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Targets (2000)

49 Drawings, 29.6 X 29.6 cm. Clothpegs. Nylonline. From “First course”, Gallery 21-26, Oslo. February 2000.

These drawings were shown at a “test-exhibition” together with my fellow graduation students from the Oslo Art Academy, a few months before the final show. I made 3 series of one-hour drawings, following the same rules as for “54 Hour drawing”.

The first drawing in each series is executed by drawing from the centre of the paper and outwards for an hour. The final outline of the result marks the starting-point for the second drawing. Here the method is inverted, I draw from the outside and inwards. This is more difficult, and I have to draw slower. A blank space is left in the middle after drawing for another hour. This becomes the starting-point for the third drawing, executed outwards again...

The draftsmen of the 3 series are imaginary characters. The first is “The Obsessive” a person constantly trying to push the limits of how close it is possible to draw lines to each other (forcing him to draw extremely slow). The second is “The Pragmatic”, concentrating on finding a good flow, - a balance where nothing gets out of hand, and a few mistakes are tolerated. The third is “The Safety-junkie”, a person whose basic concern is to avoid making mistakes.