DRAW: Mexico City Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico

June 19 - August 15, 2010

Curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey
Special Guest Curator for Mexico: Miguel Calderon Museum
Director: Cristina Faesler

Opening Reception: June 19 7:30pm

Press Conference with Curse Mackey, Erik Foss, Neckface, Carlo McCormick, Miguel Calderon is scheduled for 11AM Fri. June 19th

DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge out of New York City. It is a must-see art exhibition featuring original drawings by more than 450 artists in the illustration, graffiti, tattoo, literature, design, animation, skateboard, music, psychedelic art worlds. The show is a tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building block of visual and graphic art: the drawing.

Artists whose original works are in the show include : Raymond Pettibon, Tom Sachs, Chris Johanson, Terence Koh, Dan Colen, Swoon, Aurel Schmidt, Benjamin Cho, Ozzy Osbourne, DAZE, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), R. Crumb, Alex Grey, HR Giger, Clive Barker, Robert Williams, Wes Lang ,Eric White, Rich Jacobs, Barry McGee, Rick Griffin, Ron English, Neck Face, Tim Biskup, Ed Templeton, Mark Gonzales, Jack Rudy, Derek Hess, David Byrne, Mark Dean Veca, Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Kevin Long/Spanky, Hank Williams III, WK Interact, Shawn Barber, Doze Green, Kevin Llewellyn, Tara McPherson, Les Claypool and many, many more.

After four years of gallery exhibitions, DRAW will have it's museum debut at Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, one of Mexico City's finest museums. The opening is on June 19, 2010 and will exhibit through August 15, 2010. To coincide with the exhibition, the museum will be publishing a book for worldwide distribution to contemporary museum bookstores around the world. Carlo McCormick, one of the most respected art writers and curators in the U.S. will be writing an introductory essay for the book.

DRAW debuted in October of 2006 at NYC’s Fuse Gallery to phenomenal response from audience and press alike. It had an equally impressive showing during the SXSW 2007 Music, Film + Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. It was the most well-attended opening to date for East London’s leading contemporary art gallery, StolenSpace and most recently, the exhibit drew over 2000 people to its San Francisco debut at Shooting Gallery.

Miguel Calderon curated a select group of contemporary artists from Mexico to participate in DRAW. Their work will remain in the collection as DRAW is currently on a world tour with future showings in Tokyo, Paris, Milan, Vienna, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Berlin. DRAW is planned as a 15-year project that will continue to evolve throughout the years as a collective conscious of creativity.

DRAW is curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey with guest curators Tim Barber, Miguel Calderon, Joseph Ian Henrikson, Lisa Lebofsky, Jacaeber Kastor, Justin Giarla, Jamie O’Shea, Matt Campbell, Damian Weinkrantz, Les Barany, Sto, D* Face, Jonathan LeVine, Tony Cox, Nikki Sneakers.

Just added with great honor, the Mexico City artists:
José Luis Sánchez Rull, Daniel Guzman, Alejandra España, Tania Ximena, Gerardo Monsivais, Mauricio Limon, Daphne Bally, Marcos Castro, Emilio Valdez, Marco Rountree, Miki Guadamur, Roberto Turnbull, Pia Camil, Gabriel Acevedo P., Federico Schott, Jessy Bulbo, Mariana Magdaleno Lopez, Alejandro Garcia Contreras, Manuel Mathar, Alexis Chaunac, Stephen Mascatello, Greta Gamboa, Jimena Schaepfler, Theo Michael, Edgar Orlaineta, Mariano Villalobos, Tatiana Musi, Julio Morales, Ricardo Harispuru, Edgar Orlaineta, Sergio Gutiérrez Aragón, Blanca González Hernández, Alejandro Magallanes

For interviews with the curators and high-res photos please contact:
Lisa Lebofsky, Fuse Gallery NYC
fusegall@fusegallerynyc.com
212-777-7988

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The Ministry of Culture within the Framework of Capital Mexico City Ibero-American Culture 2010, in coordination with the Ministry of Tourism presents:

Exhibition of contemporary drawing
Opening: June 19 7:30pm

La Secretaría de Cultura, en el Marco de Ciudad de México Capital Iberoamericana de la Cultura 2010, en coordinación con la Secretaría de Turismo presentan:

DRAW Muestra de dibujo contemporáneo
Inauguración 19 de junio 19:30 hrs.

* Más de 500 dibujos realizados por igual número de artistas de las más diversas latitudes. * La muestra itinerará por el mundo los próximos quince años; a lo largo del tiempo se agregarán obras gráficas del país en que se presente. * Incluye trabajos de 34 artistas mexicanos seleccionados por el curador Miguel Calderón. Draw es una exhibición compuesta por dibujos de más de 500 artistas de la ilustración, graffiti, tatuaje, literatura, diseño, animación, música, cultura popular, psicodelia y otras disciplinas. DRAW se plantea como un tributo al bloque visual del arte gráfico construido a través del dibujo. La exposición, curada por Erik Foss y Curse Mackey se presentará en el Museo de la Ciudad de México.
Entre los artistas mexicanos se incluye obra de: Alejandro Magallanes, Daniel Guzmán, Edgar Orlaineta, Jesse Bulbo, José Luis Sánchez Rull, Mauricio Limón, Miki Guadamur, Pía Camil, Roberto Turnbull, Tatiana Musi, Jose Manuel Schmill, entre otros.

La inauguración se llevará a cabo el 19 de junio de 2010 y estará en exhibición hasta el 15 de agosto de 2010.