Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings Menil Publications and early commercial work

and early commercial work

Leslie Umberger is curator of folk and self-taught art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington

and a musical composition that Twombly cited as an influence

5 x 11 1/4 inches

it offers fresh insight into Magritte’s identity as a modern artist and one of Surrealism’s preeminent painters

Think of Them as Spaces: Brice Marden’s Drawings Menil Publications and early commercial workIn 1979, Brice Marden (b. 1938) asked that his drawings be thought of as spaces, reflecting the idea that drawing is a medium that is much more than its two physical dimensions. Looking closely at six series of drawings that span nearly the entirety of Mardens ongoing career, this presentation features works spanning from 1975 to 2019, including the never before published Letters from Borobudur of 2010. In addition to rarely seen early monochrome