In the summer of 2005, we exhibited “Selections: Wall-to-Wall Drawings”, an exhibit featuring works on all the surfaces of our galleries by seven artists from The Drawing Center’s Viewing Program. Rather than creating murals or treating the wall as a large canvas, the artists explored the relationship between the function of these walls and their symbolic value.
The building itself was reinterpreted by artist Sun K. Kwak with flowing and dynamic lines made with masking tape that covered the floor and the walls, suggesting an architectural nervous system. In addition, elements of a mythological world, with hybrids of animals, vegetables, and machinery, invaded the walls, the columns, and unlikely niches of the gallery to surprise the audience. Viewers also found a telescope pointing at cut out fragments on one of the walls, suggesting the presence of a newly created cosmos inside the museum.
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