Pavel Büchler, ‘Acid and Nicotine (Dirk & Frank)’ (detail), 2009
4 drawings; acid and cigarette heat on paper
38 x 28 cm each
Unique
BÜCHLER-2009-0088 (series)

“The Acid & Nicotine pen drawings are made with car battery acid and processed with the heat from my cigarette as I draw. They are the product of my various recent attempts to recover the academic drawing skills that I learned at a Czech art school years ago – or to see how much I have unlearned or forgotten, or what I can do with what is left. They are drawn from photographs and the subjects are various cultural icons of my time. In this instance, Dirk Bogarde and Frank Sinatra.”