A Studio Visit with Dana Lok > Lok an emerging Brooklyn-based artist whose drawings and paintings subvert established conventions of pictorial representation. Redrawing familiar images culled from a wide range of sources, including paintings by the French modernist Edouard Manet and the animated series Looney Tunes, Lok’s drawings show that images can affect the way we see and alter our perception of the world. In our blog post Lok speaks with The Drawing Center’s Curatorial Assistant Amber Moyles about themes in her work. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amber Moyles: You are currently working on a series of drawings that reference Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Wedding, can you describe how you will build on and alter Van Eyck’s original painting in your work? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dana Lok: In my drawing, I’ve placed a little object, an optical illusion, in the hand of the bride. Like a promise, this object does not actually represent anything already in the world. It’s a kind of rupture i...