Final Post: Contemporary Artists Who Work Extensively In Drawing

I thought, for my final post on this blog before we bring this semester to a complete close, I would give you guys a list of some contemporary artist who draw. So many of the artists we've looked at as references in this class (with the exception of Zac Smith) have all been dead white guys who were working 40 to 150 years ago. I think it's important that you see that there are artists right here and now who are just as concerned with the pursuit of draftsmanship in their work. Each of the artists below is out there working now, displaying in galleries and/or biennials. They are all very much alive (unless there's something I don't know) and active in the current art community. If you see any work here that you find fascinating, you should do some research of your own on that artist. Enjoy!

Mindaugas Lukosaitis

Anna Sigmond Gudmundsdottir

D-L Alvarez

(These may look like pixelated digital images, but they are executed in graphite pencil.)

Jason William Cole

(This guy is friggin' AWESOME. Hahaha)

Elizabeth Peyton

John Currin

Ernesto Caivano

Creighton Gann

(Creighton and I attended grad school together at MCA.)

It was a great semester. Some of you I will see again next semester. For those of you that I will not see, I wish you good luck with the rest of your time at MCA. Continue to be critical, analytical thinkers.

Cole out!