First impressions

As I walked into ¨How Artists Draw: Toward the Drawing Institute and Study Center¨ at the Menil Collection I realized, I have seen this before. I was refreshed by the always-ingenious Picasso while engaging in Ernst’s provocative imagery. I kept maneuvering by the bombarded walls, only to be encounter by Rothko, Kelly, Twombly, Rauschenberg, Johns, the list seems never ending. At this point I wonder is this a conspiracy? What can go wrong in a show that includes over 200 pieces of so many masters?

Nothing,

I understand the desire of the institution to reemphasize the diversity of meanings that the craft of drawing took in the 20th century. I enjoy the beauty of legacy, but the piece that captivated me the most was a 2006 Gober. For an institution that embraces the contemporary arts, I left wanting to see more works that capture the contemporary meaning of drawing and how new artists are challenging what previous these artists established.

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