Furlong Gallery

Drawing Distinction

Reception: September 19th 5-7pm
Open: September 17th - October 29th

Drawing Distinctions is a collaborative exhibition of drawings between the Faculty and invited Alumni of the Art and Design Department at the University of Wisconsin Stout Menomonie USA and The London Group of Artists in London UK. Involving 60 artists, designers and educators the practitioners were asked to contribute one work under a maximum size that was easily transportable internationally and could be hung unframed directly onto the wall; contributing to an exhibition of stand-alone drawings , finished or unfinished in resolve yet providing insight into the thinking and creative process of the artist / designer.

The theme and idea behind the exhibition is an attempt to show comparisons across a wide range of drawing practices from a collection of Art and Design disciplines, hence the title ‘Drawing Distinctions’. To draw distinctions is to show and underline differences, in this case, the different and varied ways of approaching drawing for varying purposes, reasons and concepts. As the practice of drawing in Art and Design can take many guises and serve many purposes, its concept will always remain an open debate. For the purpose of this exhibition, Drawing was defined very widely as two dimensional in nature and a developmental process of an idea whether objective, subjective, observational, instructional and /or informational, in any medium or media and preferred process whether conventional, unconventional or experimental.

This exhibition by definition will hopefully enlighten the possibilities of what drawing is and can be and contribute to the continuing debate to its definition. The exhibition will be firstly shown in The Furlong Gallery on the university campus in Menomonie in September and October 2018 and then will travel to the home of The London Group, The Cello Factory in London for April 2019.