DrawNow!

Jun 1, 2024, 11 AM – 1 PM

DibujoAhora! DrawNow! In-person with Ada Pilar Cruz on Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Joan Jonas, *Untitled*, c. 1980s. Oil pastel on paper, 5 15/16 x 8 15/16 inches (15.1 x 22.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery. Photograph by Pierre Le Hors

Únete al Drawing Center este Sabado, 1ro de Junio, 2024, a las 11:00am para un taller en persona de dibujo bilingüe presentado en español e inglés enfocado en nuestra exposición actual "Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral."

"Animal, Vegetal, Mineral "será la primera gran retrospectiva de los dibujos de Joan Jonas, una de las artistas experimentales estadounidenses más prominentes en el arte americano de la posguerra. La exhibición resalta el trabajo pionero de Jonas y el lugar integral del dibujo, como base y apoyo, en sus videos, performances y esculturas.

Se proporcionarán todos los materiales de arte. Click el link en la bio para registrarte.
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Join us in-person at The Drawing Center this Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at 11:00am for a bilingual drawing workshop presented in Spanish and English that will focus on our current exhibition "Joan Jonas: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral."

"Animal, Vegetable, Mineral" is be the first major drawing retrospective of Joan Jonas, one of the most experimental and significant voices in American art of the postwar period. The exhibition is a definitive look at this pioneering artist and the integral place of drawing which constitutes the backbone of Jonas' video, performance, and sculpture practices.

All art materials will be provided

Joan Jonas

Born in 1936 in New York, Joan Jonas is an acclaimed video and multimedia performance artist. She received a BA in Art History and Sculpture from Mount Holyoke College in 1958 and an MFA from Columbia University in 1965. In works that examined space and perceptual phenomena, her work merges elements of dance, modern theater, the conventions of Japanese Noh and Kabuki theater, and the visual arts.

Jonas has exhibited and performed extensively around the world. Her notable exhibition history includes Documenta 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, and 13; the 28th Sao Paolo Biennial; the 5th Kochi-Muziris Biennale; and the 13th Shanghai Biennale. She has recently presented solo exhibitions at the United States Pavilion for the 56th Edition of the Venice Biennial; Tate Modern, London; Museu Serralves, Porto; Pinacoteca de São Paulo; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Dia Beacon; and the Haus der Kunst, Munich. The Museum of Modern Art in New York will host a retrospective of her work from March 17 to July 6, 2024. Jonas is the recipient of many awards including The Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon (2016); the Maya Deren Award given by the American Film Institute (1989); and the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (2009). In 2018, she was awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize, presented to those individuals who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind.

Credits

Support for this program is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council through the CreateNYC Language Access Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Education and Community Programs at The Drawing Center are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation and the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation.