About the work
A line follows the broad movement of a surface. It gives us a route through the complexity beneath it. Some turns correspond; other details have no place in the drawing.
The material continues beyond the sheet. Its small fissures, changes in density, and irregular edges remain present even where the outline has nothing to say about them.
Beyond the Outline began with Alfred Korzybski's distinction between a representation and what it represents. A useful map preserves relationships that matter for a purpose. This work keeps both that usefulness and its limits in view. We can follow the drawing, then look again at what exceeds it.
About the making
A sparse angular drawing on translucent vellum corresponds to selected bends in a richly varied pigment body. Sage gives the richer surface its broad body, while Clay establishes the surrounding field. The material continues beyond the drawing and the sheet. The work was developed with AI image generation. Its material qualities are a digital interpretation.
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