WRESTLING ELEPHANTS

By Jamie Brisick

THE HEROIC AND BEAUTIFUL R. PETTIBON

“The economy of means is one of the best things that drawing has going for itself. The great masters of drawing tend to have that elegant line. That tends to be an ongoing struggle with me within each individual work. I’ve done a number of waves before, but the point of view or take on it can get old. So I try to differentiate from that. When you can do something that seems new, the economy of the sublime—that’s what I’m trying to do.”             

     —Raymond Pettibon

January 17, 2013