Infinite Possibilities: Serial Imagery in 20th-Century Drawings

Infinite Possibilities offers new perspectives on the phenomenon of seriality in the medium of drawings and the visual arts. It includes drawings from the 1960s to the present by twenty-nine artists from Japan, South America (Columbia), the United States, and Europe (Germany, England, Ireland). Whether looking at serial images in historical, political, mathematical, philosophical, or theoretical perspectives, Infinite Possibilities is a remarkable discourse on a fundamental aspect of contemporary artistic creativity. The artists included range from the emerging to the canonical: William Anastasi, Carl Andre, Stephen Antonakos, Jill Baroff, Jennifer Bartlett, Mel Bochner, Michael Ensminger, Sabine Friesicke, David Hunter, Ralph Iwamoto, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Ellen Keusen, Sol LeWitt, Linda Lynch, Robert Mangold, Stefana McClure, Tatsuo Miyajima, Lienhard von Monkiewitsch, Gloria Ortiz-Hernandez, Laurie Reid, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Sara Sosnowy, Andrew Topolski, Alan Uglow, Lawrence Weiner, and Bill Weiss. Anja Chávez is curator of contemporary art at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College. The other contributors include David Mickenberg, John J. Curley, Gabrielle Gopinath, Prudence Peiffer, and Nicolas de Warren.… (more)