The Drawing Center (est. 1977) is the only not-for-profit fine arts institution in the country dedicated to the exhibition of drawings, both historic and contemporary. Ongoing programs include the online Artist Registry, publications, education and community events, and vital public programs such as artist talks.

Exhibits

Gerhard Richter: Lines which do not exist

The Drawing Center will present an enhanced version of an exhibition originally on view at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima), UK in 2009. This presentation is comprised of approximately 50 graphite, watercolor, and ink on paper drawings made by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932, Dresden, Germany) over a period of five decades from 1966 to 2005.


Claudia Wieser: Poems of the Right Angle

For her first solo museum exhibition in North America, Berlin-based artist Claudia Wieser (b. 1973, Freilassing, Germany) will present a site-specific installation of glazed ceramic tiles and prismatic mirrored facets against a background of geometrically-patterned wallpaper. In addition to the tile and mirror wall relief, Wieser will show a new series of colorful line drawings that play on the installation's optical and spatial illusions and serve to foreground her distinctive approach to abstraction.

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