2001-2024-de-grens-voo...
Museum MORE, Gorssel, The Netherlands, had last year an interesting exhibition called 'Size Matters | Monumental Drawings', where you could see dozens of large-scale and imposing drawings. All these works of art measure at least 2 meters in height of width, larger than most people themselves.
I visited this exhibition, just a day before it ended and was quite impressed. I will show you a few works. Enjoy ;-))
Drawing 'Skog' (Eric Odijk)
Drawing: charcoal and pastel on paper (205 x 303 cm)
Title: Skog, 2003
Artist: Eric Odijk (1959)
Primeval forests, tree roots, stones and lichens: Eric Odijk drawings reflect his boundless fascination for nature and the sublime.
The artist himself:
"To me, it's a political issue, because the attacks on nature have been disturbing for decades already.
'Skog' documents a primeval forest in Sweden - an isolated region in the middle of a desert of commercial forestry.
I drew it as a winter world thawing in the slow spring.The large scale of my work is crucial to what I want to express: the sublime sense of coming home to nature, as I feel while out walking. The sublime challenges us to confront what surpasses out understanding."
You can see more of his work on his website:
www.erikodijk.nl/en/erikodijk/skog-2001-2024-de-grens-voo...
Museum MORE, Gorssel, The Netherlands, had last year an interesting exhibition called 'Size Matters | Monumental Drawings', where you could see dozens of large-scale and imposing drawings. All these works of art measure at least 2 meters in height of width, larger than most people themselves.
I visited this exhibition, just a day before it ended and was quite impressed. I will show you a few works. Enjoy ;-))