Line, Smudge, Shade; Contemporary Drawing in Our Los Angeles
Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesBenton Museum of Art Pomona College
Line, Smudge, Shade showcases works on paper by sixteen Los Angeles–based contemporary artists who consider drawing an integral part of their studio practice and explores the emotional, formal, and environmental dimensions of mark-making on paper and beyond. Three common drawing techniques are the framework for this exhibition: line, which reflects the deliberate act of mark-making and […]
Adventures in Collecting Drawings with Laura Giles and Jack Shear
Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesBenton Museum of Art Pomona College
The Benton Celebrates the Art of Drawing! Adventures in Collecting Drawings Conversation with Laura Giles, Curator of Prints and Drawings at Princeton University Art Museum and Jack Shear, Executive Director of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation Opening Reception Celebrate 500 Years of Italian Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum and Infinity on Paper: Drawings from the Collections of […]
500 Years of Italian Drawings from Princeton University Museum of Art
Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesBenton Museum of Art Pomona College
The Princeton University Art Museum’s collection of Italian drawings is renowned for its quality, scope, and scholarly importance. This exhibition showcases ninety-five works from the late fifteenth to early twentieth centuries by numerous artists including Parmigianino, Guercino, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Amedeo Modigliani. 500 Years of Italian Drawings explores topics such as technique, […]
Infinity on Paper Drawings from the Collections of the Benton Museum of Art and Jack Shear
Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United StatesBenton Museum of Art Pomona College
With a minimum of means—often just a pencil and paper—artists have created drawings that open infinite worlds to us. They have used the practice of drawing to express their aspirations and anxieties, ask questions, raise concerns, and translate their inner experiences into physical form, whether in 20th-century New York, 18th-century India, or 16th-century Rome. The […]