Drawing for Relief 1967-68

Drawing for Relief 1967-68

Gillian Wise

1968

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This drawing shows overlapping black lines forming three stacked cubes. The cubes are connected by thin lines and dots, creating a floating, 3D effect against a pale yellow background. Some dots are blue, others black, adding slight contrast. The artist used simple shapes and clean lines to make the cubes look solid yet impossible to place in real space. The drawing feels like a puzzle—your eyes try to figure out where the edges would be in reality. If you like this, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build depth with lines.

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