Attuned Rigour: Between Pictorial and Material Conditions

Abstract Lebbeus Woods's extraordinary proficiency and mastery in different media was matched by his steady and fast pace of exploration. Riet Eeckhout , a drawings researcher and drawer herself, who teaches at KU Leuven, ponders this dexterity. Her focus is on the rigour of Woods's early works produced in Mylar and pastels, and on the carefully delimited spatial vocabulary – agency obtained through the capacity of the drawing to function outside explicit representation.