CRITIQUE OF SAFA
By JOHN T.
SPIKE, Art Critic and Historian
“These pieces
remind me of sacred works that were formerly kept in museums in drawer
compartments. Such works would be taken out by scholars on occasions to be
studied and meditated upon with increasing respect.
“These drawings
have an incredible level of skill. Literally thousands and thousands of finely
drawn lines make up each image”, (Mr. Spike then pointed to his personal
favourite piece and said to the audience)…”it probably contains ten thousand
lines.”
“These are
drawings which take an inordinate amount of time to complete, and crucially,
are utterly dependent upon the complete finesse in creating the lines without a
single error.
“The pieces show
an astounding control of tonal values through the skillfull use of line. (Mr
Spike demonstrated his point by pointing to the gradations in one of the
works).
“I consider them
very exceptional pieces of work and will return to study them again”.