JUNE 2017
Ballpoint Art Trent Morse BOOK REVIEW
Just as so many presumptuous or naive ballpoint prodigies tripped over each other to have you believe they 'came first ', so came the race for First Place in formally documenting ballpoint pen art history...
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pictured : cover art, Untitled crop, 2014. © Thomas Müller
Alberto Repetti Genova, Italy
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Holly Cappello Portland, Oregon
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SEPTEMBER 2018
Auto Motives Luis Silva Villa do Condo, Portugal
In the photorealist work of Portuguese artist Luis Silva, ballpoint pen artwork can be discussed in terms of 'make' and 'model' along with color and composition. Car Talk. Gear heads meet the wine and cheese crowd ...
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pictured : Porsche 911, 2016, cropped. © Luis Silva
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OCTOBER 2019
Sex, Drugs & Ballpoint Pens Scott Mackie Aberdeen, Scotland
TB's coverage of The Bic Collection came three months after the fact, but seeing as few news outlets bothered to report the exhibition, our old news was still news. To date, in fact, most of what's been written about it was written by Bic. ...
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pictured : Rebel Rebel (David Bowie), 2017. © Scott Mackie
JULY 2019
Son of a Bich ll The BIC Collection exhibition / video review
TB's coverage of The Bic Collection came three months after the fact, but seeing as few news outlets bothered to report the exhibition, our old news was still news. To date, in fact, most of what's been written about it was written by Bic. ...
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pictured : Bruno Bich, 2018. Photo © The Bic Societe
James Mylne London, England
MARCH 2018
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE Tokyo, Japan 2004-2014
By 2004, Lennie Mace had been mastering the artistic capabilities of ballpoint pens for over two decades, producing groundbreaking 'wow'-worthy halftone effects which show little trace of the ballpoint line-work used in their creation ...
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pictured : Kroc Rock, 2011, cropped. © Lennie Mace
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DECEMBER 2014 Shane McAdams Brooklyn, New York
Ballpoint pen art without the ballpoint pen? That and more
from Shane McAdams, who literally removes the ball point
from the equation by "blowing", milking or otherwise extracting ink from ballpoints and magic markers toward artistic ends...
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pictured : Cloudslinger, 2014. © Shane McAdams
Andrey Poletaev Lugansk, Ukraine
Since 2014
MARCH 2019
Serhiy Kolyada Kiev, Ukraine
IThe name of the drawing means Mona Lisa of the 21st century. Some other meanings also... The girl Mona Lisa who is now 21 years old and can smoke and drink alcohol, so '21' is her age and the 21st century...
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Mo-Li-21, 2019. © Serhiy Kolyada
SEPTEMBER 2019
Alberto Repetti Genoa, Italy
This drawing is the fruit of natural observation towards the marine landscape from my home in Genoa, northern Italy, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The drawing is part of my Biroscape series, number 245...
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In the Teeth of the Gale , 2019. © Alberto Repetti
Andrey Poletaev Lugansk, Ukraine
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DECEMBER 2016
Lennie Mace RETROSPECTACLE Tokyo, Japan 1994-2004
By 1994, Lennie Mace had made a name for himself as an illustrator and had been exhibiting his ballpoint pen artwork in New York annually since 1990. ...
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pictured : The Longer The Drool... 2005. © Lennie Mace
DECEMBER 2019
Joker Johnson James Mylne PICKSSPECIAL
TB's coverage of The Bic Collection came three months after the fact, but seeing as few news outlets bothered to report the exhibition, our old news was still news. To date, in fact, most of what's been written about it was written by Bic. ...
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pictured : Joker Johnson, 2019. © James Mylne
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JUNE 2019
Christopher Arabadjis New York, NY
My larger drawings like I’ll Take You There are inspired by... smaller drawings which I make on the train during my two hour commute... The choice of title is... intended to let the viewer know that there is a system...
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I'll Take You There , 2019. © Christopher Arabadjis
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Chen Zhen Kaohsiung, Taiwan
APRIL 2019
Archie Smith Paphos, Cyprus
This was meant to be a basic doodle on an A4 piece of paper, which I often do just to pass the time, but the next day I added more to it, and then more... I kept telling myself 'gotta finish it quickly' ... or so I thought...
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ONE , Dec. 2018~ work in progress © Archie Smith
Allan Barbeau Dublin, Ireland
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Dave Warshaw San Diego, California