On line : drawing through the twentieth century

Name/Title

On line : drawing through the twentieth century

Entry/Object ID

NC95.B87

Description

On Line: Drawing through the Twentieth Century explores a radical transformation of drawing that began over a century ago and continues as a vital impulse in art today. In a revolutionary departure from traditional ideas of drawing, and from the reliance on paper as the medium's fundamental support, artists have pushed the line of drawing into real space, expanding its relationship to gesture and form and invigorating its links with painting and sculpture, photography and film, and, particularly notably, dance and performance. Through works by over 100 artists, and through essays by Cornelia Butler and Catherine de Zegher that illuminate both broad themes and individual practices, On Line presents a groundbreaking history of an art form. The great, recognized art movements, from Cubism and Futurism at the beginning of the twentieth century through Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Concretism, arte povera, Conceptualism, and many other approaches up to the diverse present, are shown from a new perspective, and are joined by a host of less familiar artworks that properly claim a place in this differently defined field.

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

carol westfall collection, drawing--20th century, exhibition catalogs

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Cornelia H. Butler, M. Catherine de Zegher, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Date Published

2011

Call No.

NC95.B87

ISBN

870707825, 9780870707827

LCCN

2010936657

Notes

Length: 228