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#ThrowbackThursday “Between the corporeal units there lie the various empty fields of tension that hold the parts together like planets in a void.” [1] -Frederick Kiesler In the spring and summer of 2008, The Drawing Center hosted the exhibition "Frederick Kiesler: Co-Realities". This exhibition explored the pivotal role drawing played in the interdisciplinary and multifaceted work of Austro-American designer, artist, theoretician, and architect, Frederick Kiesler (1890-1965). It traced Kiesler's interest in the expressive and conceptual possibilities of drawing through key projects and concepts from the 1930s to the 1960s, from his early work as a scenic designer to his revolutionary designs for Peggy Guggenheim's Art of the Century Gallery, and his decades long investigation into the unique structure of his Endless House.As so few of Kiesler's installations, sets, or projects remain or were ever realized, the drawings have become key to understanding his significant contribution to ...

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