A Page from the Drawing Papers Archive
This page from Drawing Papers 77 features a drawing, Study for Endless House, created by Frederick Kiesler between 1959-65.
The 2008 exhibition Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities explored the pivotal role drawing played in the interdisciplinary and multifaceted work of Austro-American designer, artist, theoretician, and architect, Frederick Kiesler. The exhibition traced Kiesler’s interest in the expressive and conceptual possibilities of drawing through key projects and concepts from the 1930s to the 1960s, from his early work as a scenic designer to his revolutionary designs for Peggy Guggenheim’s Art of the Century Gallery, and his decades long investigation into the unique structure of his Endless House.
As so few of Kiesler’s installations, sets, or projects remain or were ever realized, the drawings have become key to understanding his significant contribution to 20th century thought. Kiesler’s studies of perception- attempts to represent the way we see- are among the most radical and eccentric in his work, despite their directness and straightforward representational style.
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