Crying

Fumi Abe

2016
33.3×24.2㎝ pencil on paper

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It was over 20 years ago that I began creating pencil-on-paper art.

I drew lots and lots of lines on paper with a pencil, then went in with an eraser and rubbed out many parts, creating this matière.

Scratch the surface many times, make a scab, scratch the scab to create a line, repeat endlessly.

Draw and erase, draw and erase, scratch the scab over and over again, scratch new scabs--then you finally have one picture.