Essays and Papers

Illustration, Post-Illustration, and Those Who Draw (.doc download)

Delivered Nov. 2, 2006 at the University Art Association of Canada's annual conference, Waterloo, Ont, in the Canadian Drawing panel chaired by Christine Lalonde of the National Gallery of Canada. This is a working paper, polemic in tone, arguing that the evaluation of contemporary art drawing is compromised by general ignorance and historical dismissal of artistic values traditional to the draughtsmanly applied, popular and commercial arts. Please send me feedback! jaleen@gmail.com.