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03/13/2022

Join artists Javier Barrios, Maren Karlson, Julien Nguyen, Walter Price, Johanna Unzueta, and Associate Curator Rosario Güiraldes for an in-person walkthrough Monday, March 14 at 6pm of our current exhibition "Drawing in the Continuous Present."

"Drawing in the Continuous Present" explores how a new generation of artists is placing drawing at the center of contemporary art discourse by bringing together works on paper by some of today’s most significant artistic voices, including Barrios, Karlson, Nguyen, Unzueta, and Price. Each artist will discuss their practice and the role of drawing in art discourse today.

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Images: Javier Barrios, Hand pulled noodles, 2021. Pastel on paper, 13 3/4 x 9 7/16 inches (35 x 24 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

Maren Karlson, Angels 5, 2022. Soft pastel on paper, 11 7/16 x 9 inches (29 x 23 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

Julien Nguyen, Will-o'-the-Wisp, 2021. Silverpoint on Dibond, 10 x 8 inches (25 x 20 cm). © Julien Nguyen, courtesy of Matthew Marks Gallery.

Walter Price, The trouble is in us, 2021. Color pencil, wax pencil, screen block tape, graphite, acrylic, and PVC glue on board, 40 1/4 x 32 inches (102.2 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo, Norway. Photograph by Zeshan Ahmed.

Johanna Unzueta, October Zwischendeich 2021, 2021. Watercolor, pastel pencil, oil stick, needle holes, and cut paper on watercolor paper tinted with wild dewberries, 59 x 45 inches (152 x 114 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Ultravioleta. Photograph by Luis Corzo.

03/10/2022

Opening tonight Thursday, March 10, at 6pm! Join us for an opening reception celebrating our two new exhibitions: "Fernanda Laguna: The Path of the Heart" and "Drawing in the Continuous Present."

"The Path of the Heart" is the first major survey to focus on renowned Argentine artist Fernanda Laguna’s expansive drawing practice. The exhibition highlights Laguna’s understanding of art as a language that communicates emotions and foregrounds the role of drawing throughout her work as a visual artist, and also as a writer, curator, activist, and cultural agitator.

Comprising nearly a hundred works on paper by thirteen artists from ten different countries, "Drawing in the Continuous Present" explores how a new generation of artists is placing drawing at the center of contemporary art discourse. It brings together works on paper by some of today’s most significant artistic voices, including Michael Armitage, Javier Barrios, Jesse Darling, Maren Karlson, Christine Sun Kim, Helen Marten, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Julien Nguyen, Sanou Oumar, Walter Price, Florencia Rodríguez Giles, Johanna Unzueta, and He Xiangyu.

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Images: Fernanda Laguna, "Flete en moto (Freight on motorcycle)," 2000. Collage on paper, 9 7/8 x 11 13/16 inches (25 x 30 cm). Oxenford Collection. Photograph by Bruno Dubner.

Fernanda Laguna, "Mi mejor amiga extraterrestre (My alien best friend)," 1995. Acrylic on canvas, 10 11/16 x 14 5/8 inches (27 x 37 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galería Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires.

Walter Price, "Spectators hope," 2021. Graphite, wax pencil, stickers, PVC glue, color pencil, acrylic, collage, and gaffer tape on board, 40 1/4 x 32 inches (102.2 x 81.3 cm). Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg. Photograph by Zeshan Ahmed.

Johanna Unzueta, "October, December 2020 Berlin," 2020. Watercolor, pastel pencil, oil stick, and needle holes on watercolor paper tinted with wild snowberries, 43 x 32 11/16 inches (109 x 83 cm). Photograph by Billie Clarken.

03/03/2022

Join us next Thursday, March 10, at 6pm to celebrate the opening of our two new exhibitions: "Fernanda Laguna: The Path of the Heart" and "Drawing in the Continuous Present."

"The Path of the Heart" is the first major survey to focus on renowned Argentine artist Fernanda Laguna’s expansive drawing practice. The exhibition highlights Laguna’s understanding of art as a language that communicates emotions and foregrounds the role of drawing throughout her work as a visual artist, and also as a writer, curator, activist, and cultural agitator.

Comprising nearly a hundred works on paper by thirteen artists from ten different countries, "Drawing in the Continuous Present" explores how a new generation of artists is placing drawing at the center of contemporary art discourse. It brings together works on paper by some of today’s most significant artistic voices, including Michael Armitage, Javier Barrios, Jesse Darling, Maren Karlson, Christine Sun Kim, Helen Marten, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Julien Nguyen, Sanou Oumar, Walter Price, Florencia Rodríguez Giles, Johanna Unzueta, and He Xiangyu.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about the exhibitions and next week's opening reception.

