"Despont Draws Deep": How Despont Creates

In the ART21 video, "Despont Draws Deep" Lousie's creative process is shown. Her art is large, created on many pieces of paper that expand to fill a wall, or the floor of her Brooklyn apartment. Louise’s style is symmetrical and abstract. All of her pieces are created with architecture stencils’, a relatively modest material considering the size she works with. Her work allows an assistant to contribute greatly. Once Despont has an idea for a page she can delegate. Her assistant will fill in the stencils, making the process faster. As her work seems so uniform upon viewing it, it fits that there is a uniform process to it. Much like in the 16^th century when artists had apprentices. Since her work as an element of age and history (through the ledger pages) it is fitting that her style does as well. Although the shapes always stay uniform the pieces greatly differ.

Despont also displays how her style developed. She first began to collage in small books, filling them completely. This process added to her current style, on large ledger pages. These pages are a huge contributor, adding history to each piece. Despont says that, as the pages hold records, they map out the life of her drawings. These pages also give her the freedom to work on her own, on her time.  She shows how calming and meditative her process is. She works from home, combining her home sphere, creative sphere, and work sphere. For Despont this doesn’t add the feeling of stress or pressure but instead creates an environment that encompass her life. How she makes these pieces is a huge factor in her art.

 

Orchard Street, New York, NY September 12–October 24, 2010.” Louise Despont: Christopher Howard. N.p., 2010. Web. 21 May 2015.

Salazar, Rafael. "Louise Despont Draws Deep." ART21 New York Close Up. Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich, n.d. Web. 24 May 2015.