99% NO.37 Gordon 2013

Curator: Sedrick Huckaby's "99% NO.37 Gordon" is a compelling work, its dimensions are about 22.5 by 14.1 centimeters. Editor: The energy in this drawing is palpable! It feels raw, almost frantic, with the scribbled lines. Curator: Huckaby's mark-making feels very connected to materiality, doesn't it? It is almost like a topographic map of the face. Editor: Yes, and those lines converge to create this sense of Gordon's gaze, vulnerable and intense. It brings to mind the iconographic use of line to convey emotion. Curator: I'm intrigued by the title. "99%" suggests the incomplete, the imperfect. Perhaps it's a commentary on representation itself? Editor: Or perhaps a meditation on the essence of a person, with the symbol of the face being almost incomplete. Curator: Exactly! It really makes you think about the artist's hand and the act of creation as well. Editor: Both artist and viewer are co-creators in completing the symbolic work.