Drawing as Process in Contemporary Art

Since at least the days of the Renaissance, artists have made drawings in preparation for works in other media. Painters might dash off casual sketches to practice technique, keep notebooks as a way to gather and organize ideas, or draft formal renderings for large-scale compositions. Drawing can now stand alone as an artistic medium, but those traditional preparatory functions remain important to many contemporary artists. This exhibition evaluates the use of drawing in generating, honing, and circulating ideas for traditional painting and sculpture as well as installation and performance art. The various hand-made drawings, computer-generated pictures, and sketchbooks exemplify both images made as part of the artists' private working processes and drawings intended for public and institutional consumption. Highlighting works with connections to the Smart Museum collection, the exhibition offers rich opportunities to explore the working processes of some of today's leading artists, including Mark Dion, Kerry James Marshall, and Richard Rezac, Zhang Huan, among others.

Curator: Stephanie Smith, Smart Museum Curator of Contemporary Art.

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Drawing as Process in Contemporary Art
Kurator: Stephanie Smith

mit Mark Dion, Kerry James Marshall, Richard Rezac, Zhang Huan ...