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<\/p>\nFebruary 20 – March 24, 2017<\/p>\n
\u201cDrawing and Narrative\u201d
\nby Christopher Troutman
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Artist Statement<\/span> February 20 – March 24, 2017 \u201cDrawing and Narrative\u201d by Christopher Troutman Limited hours Spring Break March 13 – 17 Artist Statement Drawing has dominated my studio research for the past 8 years.\u00a0 The immediacy of drawing materials, charcoal and ink, allows me to achieve a close connection between thought and mark, because, for me, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2016-2017-exhibitions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sju.edu\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDrawing has dominated my studio research for the past 8 years.\u00a0 The immediacy of drawing materials, charcoal and ink, allows me to achieve a close connection between thought and mark, because, for me, drawing is an exercise in visual memory.\u00a0 While drawing from imagination I recombine and exaggerate aspects of remembered subjects while avoiding external references until my ability to visualize falls short, at which point I resort to observational sketches and photographs to clarify forms.\u00a0 The subjects I draw are human figures in contemporary urban settings, based on my experiences and observations living primarily in the United States\u2019 Midwest, southern Japan, and recently southeast Texas. I depict multiple figures, suggesting that they could interact, implying narrative and the passage of time, which is enhanced by dividing drawings into multiple sections.\u00a0 Recently, I have used multi-sectioned drawings to examine similarities and differences between my memories of the U.S. and Japan by juxtaposing visual and spatial features unique to both locations. I amplify my subjects through mark making, intensified value patterns, dynamic compositions, and unexpected points of view in order to reveal the value of daily visual experiences as a topic of exploration in drawing.
\n~ Christopher Troutman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"