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then Bocchino�s drawings hint at Paul Klee. But as with the Twombly comparison this is not Klee redux. The equating of her lyrical lines to music, particularly jazz, has long been a part of her content. |
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The exhibition is billed as a drawing show but only because the work is, technically, not on canvas. Still, it is entirely different from oil on canvas due to its execution on vellum and this results in a redefinition of light and space. Bocchino is masterful in combining her materials to achieve this. Because she is so solid with her content the materials do not get out of hand to render the work gimmicky or decorative. Perhaps it has to do with her minimal approach. Knowing how much to leave empty is no easy task and requires as much intuition and experience as it does knowledge. The remarkable thing about this work is that it looks superfluously easy: the quick gesture drawing, the handful of colors and the open space. In fact, overworking and blowing the whole effect is the real easy thing. In short, there is not a lot of room for mistakes and/or corrections working this way. |
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The range of work in this show is huge and employs all sorts of line qualities. One drawing may suggest a flock of singing birds while another is like a snapshot of static electricity. In some pieces the lines become so thick as to serve a dual function as form. In others, larger, more static forms are included among the lines. But it is the thin graphite lines that, like animated threads, tie all of this work |
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