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Preview image of work. pencil, colored pencil on paper, Scendra Ensoulment 13546

2003.26.8

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Scendra Ensoulment

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Artist

Alan Saret (New York City, New York, 1944 - )

Title

Scendra Ensoulment

Creation Date

1989

Century

20th century

Dimensions

44 in. x 30 1/4 in. (111.76 cm x 76.84 cm)

Object Type

drawing

Creation Place

North America, United States

Medium and Support

pencil, colored pencil on paper

Credit Line

Gift of Sarah-Ann and Werner H. Kramarsky

Copyright

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Accession Number

2003.26.8

“Scendra Ensoulment” is one of Alan Saret’s “Gang Drawings,” made with fistfuls (“gangs”) of colored pencils dragged across paper. This group has evolved since the late 1960s from preparatory drawings for three-dimensional work into an autonomous process-based exploration of the medium and its spiritual significance. In the “Gang Drawings,” Saret records a wide variety of gestures on the paper. For example, in “Scendra Ensoulment,” he creates long bold lines made in one fell swoop, as well as quickly executed marks that aim in different directions. Saret compels viewers to reflect on their own creativity, as most of us have worked with colored pencils, and he indeed inspired many fellow artists of the New York scene in the late 1960s and 1970s to reconsider drawing as an experimental and experiential medium.