Sans Titre Series Start

This graphite pencil drawing ‘Louise Brooks – 05-05-14’ is something new. It is a direct continuation of the series ‘the birth of new cubism’. Then again, it forms the actual start of a new series, called ‘Sans Titre’. This one depicts flapper girl and silent american moviestar of the 1920s – 1930s, Louise Brooks. Later portraits of female celebrities I called ‘sans titre’. The reason is I didn’t want to focus on the ressemblance of a portrait. Instead, I wanted to put the the stresss on cubism itself, not the celebrities themselves. Notwithstanding the intention I wanted people them recognize eventually. However, that is not the goal itself. The next in the series became ‘Sans titre – 07-05-14’.

Early Cubist Style

In my search to forge motifs into art I stuck to the right proportions as much as I could. Only give it a slight angular look. In fact, one could argue this is not cubism at all. At least not how Picasso and Braque meant it. That is a kind of multi-perspectivism. Only to be ridiculed as ‘the little cubes’ by Mr. Picasso by a famous art critic at that time. Mine could be more closer to a definition of cubism than the initial cubist wave. Wouldn’t you agree?

Razor Light

Last but not least, I always pick motifs that show great extremities in tonal values like in this one. The razor light coming from the left and right gave me the tools to depict her in her glory. Professional photographers one day have to explain why these kind of lightings have disappeared from contemporary photography. Such type of art deco lighting simply keeps on being stunning and enchanting.

Click here to read about the sale of a printable of this artwork to an English collector.

Graphite pencil drawing (Pentel 0.5 mm, 3B) on Winsor & Newton paper (14.8 x 21 x 0.1 cm – A5 format)

Artist: Corné Akkers