H. W. Miller, Descriptive Geometry, Seventh Edition (cover and excerpt), 1941. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York, NY. Image courtesy of the Reanimation Library.
Bookstore Manager Chloé Wilcox interviews librarian Andrew Beccone, founder of the Reanimation Library, a collection comprising books that have fallen out of routine circulation—including hobbyist and instruction manuals, general interest
For the next month, we’ll highlight a series of animated drawings done in graphite by a selection of internationally recognized artists. Ranging from quick gestures to more elaborate narratives, all
I was on the verge of tapping the send button on an email with the subject line “Congratulations, you have been accepted into The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program” to Johanne
George Venson, Nipples, red, 2012. Nylon reinforced latex saturated wet strength paper and archival inks, dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist.
Curatorial Intern Gabriella Perez interviews New York-based artist George Venson about his wallpaper works, which combine drawing, painting, and installation mediums to challenge the juncture between fine art and design.
Guest contributor Thom Donovan interviews San Francisco-based artist Colter Jacobsen about his idiosyncratic source material and using drawing as a medium for conversation. Thom Donovan: Your drawings seem to reproduce
For the next month, we’ll highlight a series of animated drawings done in graphite by a selection of internationally recognized artists. Ranging from quick gestures to more elaborate narratives, all
Visitor Services Manager Genevieve Wollenbecker reflects on the drawings of Maria Bussmann, which were included in a 2003 group exhibition at The Drawing Center and in a recent solo exhibition at
The Drawing Center’s intern Kate Smith recently visited the studio of Queens-based artist John O’Connor. She documented their conversation on his drawings using logos and advertising texts, among other appropriated
Linda Matalon, Untitled, 2010. Wax and graphite on paper, overall 19 x 25 inches. Image courtesy of Blackston, New York.
The artist Linda Matalon, who came of age in the late 1970s and early 80s, introduces a recent suite of drawings at Blackston gallery on view through April 14th. Matalon’s
Jim Shaw, Dream Object, ("I came back to the studio and Scott had added these three dimensional..."), 2012. Acrylic on muslin with cut-out acrylic on muslin attachments, 96 1/4 x 136 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Simon Lee Gallery.
Jim Shaw once claimed to follow the example of Marcel Duchamp’s enigmatic diagram The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass), 1915–23. Just as The Large