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A Page from the Drawing Papers Archive

This page from Drawing Papers 48 features Escritura deformada 2, an ink on paper drawing created by León Ferrari in 1965.

The 2004 exhibition León Ferrari: Politiscripts was the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of the Argentinean artist León Ferrari (b. 1920). The exhibition, curated by Luis Camnitzer, focused on Ferrari’s calligraphic drawings from the 1960s as they relate to his influential role in exploring art as a political agent. By accentuating the calligraphic aspect of his works, Ferrari seeks to erase the distinction between writing and drawing, and his works ultimately oscillate between understanding and incomprehension.

The Drawing Papers are a series of publications documenting The Drawing Center’s exhibitions and public programs and providing a forum for the study of drawing. For more information on Drawing Papers 48 please click here.

-Kate Robinson, Bookstore Manager 

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A Page from the Drawing Papers Archive

This page from Drawing Papers 48 features Untitled, an ink on paper drawing created by León Ferrari in 1962.

The 2004 exhibition León Ferrari: Politiscripts was the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of the Argentinean artist León Ferrari (b. 1920). The exhibition, curated by Luis Camnitzer, focused on Ferrari’s calligraphic drawings from the 1960s as they relate to his influential role in exploring art as a political agent. By accentuating the calligraphic aspect of his works, Ferrari seeks to erase the distinction between writing and drawing, and his works ultimately oscillate between understanding and incomprehension.

The Drawing Papers are a series of publications documenting The Drawing Center’s exhibitions and public programs and providing a forum for the study of drawing. For more information on Drawing Papers 48 please click here.

-Kate Robinson, Bookstore Manager

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A Page from the Drawing Papers Archive

This page from Drawing Papers 48 features Untitled, an ink on paper drawing created by León Ferrari in 1964.

The 2004 exhibition León Ferrari: Politiscripts was the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of the Argentinean artist León Ferrari (b. 1920). The exhibition, curated by Luis Camnitzer, focused on Ferrari's calligraphic drawings from the 1960s as they relate to his influential role in exploring art as a political agent. By accentuating the calligraphic aspect of his works, Ferrari seeks to erase the distinction between writing and drawing, and his works ultimately oscillate between understanding and incomprehension.

The Drawing Papers are a series of publications documenting The Drawing Center’s exhibitions and public programs and providing a forum for the study of drawing. For more information on Drawing Papers 48 please click here.

-Kate Robinson, Bookstore Manager