Word: pen-and-ink
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...word "drawing" often brings to mind traditional pen-and-ink creations of Leonardo DaVinci's sketchbooks. In the 90s, however, the term has been largely redefined. This new look at what "drawing" really means is one of the strengths of the Boston Center for the Arts' fall exhibition "The Drawing Show...
...that's not counting the virtual- reality glasses that transport Harry into an 18th century ballroom, the strange palm-tree tattoos that seem to have become a fashion statement, and the creepy Senator who tries to recruit Harry to some shadowy cause by sending him a pen-and-ink drawing -- of a rhinoceros...
...deal with the pursuit of spiritual enlightenment through Buddhism, often reflecting the contrast between the serenity found within the walls of the monastery and the turmoil of the outside world. The scroll entitled "Landscape," from the 15th century, exemplifies this conflict, combining a short composition with a delicate pen-and-ink sketch of a mountainside in a long, narrow tankaku format...
This has created a heady climate of creative liberation. Spiegelman's New York City-based Raw magazine publishes some of the more outre work in graphic narrative, including the psychotic and hilarious misadventures of a couple of pen-and-ink Easter Island profiles named Amy and Jordan, chronicled by Mark Beyer. Pantheon has just issued a collection of their tribulations in book form, aptly titled Agony (173 pages; $7.95). Out on the West Coast, the work of the brothers Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez appears in books bearing the title of the comic in which they originated, Love and Rockets...
...Conley Elms, chasing a poacher, trekked to Dallas' winter quarters at Bull Camp, a secluded stretch of sage about 110 miles south of Boise. They confronted Dallas and searched his camp, where they discovered deer meat and bobcat hides. Pogue, a no-nonsense officer with a flair for pen-and-ink sketches, told the poacher he'd broken the game laws. An argument ensued. Though Dallas claims Pogue started to draw first, the jumpy poacher blasted Pogue with his .357 Ruger Security-Six revolver, then spun and nailed Elms. He finished them off with a .22 Marlin rifle bullet behind...