From the press release:
Gering & Lopez Gallery is pleased to present William Anastasi: Drawings. This will be Anastasi’s first exhibition with the gallery, and his fifth solo exhibition with Sandra Gering.

In a recent statement for the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in honor of his receipt of the 2010 John Cage Award, Anastasi remarked that one of his earliest memories was his Italian immigrant mother calmly telling him that “But of course the best thing anyone could be in this world is an artist.” Although his canonical works have influenced generations of artists and are in the permanent collections of the most prestigious institutions in the world, Anastasi closed his statement to the Foundation for Contemporary Arts with a quotation from Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason: “Nearly through the whole of my work I have felt doubtful what to do.” Well-known to art world insiders as the perennial conceptualist, there is a strikingly human vulnerability in the artist’s oeuvre and method.

The drawings in this exhibition showcase the conceptual and tangible possibilities randomness brings forth. Works include examples from major series that Anastasi began in the 1960s, as well as new works from the present day such as pocket drawings, subway drawings, constellations, theatre drawings, bursts, and drop drawings. This complex figure, perhaps plagued by self-doubt and on a ceaseless quest for self-discovery, has secured his position as a seminal Artist, and continues to innovate today.

Opening reception Saturday April 24th 6-8pm. On display until June 4th

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