Catalog published to accompany the exhibition Drawing then: innovation and influence in American drawings of the sixties held at Dominique Lévy on January 27, 2016 - March 19, 2016. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Josef Albers -- Carl Andre --Jo Baer -- Mel Bochner -- Lee Bontecou -- Vija Celmins -- Chuck Close -- Agnes Denes -- Dan Flavin -- Eva Hesse -- Jasper Johns -- Ellsworth Kelly -- Barry Le Va -- Sol Lewitt -- Roy Lichtenstein -- Lee Lozano -- Brice Marden -- Agnes Martin -- Robert Morris -- Bruce Nauman -- Barnett Newman-- Claes Oldenburg -- Adrian Piper -- Robert Rauschenberg -- Dorothea Rockburne -- James Rosenquist -- Edward Ruscha -- Robert Ryman -- David Smith -- Robert Smithson -- Frank Stella -- Michelle Stuart -- Paul Thek -- Wayne Thiebaud -- Anne Truitt -- Richard Tuttle -- Cy Twombly -- Andy Warhol -- John Wesley -- Tom Wesselman. Acknowledgments / Dominique Lévy -- A note from the curator / Kate Ganz -- Signs for signs / Robert Shiff -- Lightning strikes once, twice, thrice / Robert Storr -- Star being / Mei-mei Berssenbrugge -- Agnes Martin : life drawing / Suzanne Hudson -- Pop drawings of the 1960s / Roni Feinstein -- Traction : Dorothea Rockburne's Sandpaper drawings / Anna Lovatt -- Eva Hesse : the fragile solace of light / Griselda Pollock -- Selected chronology -- Biographies -- Checklist of the exhibition.
Summary:
Inspired by the 1976 exhibition 'Drawing Now' at The Museum of Modern Art, 'Drawing Then' investigates revolutionary developments in the practice of drawing that emerged in the United States during a decade of radical social and political upheaval. With more than 70 works by 39 artists--almost half of whom were not represented in the 1976 exhibition--Drawing Then includes works by Josef Albers, Mel Bochner, Chuck Close, Dan Flavin, Eva Hesse, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Barnett Newman, Robert Rauschenberg and Ed Ruscha, among other greats. The volume also includes newly commissioned work by poet Mei-mei Berssenbrugge in addition to rare archival material, artists' biographies and a comprehensive chronology linking developments in the art world with the larger social and political events of the decade.
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