David Smith

Since 2002 working on a series of works ‘I drew a line for you’ which was described by Dr. Dorian Ker, ‘as returning drawing to its oldest sociology: the drawing as ritual gift, as mantric catharsis, as shamanistic well wishing. ‘You’ implicates the universal ‘you’: mankind; and, universal accord is the sine qua non of Imanual Kants analysis of what might be considered beautiful. The line is a metaphor, and reminds the viewer that the line was drawn for them as a paean of love imploring reciprocity. They are love poems, not intended for some transcendent deity, but for YOU