Pencil drawings is a rare craft these days. Everything is done digitally nowadays. Nothing wrong with that of course, but when you see the real deal now and again you get amazed by it’s energy.
A few days ago Mischa Smit Kleine, born in Amsterdam, graphic designer, illustrator, and most importantly, draftsman came into my shop. I did not know him, he did not know me. He was doing a round with his pencil drawings to find a space where they would like to show his work. He rolled out the paper and there it was.
A world in which you can disappear.
‘Welcome to the Machine ‘ for instance is about what makes the world turn these days. Despite all cultural, spiritual or historical differences,
we are all caught in the same machine of things. Wether we contribute or consume, it has no master, there is no one in charge. It is unstoppable..
So many details, it’s a trip without acid. You could get lost if you wanted to.
Island ” The Urban Princess Dream Garden “. As a counterpart of the drawing Welcome to the Machine, this work is about ‘natural balance’. A place we long for, but are unable to survive in.
We have the Glicée prints in our shop, printed on acid free paper which can last for a 100 years.
Both drawings count 150 hours of work. If you would like to disappear for for a while, this is your chance!
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