ANXIETY: The Drawn Figure, in this exhibition the drawings selected deal with issues of social, political, cultural, psychological, emotional and personal anxiety. In ANXIETY: The Drawn Figure, anxiety is the catalyst and the lubricant. Through exploring both drawing and anxiety as speculative, a state of mind, and drawing is the most immediate way we have of visualising our world and of leaving a trace, little of the intensity of our feelings is lost in the process. Drawing remains the most direct method of giving visual expression to our thoughts; it provides a link with a tradition, a means of pursuing or reflecting the present and inventing a future.
Artists
Ken Currie
Ian McCulloch
Lui Wei
Xia Xiao Wan
Mike Parr
Del Barton
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Curated by Michael Esson
Sponsored by Megacolor
Title Image: Li Jin Untitled (detail) 2001 ink on rice paper 57 x 56 cm, 'Anxiety: the Drawn Figure' Ivan Dougherty Gaallery, Sydney, 2001.
Banner Image: Liu Wei Series No. 1-4: "Whose Face?" (detail) 2001 Anxiety: the Drawn Figure' Ivan Dougherty Gaallery, Sydney, 2001.
Images: Installation view 'Anxiety: the Drawn Figure' Ivan Dougherty Gaallery, Sydney, 2001.