Upcoming Exhibition

Linda Karshan: 'It's A Greek Thing'
New drawings and prints
Janurary 15 - February 14, 2010
Vernissage: January 15th, 2010, 7pm (Artist will be present)

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In 2001, Marilyn McCully wrote in her essay A Universe of Line1: “Linda Karshan’s reputation as a highly original and accomplished artist has been steadily growing since the early 1990s. She is best known for her drawings on paper, some of them on a large scale, which combine the rigor of a grid structure with the spontaneity and expressiveness of a very personal marking system...”

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But perhaps, the best way to understand Linda Karshan’s work is through her own words:

"The drawings which greet me each day seem increasingly figurative, but that's not entirely new. What is new is that they seem increasingly carved out, as if the lines have been incised into the surface rather than drawn over the page....These days the sense of carving feels evermore urgent as I go after that 'spareness of expression' which Roberto Calasso calls 'The Greek Thing.“'

Linda Karshan