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Andrea MoreauAlgeria, Mountain Pass: Detailed Color Pencil Drawing of Landscape & Stamp2016
2016
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colored pencil and postage stamp on paper
30 x 22 inches
34 x 26.5 inches framed
This modern, intricately drawn color pencil drawing was made by American artist, Andrea Moreau, in 2016. The artist creates her drawings by embellishing the design found in the postage stamp, which she collects from her travels around the globe. This specific red stamp is from Algeria and features a bridge through a mountain pass in teal and maroon color. The stamp is highlighted in the middle of the drawing and the artist then embellishes on the design from the stamp, extending it into the further reaches of paper with teal and maroon colored pencil. The colored pencil landscape is created with great detail and precise line work. The work is complimented by a simple wood frame, measuring 34 x 26.5 inches.
Artist Statement:
My drawings function as personal interpretations of political or commercial propaganda. I begin with imagery found on postage stamps or printed advertisements and, using the visual logic and graphic language of the image, I attempt to tease out a larger framework from which to consider it. Finished pieces often incorporate printed matter and cultural detritus, which gives them an immediate and tactile connection to the world of objects.
I am particularly interested in the postage stamp as a geographical artifact, and through my drawing process I attempt to learn something about a place by studying its official imagery and then creating a world beyond the borders of its fragmentary scenes. The finished drawings and paintings are a record of this study; they are a dialogue between the printed and the drawn, the official and the personal, the real and the imaginary. They are a metaphor for the way in which we conjure the places we hear about on the news and read about in books, using the tiniest pieces of information to construct a reality that most likely bears little resemblance to any actual place.
- Creator:Andrea Moreau (American)
- Creation Year:2016
- Dimensions:Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 26.5 in (67.31 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Hudson, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2271441833
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