Twice Drawn, Part 1

Two drawings by over forty artists comprise this eccentric survey of the last half-century of modern and contemporary drawing. Artists included range from mid-century stalwarts like Philip Guston, Roy Lichtenstein, Lee Bontecou, and Ellsworth Kelly, to established draftsmen such as Robert Gober, Nancy Grossman, Brice Marden, and Jim Nutt, to younger artists like Ernesto Caivano, Kate Shepherd, Patrick Lee, and Yun-Fei Ji. The over eighty drawings represent a wide array of genres and styles, from portraits and landscapes to surreal scenes and conceptual experiments. As a counterpoint and complement to the breadth of the show, the presentation of two drawings by each artist introduces a contextual depth that is at times lost in large group exhibitions.