At first glance these drawings appear to be randomly, if obsessively, scribbled. Similar to a quick figure drawing, a Cy Twombly rethought as a directional map, or a drawing done with a magical Scribble Pen toy for children. Upon further investigation it reveals itself as a drawing but not, as at first anticipated, of a figure. It is a map but not made by Twombly and these scribbles weren’t made by a toy pen for kids. These map scribbles were made with ink by Michelle Dussault, they are continuous drawings that represent her interpretation of a map drawn in the process of riding the street car, go figure. This map-making in the present of travel explains the quality of the line. She has guided her audience to this conclusion by indicating the names of well known places in New Orleans written at points (like stops) along the line. Read the rest of this entry »