Drawing: The Beginning of Everything

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Jul 8 2017 - Oct 15 2017

The notion that drawing is simply a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture has long since been cast aside. The act of placing a pen or pencil to a surface is, for many artists, both a formative and driving experience. With an emphasis on works created within the last thirty years, Drawing: The Beginning of Everything is the first Albright-Knox exhibition to highlight this area of the museum’s collection.

Contemporary artists’ approaches to the medium are increasingly rooted in concepts, characteristics, and meditative techniques that result in compelling and intensely personal imagery. Their varied practices promote mark-making as a constructive exploration of surface, space, composition, and scale. Additionally, this exhibition considers the ways in which drawing is employed as a means to push the boundaries that traditionally separate one artistic discipline from another by expanding beyond the page and into the realms of performance, photography, sculpture, film, and video.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.

  • International
  • Ingrid Calame
  • Millie Chen
  • Tacita Dean
  • Roland Flexner
  • Mark Fox
  • Jane Hammond
  • David Hammons
  • Guillermo Kuitca
  • and others

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