Think of them as spaces: i Brice Marden's drawings are an exploration of the artist's drawing and of the catalytic role that the medium plays in its practice. In a 1979 written statement, Marden asked that his drawings be thought of "as spaces." This commentary suggests, to him, that drawing is a medium that not only exists in more than two dimensions, but is also capable of reflecting the spirit and experience of a particular place. As seen throughout his work, the expansive vision of Marden explores how landscape, architecture and objects found in nature shape the way we understand the world.
This shows: Think of Them as Spaces Brice Marden's Drawings, February 21 – June 14, 2020 – Menil Collection, Houston, presents six series of drawings spanning nearly all of Marden's ongoing career, highlighting the processes of invention and permutation that occur as he works and thinks on paper. A series – comprising twelve works with dense layers of pigmentation – revisits geographies and methods crucial to his early work, especially the architectural forms of ancient Greece and the heavily textured, opaque surfaces made of wax and graphite that brought him to the fore. Furthermore, the presentation maps how the artist's two watershed series, The Seasons and Cold Mountain, have reverberated in his practice and evolved over decades. Drawing as a medium of study, a quality that runs through all of his oeuvre, is particularly evident in his examinations of scale and proportion, as well as in the works drawn from notebooks that Marden completed while travelling.
The subject of numerous exhibitions worldwide, Marden had three major shows in Houston: Brice Marden: Drawings, 1963–73 at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston in 1974; Marden, Novros, Rothko: Painting in the Current Age at the Rice Institute for the Arts in 1975; and Brice Marden: Cold Mountain at the Menil Collection in 1992-1993. This presentation is organized by Kelly Montana, Assistant Curator, the Menil Drawing Institute.
Major funding for this exhibit is provided by Janie C. Lee; and Schlumberger. Additional support comes from Diane and Michael Cannon; Julie and John Cogan, Jr.; Carol and David Neuberger; Mathew and Ann Wolf Drawings Exhibition Fund; Eddie and Chinhui Allen; Clare Casademont and Michael Metz; Barbara and Michael Gamson; Diana and Russell Hawkins; Janet and Paul Hobbies; Linda and George Kelly; Susan and Francois de Menil; Susanne and William E. Pritchard III; Leslie and Shannon Sasser; James William Stewart, Jr.; Taub Foundation / Marcy Taub Wessel; Michael Zilkha; and the city of Houston.
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Some of the latest design awards:
For Kent, 1965 – Drawing (erased compressed charcoal)/paper (28,2 x 40 cm).
Clearing price: €329.048 ($362.500) Price including charges: €408.564 ($450.100) Estimate: €363.087 – €544.631 ($400.000 – $600.000 ) Christie's , 14/11/2019 New York, United States
Signed dated Titled 'For Kent B. Marden 65' lower rightOrigin: Kent Floeter, New York, gift of the artist. Hofield & Co., New York. Private collection, New York, 2000. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
rock 4, 2000 – Ink/Lanaquarelle paper (29,2 x 15,9 cm).
Clearing price: €81.814 ($90.000) Price including charges: €102.267 ($112.500) Estimate: €90.904 – €136.356 ($100.000 – $150.000 ) Phillips, 13/11/2019New York, United States
Initials “BM” lower rightOrigin: Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; Acquired from the above by the present owner
Nevisian Story 8/5 Stones 1″, 2007 – Ink (Kremer inks)/Lanaquarelle paper (15,2 x 56,5 cm).
Clearing price: €53.739 ($60.000) Price including charges: €67.173 ($75.000) Estimate: €53.739 – €71.652 ($60.000 – $80.000 ) Sotheby's, 17/05/2019New York, United States
Signed dated -04-07Notes: Artists for the Hammer MuseumOrigin: Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery
