Drawing Modern: Works from the Agnes Gund Collection.(Cleveland)(at the Cleveland Museum of Art)(drawings by Jasper Johns, Anne Ryan, Ellsworth Kelly, Chuck Close, and Richard Serra)(Brief Article)

From: Artforum International | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Shiff, Richard | Copyright information

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART

Drawings aren't what they used to be--they're better. No longer cabinet pieces for connoisseurs, they've become full-scale exhibition wonders. A theme developed on paper, Jasper Johns's Savarin, for example, stands up to its relations in oil or bronze. Techniques applied on paper have amazing flexibility, encouraging imaginative liberties and novel kinds of ...

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