Sean Scully and Alexis Rockman
dal 26/9/2013 al 2/11/2013
Segnalato da
26/9/2013
Sean Scully and Alexis Rockman
The Drawing Center, New York
The Drawing Center presents Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals, a focused survey that comprises Sean Scully's acrylic, ink, graphite, and masking-tape drawings from 1974-75, presented together for the first time in over thirty years. Also on view during this period is Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi, which is exhibited in the Drawing Room and The Lab.
Co-curated by Brett Littman, Executive Director, and Joanna Kleinberg Romanow, Assistant Curator.
Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals
Main Gallery
Sean Scully’s acrylic, ink, graphite, and masking-tape drawings from 1974–75 will be presented together for the first time in over thirty years alongside two large-scale paintings from the same period. Executed in London and New York City respectively, the Change and Horizontals drawings, along with their preparatory sketches and experimental typewritten drawings, highlight Scully’s core concern with line and color’s relation to place. Viewed together, the works chart an evolution of composition and gesture that provide unique insight into this artist’s singular aesthetic.
Image: Sean Scully, Untitled, 1975, Acrylic and tape on paper, 22 11/16 x 30 11/ 16 inches, Courtesy Neo Neo Inc., New York
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Co-curated by Brett Littman, Executive Director and Nova Benway, Curatorial Assistant.
Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi
Drawing Room, The Lab
Alexis Rockman’s darkly surreal watercolor drawings, the first stage in the development of Ang Lee's 2012 Academy Award-winning feature film Life of Pi, depict the collision between human civilization and the natural world. Though most artistic contributions to cinema are dependent on photo-realism or cartoon-like illustration, Rockman’s images are fluid, intimate, and dynamic in a way that only drawing can capture. The exhibition will provide The Drawing Center with a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between drawing and commercial filmmaking.
Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi is made possible by an anonymous donor. Additional support is provided by Richard Edwards, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen and James Salomon.
Image: Alexis Rockman, Study for Tiger Vision (22 TV 1 9/20/11), 2011, Gouache on black paper, 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm), Courtesy of the artist..
Press contact:
Molly Gross, Communications Director 212 219 2166 x119 mgross@drawingcenter.org
Press Preview: Thursday, September 26, 10am-Noon
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