Point Blank: Quick Studies

Point Blank (Quick Studies) is the first major publication of Bob Dylan`s artwork in over a decade, featuring nearly 100 never-before-seen drawings. Bob Dylan is a master at telling stories, creating moods and provoking feelings – not only in music and the written word but also in visual art, which he has been creating since the 1960s. This publication of his art features nearly 100 black-and-white drawings that were completed between 2021 and 2022 and served as the basis for his latest exhibition – also titled Point Blank – at London`s Halcyon Gallery in early 2025. The works vary between portraits, still lifes and landscapes: roller-skating lovers, a suit of armour, a suspension bridge, a karaoke singer, a roll of Scotch tape, a Parisian canal, a man with a crooked smile. Accompanying the artwork are short prose vignettes written by Eddie Gorodetsky, Jackie Hamilton and Lucy Sante that further enhance the images` evocativeness. Dylan`s ability to find beauty and mystery in the seemingly mundane is one of his great gifts – and the gift he`s continually given to the public over the years, including now with Point Blank.