The Sound of Drawing | Graphic Explorations of Language: Irma Blank's Meditative Art

Are you ready for a poetic and existential art travelogue? Our host, curator and writer Joana P. R. Neves, invites you on a new 'art stories' episode, where art, drawing, language and sound turns contemporary art into a meditative form of art-making engaging the spectator in a poetic and existential voyage. She shares her curatorial adventure with the German-Italian artist Irma Blank, the closest she's ever had to a mentor. But a mindful art practice can hold turbulences: indeed, how did minimal and conceptual artist Irma Blank express her cultural displacement artistically?Did you enjoy the episode? Think about supporting Exhibitionistas by leaving a small donation: https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionistaContemporary drawing is one of art's best kept secrets. Led by Blank's discovery of sound within the daily practice of drawing, this episode is a sonic wandering and a philosophical exploration of the artist's work, engaging with recent technological changes. How can a minimal and poetic practice face such specific issues? What is the role of the artist facing a global net of information which connects us as much as it separates us? And what is the value of communication – and of silence? Irma Blank has taught Joana that and much more.This is the first turn into a more experimental approach to podcasting, exploring its sound and image potential, perfect to transmit art through the senses as much as it does through the word.This episode is an excerpt of a lecture of the 3rd of February  2025 at ABK Stuttgart whose title was "The Paper is Impatient", under the invitation of the drawing department, and their teachers Katrin Ströbel and Hanna Hennenkemper.The « drawing sounds » are excerpts of Irma Blank’s recordings of the sound of each of her series. Sign up for a tiered monthly support: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2624749/monetization/supporter_settings Your contribution keeps us going.For more information about the artist visit her gallery's website: P420, Bologna, Italy.Music by Sarturn.Did the episode stir Art Wonderment memories? Share them via text or voice message.Support the showCreated & Hosted by Dr. Joana P. R. Neves, art curator and writer with over 20 years of experience in the contemporary art field. Artistic director of Drawing Now Paris since 2018, she has worked across the industry, from the art market to education. She co-launched the art residency and project space Worlding in 2020. Exhibitionistas’ first year offered exhibition discussions with guest co-host Emily Harding; organically, it grew into a more experimental show exploring art topics, stories and interviews complemented by Joana’s publication Art Thinkosaurus on Substack. She champions ‘Art Wonderment’s’ embrace of complexity against the lure of ready-made opinions. A polyglot, she grew up in Lisbon, studied and lived in Paris, to finally settle in London with her artist husband, four children and two cats. Find us:On Instagram – @exhibitionistas_podcastOn Substack (NEWSLETTER: sign up!): Art Thinkosaurus > Exhibitionistas FilesOnline: www.exhibitionistaspodcast.comDo you want to be a guest on Art Etiquette? Reach out: [email protected]: Joana P. R. Neves, 2024.