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    Tony Orrico is an artist known for his kinetic drawings created using his entire body. He received degrees in dance and choreography and uses those skills to dynamically draw using materials like graphite or charcoal while lying on the floor, standing, or falling to create complex lines and marks. His artwork is performed and created in front of audiences at museums and galleries. Orrico's drawings have been compared to the toy Spirograph but involve more dynamic human movement.

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    Tony Orrico is an artist known for his kinetic drawings created using his entire body. He received degrees in dance and choreography and uses those skills to dynamically draw using materials like graphite or charcoal while lying on the floor, standing, or falling to create complex lines and marks. His artwork is performed and created in front of audiences at museums and galleries. Orrico's drawings have been compared to the toy Spirograph but involve more dynamic human movement.

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    Tony Orrico is an artist known for his kinetic drawings created using his entire body. He received degrees in dance and choreography and uses those skills to dynamically draw using materials like graphite or charcoal while lying on the floor, standing, or falling to create complex lines and marks. His artwork is performed and created in front of audiences at museums and galleries. Orrico's drawings have been compared to the toy Spirograph but involve more dynamic human movement.

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    Tony Orrico

    Born in Chicago, IL, Orrico began his career in


    dance. He received his bachelors degree in
    Dance Theater from Illinois State University and
    his MFA in Choreography from University of Iowa.
    He then used his skills as a dancer to begin
    creating kinetic artwork where he uses his whole
    body to draw.
    Penwald: 4: unison symmetry standing | 2010

    Critical Study:
    Orrico uses his entire body to create a variety of kinetic drawings. He lies on the
    floor, stands, and sometimes even falls to create dynamic lines and marks using
    materials such as graphite or charcoal. His Art making is a performance and is made in
    front of audiences at museums and galleries.

    Structural Frame:
    What formal elements (line,
    shape, value, etc.) can you
    see in Orricos work?
    How do those elements
    make the artwork more
    interesting?
    What kind of meaning you can
    find in this artwork? Does it
    represent something?

    8 circles | Photo by Michael Hart | Edition of 8 | 40 x 26

    Vocabulary:

    Kinetic: movement and the results of


    movement
    Penwald: referring to a learned ambidexterity,
    or being able to use both hands to complete
    tasks simultaneously. Also the title of one of
    Orricos drawing series.
    Spirograph: a drawing toy which creates
    geometric and circular forms similar to those
    of Orricos drawings. Oricco has been called a
    human Spirograph for the way he creates his

    Resources:
    http://www.trendsnow.net/2011/05/to
    ny-orrico.html/tony-orrico-03
    http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2010/1
    1/tony-orrico-penwald-drawings/
    http://www.jacksonpollock.org/convergence.jsp
    http://tonyorrico.com/

    Waxing and Waning | Photo: Joshua Minatrea

    Subjective Frame:
    What feeling does this artwork evoke?
    How does the artists process change
    the way you feel like about the final
    outcome of the work?
    How would this artwork make you feel
    if you saw it in person?

    Postmodern Frame:
    How is the artists performance
    drawing different from regular
    drawing?
    Would his artwork be as meaningful if
    there was not an audience to watch it
    as it is made?
    He creates his work in gallery and
    museum spaces. Does this have an
    effect on the artwork? Why?
    Unison Symmetry Standing

    Historical
    Study:
    Action painting
    was created by
    the artist
    Jackson Pollock.
    Pollock used
    movement to
    create his
    artwork by
    dripping,
    splattering, and
    pouring paint
    onto his

    Convergence, 1952

    Art Making: Consider the way Pollock and Orrico moved their bodies to create the
    marks they did. Using various materials practice making similar lines to learn how
    each artists kinetic artwork is made.

    Cultural Frame:
    Tony Orricos work is sometimes compared
    to the drawings made by a toy called a
    Spirograph and he is even sometimes
    called the human Spirograph.
    What makes his drawing different from
    that of the toy?
    Do his drawings have more meaning than
    what can be created using the Spirograph?

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