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Huguette Caland, Bouches (Mouths), 1972

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Guo Fengyi at Gladstone Gallery

Inspired by visions that came to her during her qigong practice, late Chinese artist Guo Fengyi created towering scrolls now on view in Gladstone Gallery’s 21st Street location. The Drawing Center’s concurrent show of Guo Fengyi’s work has not reopened, but visitors can take in Gladstone Gallery’s handsome presentation in Chelsea. Described by a 4 Columns critic as ‘like anthropomorphic burls in trunks of enchanted trees,’ each drawing depicts a mythical or spiritual character (from Santa Claus to Yamantaka) that emerges from or merges into dense swirls of drawn line. (On view through Fall ’20. Masks and social distancing are required. Appointments are encouraged.) Guo Fengyi, (Detail of) Tang Dynasty Princess Wencheng, colored ink on rice paper, 157 ¾ x 27 ½ inches, 2004.

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Paperwork

Throwback Thursday!

In the Spring of 1978, we opened Paperwork, an exhibition of recent work by ten artists who had not exhibited in New York before. This show was the third in a series presenting works selected from our Artists’ Viewing Program, which, only a year after its founding, had reviewed the work of more than a thousand artists. This selection gave evidence of the diversity of approaches, intentions, and methods contemporary artists were bringing to the medium.

The interpretations of drawing in this show ranged from scrupulous architectural renderings to panels of Masonite collaged with paper. Among the work exhibited were Roland Ayers’ meticulously drawn windswept fantasies and Allan Wexler’s views of plant forms seen from above. Robin Lehrer’s works were whimsical collages. “Bound Object,” made of pen and ink, tape and watercolor, consisted of a variety of corsets drawn against a diagonal grid. Furthest removed from traditional drawings were Barbara Garber’s folded fabrics with ink and gold paint, offering an interesting contrast between folded and drawn lines and edges.

Images:

Barbara Garber, For My Father, and January 1, 1978. Ink, sumi ink, gold and silver paint, 40” x 37”.

David Sharpe, 1-2-77, and 11-6-77 B., 1977. Watercolor and pencil, 23” x 34”

Juris Cimbulis, RIGHT - LEFT., 1978. Rhoplex, pigment, wood, 12” x 13”

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In a Word

An exhibition of drawings by Jackson Mac Low surveys his restless reinvention of the line.

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Kaws Collection at the Drawing Center, Jan 2025, NYC

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Susan Te Kahurangi King - Untitled (A30232), circa 1967

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The Evolution of KAWS: From Street Art to Esteemed Collector

The Journey of KAWS: From Street Artist to Collector As a young street artist, Brian Donnelly, who is now famously known as KAWS, often found himself wandering into PPOW gallery located in downtown Manhattan. It was here that he first encountered the vibrant work of the painter Martin Wong. Wong, a tall and charismatic Chinese-American artist with a penchant for rodeo attire, navigated the…

The Evolution of KAWS: From Street Art to Esteemed Collector

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Crystal Z Campbell (’03), Jonathan Ehrenberg (’11), Omid Shekari (’16), and others Wasteland: Open Sessions 16 The Drawing Center 35 Wooster Street, NY November 14, 2019 - January 5, 2020