Ballpoint art / Trent Morse.

Includes index.

A condensed history of ballpoint art --01. Spaces and structures. Il Lee Thomas Nozkowski Melvin Way Jan Fabre Dawn Clements Rebecca E. Chamberlain Russell Crotty Ignacio Uriarte Thomas Müller Ghazel Butt Johnson Wai Pong Yu Beverly Baker Angiola Gatti Lori Ellison --Creatures and characters. Toyin Odutola Bill Adams Joo Lee Kang Marlene McCarty Thomas Hirschhorn Noviadi Angkasapura Yoshitomo Nara Riiko Sakkinen Jake and Dinos Chapman Rita Ackermann Renato Orara Claudio Ethos C.J. Pyle Mehrdad Rashidi Seb Patane.

This stunning book is the first compendium of art made with ballpoint pens. Ballpoint drawing has evolved into a thriving art form since the pen emerged as a writing tool in the 1940s. Throughout the 1950s and '60s, as the ballpoint became cheaper and more accessible, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Dubuffet, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Nam June Paik, Louise Bourgeois, and many others, sketched with the pens. Today, those who make art with ballpoint pen are no longer confined by size or style. This book features 30 artists from around the world who are currently creating masterpieces with ballpoint, and discusses their methods, the messages in their work, and their personal connections to the pen.