Line and Body Series

Ballpoint, conte, pastel and ink on paper

This series was born from Sol LeWitt's phrase: _"Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line."_ After exploring color and volume in my pastels and acrylics series, I turned to line as the primary medium. I wanted to make the body emerge through looseness and immediacy, without erasing, without correcting, letting the line decide. Each drawing was made quickly, almost as a gesture. This series was created in a single attempt for each work, no erasing, no second try. Every line you see is the first and only one, kept exactly as it came. The process was about trust: accepting imperfection, resisting the urge to correct, and letting the drawing flow freely. In some works, I added blue hands around the body. I see them as symbolic presences, echoes of myself, memory. Technically, I worked with ballpoint pen, inks, and sometimes pastel, adding a touch of color around the body. Some works include a face, others just a suggestion of presence. All are on A4 newsprint or kraft paper, materials that allowed me to keep the process raw and direct. At that time in my life, I was reflecting on identity and displacement, trying to let go of control and let my body of work flow as I was learning to flow myself, as a foreigner in another country.