"Drawn from Photography" Exhibition

The Drawing Center

poster for "Drawn from Photography" Exhibition

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On view in the Main Gallery from February 18–March 31, 2011, the exhibition showcases 13 artists who use drawing to meticulously translate images originally received through photo-based media or digital circulation. Drawings feature scenes of social transformation from the last two centuries including scenes of war and protest as well as views of urban landscapes and industrial developments. Whether using found media sources or their own snapshots, the artists share a reconstructive, labor-intensive impulse that counteracts the rapid dissemination of information that defines the media age. Drawing as translation—at once utterly individual and fundamentally egoless—privileges time spent, care, and attention as forms of commitment in their own right. In this presentation, personal attention and slowing down mark a desire for agency coupled with a sense of the distance between “reality out there” and the artist’s attempt to comprehend or impact it. This exhibition is curated by Curator Claire Gilman.

LIST OF ARTISTS
D-L Alvarez, Andrea Bowers, Fernando Bryce, Sam Durant, Ewan Gibbs, Karl Haendel, Richard Forster, Serkan Özkaya, Emily Prince, Frank Selby, Paul Sietsema, Mary Temple, Christian Tomaszewski


PUBLIC PROGRAMS:

Saturday, February 19, 2pm
A panel discussion will feature artists in the exhibition, including Andrea Bowers, Richard Forster, Karl Haendel, and Emily Prince, who will speak about their work.

Thursday, March 3, 6:30pm
SoHo Night
Reading by novelist, Lynne Tillman
Tillman will read her Drawing Papers essay, entitled Drawing from a Translation Artist.

Saturday, March 5, 2pm
Curator Claire Gilman and select artists in the exhibition, including Ewan Gibbs, Frank Selby, Mary Temple, and Christian Tomaszewski, will lead an exhibition walk-through.

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Schedule

from February 18, 2011 to March 31, 2011
See description

Opening Reception on 2011-02-17 from 18:00 to 20:00

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