Artpress Compilation Volume 'Les Territoires du dessin' Features Drawing Explorations

Artpress has published a compilation volume titled 'Les Territoires du dessin' (The Territories of Drawing) that brings together previously published articles exploring contemporary drawing practices. The collection includes contributions from multiple art critics and journalists who have written for the French art magazine over several years. The volume features analyses of various artists working with drawing, including Raymond Pettibon, Silvia Bächli, Gilgian Gelzer, Diogo Pimentão, Abdelkader Benchamma, Jérôme Zonder, Dove Allouche, Éric Manigaud, and William Kentridge. The articles examine different approaches to drawing, from performative aspects to connections with photography, cinema, and comics. The compilation includes interviews conducted by Catherine Francblin, Anaël Pigeat, Étienne Hatt, and Denise Wendel-Poray. Contributors to the volume include Étienne Hatt, Marc Donnadieu, Stephen Sarrazin, Frédéric Bonnet, Romain Mathieu, Klaus Speidel, Annabelle Gugnon, Camille Paulhan, Sally Bonn, Sébastien Planas, Jean-Jacques Manzanera, and Stéphane Malfettes. The publication serves as a comprehensive resource on contemporary drawing practices, bringing together critical perspectives published between 1993 and 2023. The collection demonstrates the evolution of drawing as an artistic medium and its various manifestations in contemporary art practice.