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Working drawing for Boundary (A line in art)
1993
from the Working drawings for Boundary (A line in art) series 1993

Medium
coloured pencil, pencil and fibre-tipped pen
Measurements
29.7 × 41.8 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: B.H 93
inscribed in pencil u.l.-u.c.: (various numbers) DIRTY WORDS ESSENTIALIST / ESSENTIALISM / ESSENTIALISTIC / ESSENTIALLY / CREATIVE GENIUS / DEFEAT / HALF WAY
inscribed in pencil l.r.: BAD DAY
inscribed in pencil u.c.-u.r.: Im almost insisting with my self / that they add up. To what ? Why do they / have to add up to anything ? Whats anything / Surely they intend a meaning. / To keep a false conclusion at bay. nonconclusive. / map experience – expression / map space. beings’ expression / Think ! expression of being / one thing / Movement – body movement every thing / curve. / picture space – body space – free space. / fuck space / face it.
inscribed in pencil c.-c.r.: UNTITLED / (SO… IF THIS IS LIFE, AND IM HALF WAY THROUGH IT… ?) / PAINTING.
inscribed in pencil c.: BAD / BADDER / BADDEST / FORMED / FORMING / (BAD) / FORMS / MOVING / (BETTER) / BEST
inscribed in pencil l.r.: BRAIN DEAD. / BAD DAY / NO CONCERTRATION / NO SUBJECT / EVERY SUBJECT / EVERY THING / EVERY THING / KELLYS’ REALISM / KELLYS’ ANT. REALISM / KELLYS MUM. / KELLYS BUM
Accession Number
2011.459.3
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2011
© Brent Harris
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display