projects > Drawings About Drawing

Investigations in to the historical trajectory of drawing instruction, from Renaissance anatomical manuals, to Victorian-era handbooks (like the John Ruskin and William Walker texts reproduced in the drawings).

graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
22 x 17 inches
2008
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
19.5 x 25.5 inches
2008
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2007

Review in Art Papers by John Priestly.
Essay in the Art=Text=Art catalogue by Ingrid Langston.

Project exhibition history:

Art=Text=Art: Works by Contemporary Artists: Selections from the Sally and Wynn Kramarsky Collection, Originated at the University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA: from August 17-October 16, 2011. (Exhibition traveled to: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, September 4, 2012-January 6, 2013; Hafnarborg: The Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland, May 18-June 23, 2013.)
Looking Back, Mireille Mosler, Ltd., New York, NY: June 12-July 26, 2008