Milan Grygar (b. 1926, Slovakia)
Tactile Drawing, 1969

So many interesting things are going on here! I like how senses are reunited in Grygar’s practice. In the performance in the image he works with tactility to produce visual work. In other works he makes visual works to produce sound etc.

This is a nice antecedent to my own explorations with sound recording of my painting and considerations how one media can be transformed to or mirrored in another.

I also appreciate the performance format of the work above, as I am always interested in the act of engagement itself as the central element of art making.