Commonly, a figure drawing is expected to demonstrate technical proficiency and an understanding of the form, volume and surface of the figure as revealed by light, bone, musculature and position. But this is the figure seen in its physical form.
Seeing the figure in its social, psychological, emotional or spiritual form is another story. Seeking this, the drawing language often changes as it does in the work of Kathe Kollwitz, William Kentridge, Pablo Picasso, Mauricio Lasinsky, George Grosz, Ralph Steadman, Alberto Giacometti and more.
For such artists the task is to bring their inner life into synch with the inner lives of the figures. From recognition to empathy to expression the figure emerges in its fullness.
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