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Images: Fernanda Laguna, "Amor (Love)," 2000. Mixed media on canvas, 14 3/16 x 18 1/8 inches (36 x 46 cm). Grupo Supervielle Collection, Buenos Aires. Photograph by Viviana Gil.

Florencia Rodríguez Giles, "Viaje inmóvil," 2020. Charcoal on paper, 11 13/16 x 16 1/2 inches (30 x 42 cm). Collection of Erica Roberts. Photograph by Pedro Serrano.

03/02/2022

"Drawing in the Continuous Present," opening Thursday, Mar 10, explores how a new generation of artists is placing drawing at the center of contemporary art discourse. It brings together drawings by some of today’s most significant artistic voices, including Michael Armitage, Javier Barrios, Jesse Darling, Maren Karlson, Christine Sun Kim, Helen Marten, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Julien Nguyen, Sanou Oumar, Walter Price, Florencia Rodriguez Giles, Johanna Unzueta, and He Xiangyu.

To learn more about our upcoming exhibitions, please click the link in our bio.
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Jesse Darling, "Goatse/Melencolia (After Dürer)," 2021. Pencil on paper, 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (21 x 29.7 cm). Private collection. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Clelia Cadamuro.

Michael Armitage, "Study, Giraffe," 2019. Pencil on paper, 11 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (28.3 x 31.1 cm). Courtesy of the artist and White Cube. © Michael Armitage. Photo © White Cube (Theo Christelis).

02/24/2022

Opening Thursday, Mar 10: "Drawing in the Continuous Present" features more than 90 drawings by thirteen international artists and explores how a new generation of artists is placing drawing at the center of contemporary art discourse.

Bringing together works on paper by some of today’s most significant artistic voices, including Michael Armitage, Javier Barrios, Jesse Darling, Maren Karlson, Christine Sun Kim, Helen Marten, Jean Katambayi Mukendi, Julien Nguyen, Sanou
Oumar, Walter Price, Florencia Rodriguez Giles, Johanna Unzueta, and He Xiangyu, the exhibition highlights modes of drawing that reflect a multiplicity of experience and a diversity of artistic production.

To learn more about our upcoming exhibitions, please click the link in our bio.
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Images: Walter Price, "The trouble is in us," 2021. Color pencil, wax pencil, screen
block tape, graphite, acrylic, and PVC glue on board, 40 1/4 x 32 inches (102.2 x 81.3 cm). Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo, Norway. Photograph by Zeshan Ahmed.

Christine Sun Kim, "Hand Palm (Echo Trap Series)," 2021. Charcoal on paper, 52 1/4 x 52 1/4 inches (133 x 133 cm). Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles. Photograph by Ian Byers-Gamber.

Javier Barrios, "Cypripedium estallido," 2021. Pastel on paper, 18 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (48 x 35 cm). Courtesy of the artist.

02/20/2022

Last Chance! See "Ways of Seeing" before it closes today, February 20, at 6pm.

For the final iteration of the three-part exhibition, Jarrett Earnest takes the fundamentals of drawing as his starting point, organizing his installation around two drawings: one by Henri Michaux and the other by Vija Celmins. Beginning with Michaux, we follow a path of drawings along the south wall, moving from openness to precision. Beginning with Celmins, we journey along the north wall from clarity and containment to the dissolution of the mark into the surface. The result is a dynamic, fluid space that visualizes the idea that works of art are always impacted by the context in which they are seen and received.
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Images: Installation views, "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection," Take Three: Jarrett Earnest, Jan 15–Feb 20, 2022. Photos by Daniel Terna. Courtesy of The Drawing Center.

02/17/2022

It's the last week to visit "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Collection," which closes this Sunday, February 20!

Curator Jarrett Earnest approached his iteration of this special three-part exhibition as an exploration of drawing on a fundamental level. With color as the guiding principal for the installation's back gallery, Earnest underscores the idea that works of art are impacted by the context in which they are seen and received, explaining, "when color enters the pictorial field, it completely restructures the way that the image gets constituted."

Plan your visit to experience "Ways of Seeing" via the link in our bio.
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Images: Installation views, "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection," Take Three: Jarrett Earnest, Jan 15–Feb 20, 2022. Photos by Daniel Terna. Courtesy of The Drawing Center.

