What: First Friday Opening Art Exhibition
When: November 5, 2021 First Friday opening reception 6-9pm,
Show Runs through December 23, 2021,
Where: Hilliard Gallery
1820 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO. 64108
Contact: Bob Swearengin
816-561-2956
bob@hilliardgallery.com
www.hilliardgallery.com
Gallery Hours : Tues & Sat 12-4, Wed-Thurs 12-6 Fri 12-5 or by appointment
Drawing is frequently considered the basis of all visual arts. Vasari states, “Drawing… represent the necessary beginning of everything [in art], and not having it, one has
nothing.” Old Masters drawings by Michelangelo, Raphael and da Vinci were considered “studies” for a final painted work. Today all that has changed, drawings currently exist within the art
world as more than a means to the end, but for many artists has become the ends itself. The popularity of Contemporary drawings is increasing and no longer are they treated as less valuable
artworks than paintings. Currently, there seems to be a renaissance for them among artists and art enthusiasts both.
What does contemporary drawing look like today? This show will address what it implies to be a contemporary artist as well as provide an overview of contemporary
drawing. The State of Contemporary Drawing exhibit will examine the genre of contemporary drawing by artists selected from a juried pool of national submissions.
Traditionally drawing was considered the technique of producing images on a surface, usually paper, by means of marks, usually ink, graphite, chalk, charcoal, or
crayon. But over the last couple of decades, artists have constantly pushed the boundaries of what drawing can mean and be, redefining drawing. Drawings currently don't merely consist of the
previous mentioned methods, but have seen processes like burning, cutting scratching, sticking, writing, and sewing. Materials such as wax, and metals have even been used. These works blur
the boundaries between drawing and other mediums of art. Contemporary artists are using drawings to address questions of identity, place, time and memory, protest, power, and systems.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Carla Aspenberg Ileana Barbu
Mary Becker Joseph Bellofatto
Julia Bowden Jonathan Bridges
Emily Broussard Sally Brown
Amy Bumpus James Burrell
Keith Buswell Susan DAmato
Sara Drescher Rosalyn Driscoll
Lou Eberhard Bruce Erikson
Emily Fedorchak Joshua Field
Agop Gemdjian Ronald Gonzalez
Jason Guynes Dean Habegger
Ahmad Hassan Curtis Hendrickson
Nona Hershey Richard Hoff
Deepa Mahajan Elena Masrour
Denton Peter McCabe Michelle McHale
Lauren Myers Susa Nawrocki
Jim Pearson Kevin Perkins
Beth Peck Whitney Powell
Brett Poza Chris Revelle
Ana Sophie Ruju Michael Ryan
Hasna Sal Emily Shepard
Clark Stoeckley Kim Taggart
John Thrasher Clark Valentine
John Vinklarek Russell Horton
Blake Hughes Peter Illig
Hattie Lee Natalie Levy-Costa