tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post4478397602763388694..comments2024-03-29T06:46:10.487-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Native American Ledger DrawingsAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-38012046984246924732010-12-07T21:26:09.568-05:002010-12-07T21:26:09.568-05:00I saw a show of these drawings a few years ago in ...I saw a show of these drawings a few years ago in Milwaukee. It was a thrill to see them in person after years of looking at them in books. I find the comparisons fascinating and can see resemblances in all of them.LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLDhttp://eachlittleworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-69774756891302780062010-12-07T08:31:02.846-05:002010-12-07T08:31:02.846-05:00Julie, I certainly can see a relationship to cave ...Julie, I certainly can see a relationship to cave paintings.<br />rappel, that's an interesting point about narrative space; since the paper was just a convenient surface, and the tradition was much larger and more complex narratives on hide, your observation seems very apt.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-76543250760897950642010-12-06T20:04:58.304-05:002010-12-06T20:04:58.304-05:00I've been enamored of these ledger drawings al...I've been enamored of these ledger drawings also, finely detailed but also felt - not as generic as many persian/ indian paintings ofen are - and I'm curious about the kind of pictorial space these utilize - it really is drawing/ narrative space more than page surface....rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-87759669412626748182010-12-06T16:08:22.717-05:002010-12-06T16:08:22.717-05:00Stunning is the word. Thanks for all this detail. ...Stunning is the word. Thanks for all this detail. The flow in the Lakota Sious piece reminds me of cave paintings...Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-38336645108068049102010-12-05T22:13:06.224-05:002010-12-05T22:13:06.224-05:00Susan, the show is up only until December 19th, so...Susan, the show is up only until December 19th, so make plans to go soon.<br />Hannah, your guesses on those objects sound right to me. So you too see the correspondence with Indian painting. <br />I enjoy sharing these art experiences, and it's especially nice when I can take the photos myself, as here.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-62630790753830838462010-12-05T20:10:46.028-05:002010-12-05T20:10:46.028-05:00Altoon, this is a marvelous post--I've never p...Altoon, this is a marvelous post--I've never put my love for Sioux hide painting and miniature painting together--my goodness, what a correspondence! Fascinating to see how a train is experienced and then portrayed. Those two mystery objects: a rope and a fringed chap or leg piece perhaps? The use of black, yellow, red and the neutral of the paper reminds me of Indian (east) gouache painting. Thanks for sharing this show with us.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461148136578592965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-44824242758546754342010-12-05T18:39:39.692-05:002010-12-05T18:39:39.692-05:00Do you know how long is this show up, Altoon? I wa...Do you know how long is this show up, Altoon? I want to see it!Susan Sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249426819285565971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-21441799797727841692010-12-05T17:52:37.375-05:002010-12-05T17:52:37.375-05:00That's an interesting thought, Marc, about Bil...That's an interesting thought, Marc, about Bill Traylor. It'd be fun to have a show of art that depends on sensitive line to make form: Traylor, ledger drawings, Indian and Persian miniatures, Egyptian reliefs, etc.<br />and thanks, A, I'm happy you like these drawings too. I hope you get to see some "in the flesh" sometime.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-60383109930571962002010-12-05T17:35:06.190-05:002010-12-05T17:35:06.190-05:00Thank you - these are stunning.
All of them!
and ...Thank you - these are stunning. <br />All of them!<br />and that yellow and black is so well drawn at the same time that it is part of the design.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-16912337885101823092010-12-05T17:24:32.306-05:002010-12-05T17:24:32.306-05:00great story- i've found ledger drawings remind...great story- i've found ledger drawings remind me a little of bill traylor paintings. i once complained at the hood about a big drawing show in which all the African American artists were hung together in the same wall- including a bill traylor next to a romare bearden- i said that pairing is absurd, they they were segregated, and i suggested traylor had more kinship with the artists of the kiowa ledger drawings than romare bearden. i'm sure it's debatable- but formally and conceptually i thought they were more closely related.marc awodeynoreply@blogger.com