01/25/2022

Now available for pre-order, the second volume of "Ways of Seeing" offers a comprehensive view of the three-part exhibition "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection," which focuses on the extraordinary drawing collection of artist, curator, and President of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Jack Shear. Taken together, the exhibition’s successive iterations—curated by Jack Shear, Arlene Shechet, and Jarrett Earnest, respectively—offer a revealing experiment in connoisseurship and exhibition-making.

The second volume of "Ways of Seeing" features extensive photographic documentation of all three iterations, thus providing the first opportunity to consider each installation in relation to the others. Essays by Shear, Shechet, and Earnest illuminate the curators' singular approaches to installing the collection, as well as offering reflections on their participation in this unique curatorial project. Taken together, the images and essays affirm the way in which context affects content when viewing works of art.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more and reserve your copy today.

01/05/2022

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01/04/2022

Today we're celebrating the New Year, and looking ahead to the exhibitions 2022 has in store! On January 15 the third and final iteration of "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Collection," organized by curator and critic Jarrett Earnest, will open to the public. Then, on March 10, we'll open two concurrent exhibitions: "Drawing in the Continuous Present," a chorus of the brightest voices in international contemporary drawing, and "The Path of the Heart," a major survey that foregrounds the drawing-centered oeuvre of the renowned Argentinian artist Fernanda Laguna.

To learn more about our upcoming exhibitions, click the link in our bio.
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Images: Vija Celmins, Untitled (Ocean), 2014. Charcoal on acrylic ground on paper, 15 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches (39 x 47 cm). Jack Shear Collection, ©Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery.

Walter Price, "Spectators Hope," 2021. Graphite, wax pencil, stickers, PVC glue, color pencil, acrylic, collage, and gaffer tape on board, 40 1/4 x 32 inches (102.2 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York. Photograph: Zeshan Ahmed.

Fernanda Laguna, "Set de 12 dibujos (Set of 12 drawings)," 1994-1995. Ink and colored pencil on paper, 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (22.5 x 15 cm). Collection of Alec Oxenford, Buenos Aires.

12/30/2021

Final Days! Save 20% on publications and limited editions through December 31. Our annual holiday sale includes "Cecily Brown: Rehearsal," a volume that features Brown's drawings, and Elizabeth Peyton's limited edition linocut featuring American composer Nico Muhly. Proceeds from the sale provide critical support for all that we do—from groundbreaking exhibitions, publications, and public programs, to educational initiatives.

To shop the full sale, visit our online bookstore via the link in our bio.
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12/28/2021

Don't forget to shop our ongoing holiday sale through December 31, 2021!
Save 20% on books including our recent publication "Ways of Seeing: Writings on Drawings from the Jack Shear Collection." Co-edited by Chief Curator Claire Gilman and critic and writer Hilton Als, the anthology takes as its subject what contributor Nick Mauss calls the "singular fluency between drawing and writing." The publication features short texts including poems, stories, and visual analyses by contributors Jennifer Krasinski, Ben Marcus, Nick Mauss, Charlie Porter, George Saunders, Clare Sestanovich, Brenda Shaughnessy, Tracy K. Smith, and Craig Morgan Teicher.

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12/23/2021

Today, Dec 23 is the last day to visit the second installation of our three-part exhibition "Ways of Seeing." Plan your visit via the link in our bio!

Curated by sculptor , the second iteration of the exhibition features Shechet's hand-carved wooden benches that provide a dynamic communal space for viewing over 100 drawings installed on the gallery walls. Shechet's selection of drawings highlights connectivity and intimacy and complements her careful consideration of the viewing environment.
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Images: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, "Portrait of Alexis-René Le Go," 1836. Graphite on paper, 11 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (30.2 x 22.2 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

Giorgio Morandi, "Natura Morta," 1959. Watercolor on paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. Jack Shear Collection. © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.

Lee Bontecou, "Untitled," 1968. Soot, graphite with opaque watercolor and white chalk on paper, 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (72.4 x 57.2 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

Gustav Klimt, "Female N**e Opening a Curtain: Further study in the left margin," c.1898. Graphite on lined paper, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches (19 x 12 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

12/17/2021

Open Call for Applications! Drawing All-Stars is a free pre-professional program for high schoolers grades 9-11, led by Teen Art Salon in partnership with The Drawing Center. Focusing on New York City’s next generation of artists, the new program encourages teens to expand their drawing practices, amplify their artistic ambitions, and nurture their creative endeavors in a team setting.

Applications are due by Dec 23! To apply, please click the link in our bio.
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Image: Animation by Aneesa Razak, 2021.

