Milan Grygar. Drawings and Sound

catalogue of exhibition
Milan Grygar. Drawings and Sound
29.06. - 20.08.2010
curators: Martin Dostal, Lech Stangret

author of text: Martin Dostal
design and layout: Milan Grygar, Wojciech Bedyński
pages: 16
format: 16,5 x 23,5 cm
year of publish: 2010
ISBN: 978-83-60623-69-5

"The contention can be made that drawing forms the basis of Milan Grygar's work. In the mid-1960s, he made an important discovery with drawing. He stopped creating abstract paintings in 1963 and, after spending one and a half years searching for the sound equivalent of drawing, he came to understand how to use the specific noise emitted by a pen as it draws on the surface of the paper. This discovery was the impulse for a major shift in Grygar’s art. Starting in 1965, he fully devoted himself to acoustic drawings and performances connected to creating acoustic drawings. As a result, he transcended the limits of visual expression by expanding its potential to the realm of sound".

Martin Dostal, Milan Grygar - Drawings and Sound. Exhibition at the Foksal Gallery
in Warsaw