Throwback Thursday “Kessler’s art often balances dark themes and political subject matter with a wry humor and mesmerizing modes of presentation.” [1] –#MaxWeintraub on Kessler’s work In 2007, The Drawing Center dedicated an exhibition to the drawings of artist Jon Kessler titled "Jon Kessler: Works on Paper". Best-known for large-scale kinetic sculptures and installations, Jon Kessler has been exploring the mass media’s infatuation with war, disaster, sex, and celebrity through politically charged work since the 1980s. The exhibition consisted mainly of multi-media drawings that focused on the human form and particularly the face, which was fragmented and stitched together energetically with drawing and color. #TBT #JonKessler Images: Gallery View, Image from The Drawing Center, New York, 2007.