The Drawing Center

Selections Spring 2010: Sea Marks is comprised of works by Agnes Barley, Jerome Marshak, and Peter Matthews, three artists selected from the Viewing Program who notate, describe, and interpret aspects of the sea. The exhibition examines the capacity of drawing to represent something as dynamic, volatile, and vast as the ocean. All three artists in Sea Marks use distinctly different interpretive strategies that yield a range of unexpected results; in fact, one may not immediately recognize the sea in any of their works. While staying within the material bounds of traditional drawing, the works expand our understanding of how drawing acts as a descriptive system and means of interpretation. This exhibition is curated by Nina Katchadourian, Viewing Program Curator.

 

Image: Agnes Barley, Untitled Collage, 2009. Acrylic on cut paper, 15 x 16 inches. Photo by Cary Whittier. Courtesy of the artist.