12/14/2021

"A year-end gift to The Drawing Center secures the continuation of more than forty years of drawing-centered programming that is unique, relevant, and provocative. Even a small contribution can make an enormous difference for us and the work that we do. There is no place like The Drawing Center. Your donation is a vote of confidence, an act of solidarity, and a lifeline for our institution, those who work here, and those whom we serve." — Laura Hoptman, The Drawing Center's Executive Director

To donate before year-end, please visit the link in our bio.⁣

12/09/2021

Únete este Sabado, 11 de Diciembre, a nuestro taller de DibujoAhora! DrawNow! presentado en español e inglés. Dirigido por la artista docente Ada Pilar Cruz, el taller alentará a los participantes a mirar de cerca, hacer asociaciones personales y hacer conexiones intuitivas entre los dibujos a la vista en nuestra exposición actual, "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection."

Por favor tener en cuenta que se requieren máscaras y prueba de vacunación para asistir a este evento. Se proporcionarán todos los materiales de arte.

Para registrarse, dele click al link en nuestra bio.
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Join us this Saturday, December 11, for our DibujoAhora! DrawNow! workshop, presented in Spanish and English. Led by teaching artist Ada Pilar Cruz, the workshop will encourage participants to look closely, draw personal associations, and intuitively make connections between the drawings on view in our current exhibition "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection."

Please note that masks and proof of vaccination are required in order to attend this event. All art materials will be provided.

To register, tap the link in our bio.
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Image: Nancy Spero, "The Bomb," 1966. Gouache and ink on paper. 16 1/2 x 22 in. Jack Shear Collection © 2021 The Nancy Spero and Leon Golub Foundation for the Arts/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

12/07/2021

Join us next Tuesday, December 14, at 6pm for an evening of readings from our newest publication "Ways of Seeing: Writings on Drawings from the Jack Shear Collection," which takes as its subject what contributor Nick Mauss calls the “singular fluency between drawing and writing.” Hilton Als will introduce authors Nick Mauss, Charlie Porter, Brenda Shaughnessy, Clare Sestanovich, and Jennifer Krasinski, who will each read selections from their contributions to the publication.

Building on the exhibition’s themes of perception and personal vision, the writers were asked to reflect on drawings of their choosing from the expansive collection of Jack Shear. The group of authors offer us poignant and insightful stories, poems, personal ruminations, and visual analyses of objects from across countries and centuries. The result is a unique marriage of visual art and literature.

This in-person event is free and open to the public. Live ASL interpretation will be provided. To register click the link in our bio.
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Image: Francis Picabia, 'Transparence [Transparency],' c.1930–1933. Opaque watercolor, crayon, and charcoal on paper, 14 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (36.2 x 31.1 cm). Jack Shear Collection © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

11/27/2021

Save 20% on your favorite publications and limited editions during our annual bookstore sale! Explore more than 145 titles from our ongoing Drawing Papers publication series, and find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Proceeds from the sale provide critical support for all that we do—from groundbreaking exhibitions, publications, and public programs, to educational initiatives.
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11/20/2021

The second installation of our three-part exhibition 'Ways of Seeings: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection,' curated by sculptor Arlene Shechet, features drawings that highlight connectivity and intimacy. The selection of artworks are by a diverse group of figures including Lee Bontecou, Edward Burne-Jones, Salvador Dalí, Elaine de Kooning, Robert Gober, Marsden Hartley, Lee Lozano, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, Elizabeth Murray, Jim Nutt, Odilon Redon, Georges Seurat, Al Taylor, and Joseph Yoakum, among many others.

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Images: Lee Lozano, 'No Title,' 1964. Graphite on paper, 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (32.4 x 21.6 cm). Jack Shear Collection, © The Estate of Lee Lozano.

Lee Bontecou, 'Untitled,' 1968. Soot, graphite with opaque watercolor and white chalk on paper, 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (72.4 x 57.2 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

Georges Seurat, 'Le griffon altéré,' 1875-76. Pencil on paper mounted on board, 8 1/16 x 9 9/16 inches (20.5 x 24.3 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

10/19/2021

Over the past year, sixty artists participated our Viewing Program 20/21 initiative, which centered on providing mentorship and support for contemporary artists through virtual studio visits and portfolio reviews. In our final post highlighting work from the program, we’d like to thank each of the participating artists for sharing their art and practices with us. Below, you can read more about our featured artists Javier Romero, Erin Murray and Sofia Quirno:

