Chris Parkin and Kelcy Taratoa talk about the changing face of 'drawing' in artworks submitted to the Parkin Drawing Competition.
The art of drawing is being pushed beyond mere pencil and paper.
The 2018 winner of the $20,000 Parkin Drawing Prize is joining the ranks of artists who see it as a concept without boundaries.
Lower Hutt woman Jacqui Colley has been named winner of the the top accolade for her piece, Long Echo.
Lower Hutt artist Jacqui Colley has been named winner of the $20,000 Parker Drawing Prize.
Her drawing etched on aluminium, measures 2.4 metres by 1.2m, and uses acid and a combination of black oil pigment.
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Colley, who is currently in South Africa researching a new project, said the money would go towards her new ventures and she was "truly blown away" with the award.
Competition founder Chris Parkin, left, and Head judge of the Parkin Drawing competition Kelcy Taratoa in front of the winning artwork by Jacqui Colley of Wellington.
Drawing underpinned all her work – "it's a visual trace of my thinking. My marks contain information which embody a kind of shorthand to concepts and ideas. I believe in experimentation and therefore take big risks".
Long Echo loosely referenced aerial views of Canterbury, observing shapes; rivers which flow from the mountains to the sea, the great lakes and the few remaining wetlands, she said.
"With intersecting grids, circles and lines I have mimicked the colonisation of the now mechanised land."
Long Echo is a drawing etched on aluminium. It measures 2.4 metres by 1.2m and uses acid and a combination of black oil pigment.
It also referenced early Māori drawings on the walls of the limestone cliffs at Takiroa near the Waitaki River, which had inspired her.
The competition attracted 463 entries from around the county and was whittled down to 72 finalists.
Head Judge Kelcy Taratoa said he couldn't take his eyes of the winning work that drew him back many times - even when he attempted to ignore it.
"It resonated with me quite powerfully ... Early on, I felt it was possibly the winner."
Long Echo had all the hallmarks of art and design: It was progressive, explorative and had evidence of the hand of the artist but also the integration of technology, he said.
"This is the type of [machine] territory that artists are engaged in. They are exploring new ways of drawing - rethinking and shifting conventions and notions of drawing."
A good drawer did not have to be able to produce figurative or representative pieces because it was an exercise that revealed the thinking and searching of an artist and could just be suggestive, he said.
Competition founder Chris Parkin, who is not involved in the judging, said Long Echo was impressive and embodied the aim of the competition he stared six year ago - to provoke and encourage.
Traditionalists could argue a lot of the entries stretched the boundaries of drawing, he said.
"But you have to look at the underlying sincerity of the artist producing the works to appreciate how they work as drawings."
* The Parkin Drawing Prize exhibition season runs until August 19 at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Gallery.
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