| I’ve just received the catalogue for the recent exhibition at the British Museum: Ice Age Art – arrival of the modern mind – and I have to say it is mind blowing. Oh I wish I had got around to see the artefacts in real life but it wasn’t to be. However, in many ways the catalogue is so much better because it is able to go into depth about the whole process of the manufacturer of wonderful art works. When you look at the pieces it only reinforces the idea that they were no different to us other than they had had between 12 and 40 thousand years less experience. The care that went into their works of art was every bit as good as the greatest artist of the last 500 years. Breathtaking.
So as a very simple tribute I thought I would try and make a drawing of a modern African elephant using only lines, as through it was engraved onto a piece of ivory. I know this sounds silly but trying to be as simple as possible isn’t as easy as it sounds. This probably reinforces the fact that the Ice Age artists were far more skilled than I am – no news there. Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad |
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