"I am merging drawing and collage to explore the possibilities of abstraction and geometry, while also interested in the sculptural dynamics of the process using basic tools like graphite and colored pencil. Through this I investigate opposing concepts, such as density/lightness, positive/negative, control/random." - Javier Romero

"I think of my work as describing an alignment of interiority and exteriority; referencing the mingling of psyche and design that we encounter in daily life. Drawing allows me to express this in-between state of being, bringing the sharp palpability of lived experience in balance with the ambiguous nature of thought and memory." - Erin Murray 

"I doodle while the TV is on. The images and words coming from the screen converge with my own inner voices and mental representations, resulting in mixtures of what is seen and heard with what was already within me. These montages are the basis of my work at the studio. This piece plays with the imaginary life and interaction between objects and explores the psychological conditionings to existing schemes." - Sofia Quirno

To learn more about all sixty of the Viewing Program 20/21 participating artists, please click the link in our bio.

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Images: Javier Romero, “Fragments/Circles #6,” 2019-20. Graphite and colored pencil on cut and collaged paper, 69 x 51.5 in / 175 x 131 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

Erin Murray, “Proxy Space (one),” 2018. Graphite and india ink on paper, 15 x 21 in. Courtesy of the artist.

Sofia Quirno, “Maybe its your expectations that need to change,” 2020. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 46 x 36 in. Courtesy of the artist.

10/18/2021

Continuing The Drawing Center’s longstanding mission of supporting contemporary artists and their drawing practices, Viewing Program 20/21 provided mentorship to sixty artists in the form of virtual studio visits. Read more about three of the participating artists—Shellyne Rodriguez, Luis Almeida, and LaNia Sproles—below:

"Local deejays Uptown Vinyl Supreme craft the playlist for their next party in their Bronx apartment, and preserve the art of the sound selector, vital as one of the elements of Hip Hop Culture." - Shellyne Rodriguez

"'The Return of the One,' was inspired by the painting 'Flaying of Marsyas' by Titian and it shows a hypothetical return of Jesus Christ surrounded by paparazzi on the red carpet." - Luis Almeida

"A self portrait that pictures three figures exposing their vulvas in an ordinary urban landscape. The multiple portrait is inspired by the mythological bond of the Greek Charite sisters. Each self is portrayed in different clothing but work together to cathartically respond to their environment." - LaNia Sproles

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Images: Shellyne Rodriguez, “Uptown Vinyl Supreme.” Color pencil on paper, 22 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist. 

Luis Almeida, “The Return of the One.” Courtesy of the artist.

LaNia Sproles, “The 3 Graces,” 2020. Gouache on paper, 21 ½ in x 19 ¾ in. Courtesy of the artist.

10/15/2021

"Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection" is a three-part exhibition that focuses on the extraordinary drawing collection of artist, curator, and President of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Jack Shear.

In the first installation of "Ways of Seeing," on view through November 7, Shear places drawings in clusters to encourage viewers to experience the drawings in relationship to each other. His unorthodox curatorial vision reinforces the fundamental truth that interpretations of art are always impacted by both our own sensibilities and by the context in which objects are seen and received.

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Images: Unknown, (Indian School), "Ta***ic Drawing," c. 2000. Gouache and/or pigment and ink on paper, 11 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (28.6 x 14 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

Terry Winters, "Untitled," 2018. Graphite on paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm). Jack Shear Collection. Courtesy of the artist.

Kalu Ram, "Chart of 56 Shaligrams," n.d. Ink and gouache on paper with collage, 28 x 21 inches (71.1 x 53.3 cm). Jack Shear Collection. Courtesy of Alexander Gorlizki.

10/08/2021

Artist, curator, and President of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation, Jack Shear compared his method of installation and hanging artworks to working with the alphabet, in that, in putting drawings together, you see things that you wouldn’t see otherwise. Shear places drawings alongside, directly on top of, or abutting other works on the basis of intuited visual affinities regardless of context or historical provenance.

To learn more about "Ways of Seeing: Three Takes on the Jack Shear Drawing Collection" please click the link in our bio.
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Images: Odilon Redon, "La Terrible (The Terrible One)," c.1871. Charcoal and black chalk on paper, 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (42.5 x 33.7 cm). Jack Shear Collection.

Alice Neel, "Requiem," 1928. Watercolor on paper, 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Jack Shear Collection, © The Estate of Alice Neel Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner.

Edvard Munch, "Blødende hjerte (Bleeding Heart)," c.1898. Crayon and opaque and transparent watercolor on paper, 9 7/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.1 x 35.9 cm). Jack Shear Collection © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.