Martha Beck, 75

Martha Beck, Founder of the Drawing Center, Dies at 75
by Paul Vitello, The New York Times, January 22, 2014

Alexis Rockman's drawings for "The Life of Pi" on exhibit

The Drawing Center

presents

Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi

 September 27-November 3

Alexis Rockman’s watercolor drawings were the first stage in the development of the fantastical, imaginary world of Life of Pi, the 2012 Academy-Award winning feature film directed by Ang Lee. Lee sought out Rockman’s vision as an artist with a specific commitment to hand drawing to bring a human scale to the project, a sense of the material and the fortuitous that would come, for example, from the random bloom of watercolor pigment on paper. Though most artistic contributions to cinema are dependent on photo-realism or cartoon-like illustration, Rockman’s images are fluid, intimate, and dynamic in a way that only drawing can capture. The exhibition will provide The Drawing Center with a unique opportunity to explore the relationship between visual art—specifically drawing—and commercial filmmaking. 

Curated by Brett Littman and Nova Benway.

The Drawing Center

35 Wooster Street (between Broome and Grand Streets), Manhattan

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*****

RELATED EVENT

CONVERSATION ON LIFE OF PI
Tuesday, October 29, 7pm
Offsite! Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn

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Admission: Free

In conjunction with Alexis Rockman: Drawings from Life of Pi, Jean-Christophe Castelli, Associate Producer of Life of Pi; and Brett Littman, Executive Director of The Drawing Center; will join Alexis Rockman in conversation. Moderated by Pratt Institute’s Dean of the School of Art & Design, Leighton Pierce.

Sponsored by Pratt Institute’s Fine Arts, Film & Video and Digital Arts departments.

The dance of drawing

The Big Draw Flash Mob presents Breathe Time Draw In 

Tuesday, November 30, 7:00pm

Meets at the west end of Triangle Park
Thompson Street entrance (between Broome & Watts Streets), Manhattan

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Left: Slick Photography by Ashley Woo; Right: Photo by Aehee Kang Asano.

This Tuesday, November 30 at 7pm, move through the streets of SoHo with The Drawing Center and The Rover, and explore drawing as gesture!

Traveling along a 4-block path, this dancer-led movement event invites participants to shadow dancers as they make their way through the streets. Drawing will be investigated through the embodied line, which will take the form of the path traveled, the lines formed by the body, and the metaphorical ‘line’ that connects the thoughts of those partaking in the movement. Connect, observe and explore your surroundings in a new way – no experience necessary!

Captained by Rani Welch/Tribe of Human, the event will begin with a cue from opera singer Abby Powell at the Thompson Street Entrance of Triangle Park. Participants will be led by three dance companies – Tribe of Human, Theo Boguszewski Dance, and Lane Gifford/Lane & Co. – who will trade off at three distinct points along the route. Each company will lead using movement motivated by one of three themes: site/sight line, negative space, and change of perspective. 

The event will end at 41 Wooster Street, for Sunday Brunch, a dance event hosted by The Rover at 8pm.

The Drawing Center chooses SoHo

The Drawing Center to Stay in SoHo
by Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, August 9, 2010

Review: Tanning and Golub at The Drawing Center

The Drawing Center presents

Painted Drawings by Dorothea Tanning and Leon Golub

by Deborah Feller, DeborahFeller.com, July 4, 2010

Drawn...to photograph!

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating in The Big Draw 2009 at New York's National Museum of the American Indian, a River to River Festival event co-sponsored by The Drawing Center. The program featured the Native Pride Dancers--led by Larry Yazzie (Diné)--who posed and performed dances as we drew.

While I did manage to work up a small pastel drawing, I spent most of my time trying to keep my multicolored fingers away from my white pants and taking lots and lots of photos. Here's a selection.

To see any photo larger, just click on it. Please enjoy.

All photos (c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody http://infinitebody.blogspot.com