Drawing Time, Reading Time - Marking Language

Drawing Room, ISBN 9780942324785,
Pb, 208 pgs, 15 x 23cm
100 ills
Acqn. 23376
In Stock

£19.50
This publication documents two parallel exhibitions, Marking Language at Drawing Room, London (10 October - 14 December 2013), and Drawing Time, Reading Time at The Drawing Center, New York (22 November 2013 - 12 January 2014), that explore the relationship between linguistic communication and drawing in recent art. Throughout the twentieth century, and in particular since the 1960s, artists have mined language for the subject and matter of their art, incorporating the mode, format, and meaning of text into their work. Artists included are Allen Ruppersberg, Annabel Daou, Bernardo Ortiz, Carl Andre, Deb Sokolow, Guy de Cointet, Johanna Calle, Karl Holmqvist, Marcel Broodthaers, Matias Faldbakken, Mirtha Dermisache, Molly Springfield, Nina Papaconstantinou, Pavel Buchler, Sean Landers and Shahzia Sikander. Collectively, the artists' works demonstrate an inventive use of words and text, creating work that is visually rich and narratively resonant. They re-examine the codes, symbols, and structures of language, while acknowledging and harnessing the personal and cultural context in which it is produced and understood.