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Drawings
Drawings in Tobiasse's work
In Tobiasse’s work, drawing is first and foremost writing. “I don’t say that I draw, but rather that I write a drawing. When I start to draw, I begin without knowing what I am going to do, I let myself go. The pencil or the pen leads the dance, not me. It’s only that behind the surface a precious stone is hiding, that must be cut and polished. The drawing must stay free, that is the unique condition for its existence.”
For Tobiasse, drawing was a major means of expression, a necessary act, it was as if he was breathing in the centre of internal music. He compared it to a symphony around which an orchestra of colours was organized.
Tribute to Andy Warhol
Lead pencil, 51 x 70 cm, 1988
Miel de la nuit, hommage à Henry Moore
Lead pencil, 51 x 70 cm, 1988
Cantique pour reine barbare
Lead pencil, 50 x 35 cm, 1988
L'oiseleur amoureux
Lead pencil, 51 x 32 cm, 1988
Salon d'attente
Lead pencil, 51 x 35 cm, 1988
Fruits reflets d'amour sonore
Lead pencil, 50 x 35 cm, 1988
Mannequin cousu dans le silence de la mémoire
Lead pencil, 51 x 70 cm, 1988
These six large nudes in pastel enhanced with paint and lead pencil are from a series of 34 works in the artist’s personal collection.
They reveal a different facet of his work and we discover the strength and flight of the refined line. These nudes, some sensual, others majestic, grasped in the magic of the instant, recall to us one of his preferred themes, the surrounded paramour.
Femmes bibliques, Agar
Pastel on paper, 102 x 70 cm, 2004
Femmes bibliques, Deborah
Pastel on paper, 70 x 102 cm, 2004
Femes bibliques, Myriam
Pastel on paper, 102 x 70 cm, 2004
Femmes bibliques, Naama
Pastel on paper, 102 x 70 cm, 2004
Femmes bibliques, Salome
Pastel on paper, 70 x 102 cm, 2004