I overheard a student of mine say “Nobody uses pencils anymore. They are just so old school.” This made me very sad until I saw Kio Griffith’s recent curatorial effort, “Draftpunk” at Autonomie Projects. I was reminded that not only is the pencil very much alive, but is much revered. Drawing has been an essential practice for artists for centuries, yet it often gets the shorter end of the proverbial “art world stick” in comparison to painting. This exhibition demonstrates drawing is not a means to an end but the end itself. Marie Thibeault’s tree drawings in particular stand as visual testaments of mark-making at its best.

Autonomie Projects
4742 West Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016