WRITING
SKULL & SELF DRAWINGS
Skulls and self-portraits share not only a rich history as vanitas subject matter but are also complex forms that sustain perceptual and material engagement. In this series of drawings, which includes self-portraits and skulls, gestures derived from a representational under-drawing are amplified and repeated, transforming an allusive symbol into a tangible passage of time.
from "Four Drawings by Brett Baker"
Published in LIT, The Creative Writing Journal of The New School
Issue 13, 2007