Draw Exhibition Travesl to Mexico City Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico Featuring Raymond Pettibon, Chris Johanson, R. Crumb, Barry McGee, Neckface, Ron English, and More!
From the press release:
June 19 – August 15, 2010
Curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey
Special Guest Curator for Mexico: Miguel Calderon Museum
Director: Cristina Faesler
Opening Reception: June 19 7:30pm
DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge out of New York City. It is a must-see art exhibition featuring original drawings by more than 450 artists in the illustration, graffiti, tattoo, literature, design, animation, skateboard, music, psychedelic art worlds. The show is a tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building block of visual and graphic art: the drawing.
Artists whose original works are in the show include : Raymond Pettibon, Tom Sachs, Chris Johanson, Terence Koh, Dan Colen, Swoon, Aurel Schmidt, Benjamin Cho, Ozzy Osbourne, DAZE, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), R. Crumb, Alex Grey, HR Giger, Clive Barker, Robert Williams, Wes Lang ,Eric White, Rich Jacobs, Barry McGee, Rick Griffin, Ron English, Neck Face, Tim Biskup, Ed Templeton, Mark Gonzales, Jack Rudy, Derek Hess, David Byrne, Mark Dean Veca, Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Kevin Long/Spanky, Hank Williams III, WK Interact, Shawn Barber, Doze Green, Kevin Llewellyn, Tara McPherson, Les Claypool and many, many more.
After four years of gallery exhibitions, DRAW will have it’s museum debut at Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, one of Mexico City’s finest museums. The opening is on June 19, 2010 and will exhibit through August 15, 2010. To coincide with the exhibition, the museum will be publishing a book for worldwide distribution to contemporary museum bookstores around the world. Carlo McCormick, one of the most respected art writers and curators in the U.S. will be writing an introductory essay for the book.
