projects > Drawings of Photocopies of Books (2005-2008)

"These works gain their power from the way Springfield lavishes attention on the tiny though often legible typefaces. You can read them if you're so inclined. The selections are quite conscious [...]. Astute readers will note a spread from Elements of Style ("11. Don't explain too much"). The artist engages language as an aspect of conceptual art in the same way that, say, Eva Hesse did by making wall works that extended from the wall. In fact, one of Springfield's drawings, Hang Up (2005), includes an illustration of Hesse's similarly titled 1965-'66 piece. The younger artist's act is as much a gesture of hero worship as an act of self-conscious art referencing." - Glen Hefland

graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 45 inches
2008
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 14 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 14 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
17 x 11 inches
2006
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
17 x 11 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 17 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches
2005
graphite drawing book photocopy by Molly Springfield
Graphite on paper
8.5 x 11 inches
2005

Profile in the Washington City Paper by Huan Hsu.
Review in the San Francisco Bay Guardian by Glen Helfand.

Project exhibition history:

They go on telling you just the same thing forever, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA: February 2-March 25, 2006