coloured pencil & putty eraser/20x30cm
Presenting what has eventually resolved itself, over the period of a couple of months in a new slow-mo record even for TOoT, into the fourth of what has become the occasional series of drawings based upon imagery sourced from Old School Panini of scans of collectable stickers of French footballers circa 1976, the particular attraction of the chosen ones being the impressive moustaches they are seen to be sporting in their portrait photographs, of which the subject Jean-Pierre Posca(‘s) is another fine example.
As with the previous drawings in this series, this one was processed with immediate visual reference to an A4 colour print of the digitally scanned image from the original sticker print: again, a certain loss of pictorial fidelity is experienced by the time this physical point is reached, not least in terms of an apparent artificiality of colour, which informs the appearance of the drawing.
The inveterate & inevitable light research the portrait subject, any little facts & figures or anecdotes that provide something of a hinterland behind the purely visual, has on this occasion revealed that, sadly, Jean-Pierre Posca, a fondly-regarded stalwart of Sochaux, in common with some of the group of 1970-ish English footballers portrayed in graphite earlier this year, died what might be regarded as being rather young, having passed away on New Year’s Day of 2010, again emphasizing the melancholy inherent in the photographic image, & perhaps too the drawing process, communicating the passing of time as it records & preserves it in physical form.
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