Skirting the Line is a group exhibition featuring the work of fifteen contemporary artists and artist collectives whose work or practice is informed by the processes and qualities traditionally associated with drawing, yet is equally as driven by conceptual concerns. This includes drawing's ability to register gesture and demonstrate process; its immediacy, physicality and emphasis on line; its relationship with architecture; its associations with mapping, charting and cartography; and its ability to communicate narrative. By transposing the qualities and processes of drawing onto a variety of contemporary media – including installation, film, sound, sculpture, photography, video, performance - these artists create composite works that subvert conventional definitions of drawing by conflating this traditional medium and process with conceptually-driven contemporary art practice.

Participating artists include:

• Francis Alÿs
• Tonico Lemos Auad
• Center for Land Use Interpretation
• Clare Churchouse
• Marc Dombrosky
• Mark Fox
• Mark Lombardi
• Anthony Luensman
• Ryan McNamara
• Marco Maggi
• Vik Muniz
• Danica Phelps
• Type A
• Georgina Valverde
• Pablo Vargas Lugo
• Holly Zausner

SPECIAL EVENTS

"Art For Lunch" Gallery Tallk
Thursday, March 9, 12:30 pm
"Paper Trail: Documenting and Cataloging Incidences"
by Christopher Lynn, Assistant Curator

"Art For Lunch" Gallery Tallk
Thursday, March 16, 12:30 pm
"Connecting Medieval and Modern Conceptual Art"
by Anne Harris, Associate Professor of Art

"Art For Lunch" Gallery Tallk
Thursday, March 23, 12:30 pm
"A Noticed Moment: Chance, Truth and Coincidence in Contemporary Art"
by Lori Miles, Assistant Professor of Art

"Art For Lunch" Gallery Tallk
Thursday, April 6, 12:30 pm
"Drawing a Bead on Contemporary Art"
by Michael MacKenzie, Assistant Professor of Art

For more information about special events associated with this exhibition, please call the gallery information line at 765.658.4336