Creative Drawing - Exhibition Review

'Lines of Thought - Drawing from Michelangelo to now'

Recently, I took a trip to Poole’s museum to see an exhibition, ‘Lines of Thought'. It consisted of famous artist’s drawings and a variation of drawing styles and techniques. The best thing about the whole trip was that it was a lovely day, the sun was shining (a rare moment in September for England), we went charity shop shopping, not to mention the free fish and chips our university provided us (yay!) and obviously the exhibition itself.

The exhibition within the museum was albeit small but very overwhelming – works from Pablo Picasso’s drawings flowed into Leonardo da Vinci, and then into Michelangelo, to name a few. Seeing drawings right there in front of me from these incredibly famous artists was mesmerising and insane to witness. All of the 70 drawings displayed offered a breath-taking range of styles and techniques, as well as the huge variation in dates, ranging from 400BC to the present day. I didn’t realise that there were so many different ways of drawing, but visiting this exhibition has really opened my eyes to the bigger picture!

The brush drawing in grey and black ink by A. R. Penck especially interested me as soon as I walked in; it caught my attention mainly because it’s such a bold piece and the thickness of the dots has allowed the features to become prominent. Penck has successful here in stealing the limelight from the other pieces. It was made in response to Andy Warhol’s claim that he wanted to paint like a machine, this is a pretty accurate response as it looks like something that has come out of a mechanical typewriter, thus aligning to Warhol's technique.

A.R. Penck - Untitled (Self Portrait), 1975

All of the artwork was inspiring, as every piece showed the artists individuality and characteristics. I could discuss this art exhibition in so much depth but unfortunately that would take up a lot of your time, as I have so much to say about it. However, if you’re in Poole or if you want to take a trip to an exhibition, I’d advise to go there!