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Artprize Truck Drawing 2010

Dave Ford hit the road for Grand Rapids, MI, today where he'll compete in Artprize 2010. Voting begins Sept. 22, photos and updates coming!

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Truck Drawing Info:

Truck Drawing: El Paso TX to Grand Rapids MI

Art form: 2-D, Performance

Medium: graphite on paper

Year created: Work not created yet

Description of work: The Truck Drawings document found energy over hundreds of miles in the back of a truck. Interested not only in communicating with common activity, driving trucks all day as an art handler, supplied me with an environment to cure marks on paper in my daily world. Not punch-the-clock waiting to make art later in the studio, but be creative, live on the spot. A return empty-truck trip to New York from Dallas, provided the first ‘canvas.’ Over paper taped to the truck’s bed were 120 suspended water bottle pendulums, each with their own graphite tip. These would individually make their unique marks dependant on the weight of water level, grade of graphite and length of leash. Aesthetic concerns are addressed initially in the compositional arrangement of light and dark pencils, then adjustments on the road. At the Truck Drawings core, however, is “letting go”, allowing other forces to contribute. The results are map like, echoing their conception. Viva, El Paso to Grand Rapids!

To see more of Dave's work visit www.fordart.com.

Artprize Truck Drawing Bottle Prep

Dave Ford is a visual artist living in El Paso, Texas, originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is participating in Artprize 2010, competing against more than 1,200 other artists to win $250,000. His entry; a truck drawing.

Going through the inventory of water bottles is a crucial part of the Truck Drawing preparation. Every bottle has to be checked for leaks and a functional graphite point by suspending the bottless. Driving more than 1,600 miles, the pencils on the bottles will create the marks and lines of the truck drawing.

For more information on Dave Ford's body of work, visit www.fordart.com. Also visit Artprize Truck Drawing 2010 on Facebook or www.artprize.org for more information about this year's competition.

Artprize Truck Drawing 2010

Artist Dave Ford* is competing in this year's Artprize in Grand Rapids, MI. Ford will create a truck drawing and in this video illustrates how the movement of the truck creates the drawing using pencil-tipped water bottles suspended over paper in the back of a moving truck. Ford will drive from El Paso to Grand Rapids, more than 1,600 miles, while in the back of the truck, movement and time create the truck drawing.

Find Artprize Truck Drawing on Facebook or www.fordart.com.

*Dave Ford is my husband!