Cari Gonzalez-Casanova Silybum marianum, 16 mn 56 s
Drawing on black carbon paper, transferred onto 200g drawing paper
65 X 50 cm
2025
Execution protocol
Cari Gonzalez-Casanova averts her eyes from the sheet of paper and the hand drawing on it (to her right) to focus solely on the model (a flower, a dahlia in this case) located diametrically opposite. The eye is forced to slowly scan every millimetre of the flower, oscillating between its contours and its full forms, so that it is impossible to take in the entire model at a single glance. The hand draws what the eye sees in a single stroke, but without ever lifting the pencil from the paper to returning to the starting point.
The sheet of paper is covered with a carbon paper, thus preventing the artist from seeing the outline of the model's drawing. This creates a direct kinesthetic connection between the visual perception and the manual execution.
8.66 x 7.48 x 1.97 in ( 22,5 x 19,7 x 5,4 cm )
47.24 x 47.24 x 47.24 in ( 120 x 120 x 120 cm )
42.52 x 47.24 x 63.78 in ( 108 x 120 x 162 cm )
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
3.94 x 5.51 in ( 10,5 x 14,8 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )