Locust

Elizabeth Simonson

2001

In ink and colored ink on graph paper, Elizabeth Simonson builds a precise, iterative diagram of a rotating, faceted form—using tiny dots and repeating lines to translate calculation and motion into a hand-drawn study.

What grabs you is the delicate, machine-like texture of countless minuscule dots and parallel lines that converge into a ghostly octagonal ring in the upper half of the sheet, punctuated by a single red square and balanced against the pale grid and open white space below.

The work sits between drawing, mapping, and early generative thinking—making visible a process of repetition and rule-based variation that links hand draughtsmanship to systems art and contemporary explorations of time, movement, and measurement.

Palette

Exhibitions

Committed to Print

1988

Handmade Paper Prints and Unique Works

1976

Will Insley: Ceremonial Space

1971

Etchings Etc.

1972