Preview the exhibition's catalog, forthcoming in print through Walther König
Gladstone
Gallery is pleased to present Drawing 2020, an
exhibition of drawings made in the present moment. Twenty years ago, in the
summer of 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery organized an exhibition entitled 00, a survey of drawings at the turn of the
millennium. On the 20th anniversary of this expansive presentation, Drawing 2020 revisits this idea of
drawing—how it remains vital, how it constantly mounts a quiet revolution, and
how it transforms in the care of different artists—as a lens into how artists
live and make work at this important moment in history.
Over the last two decades and throughout the last few months, drawing as an artistic practice has developed and evolved in response to physical, political, and technological elements that impact everyday life, namely the expanding purchase of the digital in our daily lives and the rise of social media. More recently, quarantine in the face of a global pandemic and a widespread reckoning on race have changed many perspectives: these multifaceted concepts have irreparably transformed how we see the world, look at ourselves and each other, and view art. Yet, the act of drawing—the haptic connection of an artist’s vision and the visualization of the world—has continued to surge forward, remaining just as important and fecund as it has for decades. Employing both traditional and unconventional materials and methods, the works in this exhibition present the inherent complexities and intrinsic qualities of what constitutes a drawing in the expanded field.
The artists participating in this exhibition include:
Tomma
Abts
Derrick
Adams
Etel
Adnan
Ricci
Albenda
Candida
Alvarez
Tauba
Auerbach
Matthew
Barney
Alvaro
Barrington
Georg
Baselitz
Ellen
Berkenblit
Huma
Bhabha
Dike
Blair
Nayland
Blake
Mel
Bochner
Andrea
Bowers
Daniel
Boyd
Joe
Bradley
Kerstin Brätsch
Brianna
Rose Brooks
Cecily
Brown
Brian
Calvin
Roger
Danilo Carmona
Gillian
Carnegie
Paul
Chan
Ian
Cheng
Xinyi
Cheng
Kye
Christensen-Knowles
Leidy
Churchman
Claudia
Comte
George
Condo
Matt
Connors
Enrico
David
Thea
Djordjadze
Carroll
Dunham
Lukas
Duwenhögger
Torkwase
Dyson
Thomas
Eggerer
Nicole
Eisenman
Hadi
Fallahpisheh
Christina
Forrer
Louis
Fratino
Charles
Gaines
Maureen Gallace
Ellen
Gallagher
Mark
Thomas Gibson
Liam
Gillick
Robert
Gober
Wade
Guyton
Hao Liang
Rachel
Harrison
Hugh
Hayden
Thomas
Hirschhorn
Jonathan
Horowitz
Jacqueline
Humphries
Patricia
Iglesias Peco
Cameron
Jamie
Cheyenne
Julien
Jane
Kaplowitz
Alex
Katz
Karen
Kilimnik
Josh
Kline
Michael
Krebber
Ella
Kruglyanskaya
Liz
Larner
Ellen
Lesperance
Andrew
Lord
Victor
Man
Mark
Manders
Helen
Marten
Nick
Mauss
Sam
McKinniss
Bjarne
Melgaard
Dawn
Mellor
Stuart
Middleton
Jill
Mulleady
Wangechi
Mutu
Gladys
Nilsson
Albert
Oehlen
Ken
Okiishi
Damián
Ortega
Philippe Parreno
Adam
Pendleton
Raymond
Pettibon
Elizabeth
Peyton
Tobias
Pils
Pope.L
Walter
Price
Richard
Prince
Adam
Putnam
Christina
Quarles
R.
H. Quaytman
David
Rappeneau
Lucy
Raven
Deborah
Roberts
Ugo
Rondinone
Ed
Ruscha
Anri
Sala
David
Salle
Peter
Saul
Thomas
Schütte
Joel
Shapiro
Steven
Shearer
Paul
Sietsema
Amy
Sillman
Billy
Sullivan
Christine
Sun Kim
Emily
Sundblad
Cheyney
Thompson
Rirkrit
Tiravanija
Jason
Tomme
Rosemarie
Trockel
Paloma
Varga Weisz
Banks
Violette
Lawrence
Weiner
Cathy
Wilkes
Michael
Williams
Terry
Winters
Issy
Wood
Jonas
Wood
Lisa Yuskavage
*Updated as of September 17, 2020
This
exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Molly Nesbit.