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Exhibition: I walk the line: new Australian drawing

When:    Tue, 17 Mar, '09 - Sun, 24 May, '09
Where:   Museum of Contemporary Art

pencil drawing of an above view of a man near a tree and his shadow
Patrick Hartigan, Country Album c. 1950’s (detail), 2008, pencil on paper, 36 elements, 17 x 23.4 cm. Image courtesy the artist and Darren Knight Gallery Sydney © the artist

Four COFA Fine Arts graduates, Patrick Hartigan, Gordon Hookey, Jess Johnson and Tim Silver, are included in the Museum of Contemporary Art exhibition I walk the line: new Australian drawing. The exhibition celebrates the renaissance currently being enjoyed by drawing in contemporary Australian art. Drawing has always been considered the cornerstone of artistic practice because of its immediacy in recording thought and gesture. This exhibition examines new approaches to drawing and the reinvigoration of the practice by a mostly younger generation of Australian artists who have spear-headed its resurgent popularity. On display are many works that remind viewers that drawing is a verb, as well as a noun: they lay bare the processes and gestures of drawing. From performative works featuring the production of marks, to animation, collaborative and three-dimensional drawing, the exhibition explores a range of different approaches to contemporary drawing. Curator Christine Morrow.


Where: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
When: 17 March - 24 May 2009