Richard Diebenkorn Exhibitions
Richard Diebenkorn: Works on Paper, 1955–1967
- Van Doren Waxter, New York, 8 November 2017 - 13 January 2018
The exhibition and accompanying catalogue presented over twenty-five works on paper by Richard Diebenkorn.
"It has often been said that Richard Diebenkorn courted awkwardness in his representational works in order to subvert—and, in the process, to transcend—his skill as a draftsman and painter. John Elderfield has referred to the 'splendid clumsiness' of Diebenkorn's drawing, which encompasses both works on paper and the drawing within his painted canvases. 'He is always taking himself off guard,' writes Elderfield, 'surrendering mastery for intuition and probity for surprise. In a risky search for accident, he keeps challenging his control.' At the same time that he undertook this risk, the artist regularly spoke of 'that kind of fitness that the picture wants to have.'" —Essay "Talking in a Bar: Richard Diebenkorn's Representational Drawings, 1955–1967" by Rachel Federman in the exhibition catalogue
"It has often been said that Richard Diebenkorn courted awkwardness in his representational works in order to subvert—and, in the process, to transcend—his skill as a draftsman and painter. John Elderfield has referred to the 'splendid clumsiness' of Diebenkorn's drawing, which encompasses both works on paper and the drawing within his painted canvases. 'He is always taking himself off guard,' writes Elderfield, 'surrendering mastery for intuition and probity for surprise. In a risky search for accident, he keeps challenging his control.' At the same time that he undertook this risk, the artist regularly spoke of 'that kind of fitness that the picture wants to have.'" —Essay "Talking in a Bar: Richard Diebenkorn's Representational Drawings, 1955–1967" by Rachel Federman in the exhibition catalogue