Exhibition Dates: January 9th – February 20th, 2010
Location: 432 Julia Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 9th, 6– 8 pm
Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Contact Info: 504.522.1999; www.arthurrogergallery.com
The Arthur Roger Gallery is pleased to present “When the Swan is in the Sky,” an exhibition of mixed media on paper and charcoal on paper by James Drake. The exhibition will be on view at the Arthur Roger Gallery at 432 Julia Street from January 9th – February 20th, 2010. The gallery will host an opening reception to meet the artist on Saturday, January 9th, from 6 to 8 pm.
When the Swan is in the Sky, 2009
James Drake’s “When the Swan is in the Sky” exhibition includes two remarkable large scale 12 feet by 8 feet charcoal drawings: Dancing in the Louvre and Barca de Oro. Eleven other mixed media and charcoal drawings complete the exhibition. A key component in several of James Drake’s complex drawings is the creation of the image through the taping and pasting of fragments.
James Drake is an internationally acclaimed artist whose work has been honored with inclusion in both the Venice Biennale and the Whitney Biennial. In his artistic career James Drake has explored political, social and universal themes through the media of sculpture, video, installation, photography and drawing.
Drake was born in Lubbock, Texas in 1946. He received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. James Drake”s work is in the permanent collection of over thirty museums including the Albright-Knox in Buffalo, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the Whitney Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the New Orleans Museum of Art. James Drake is the recipient of a John Guggenheim Fellowship and two National Endowment for the Arts grants.
The University of Texas Press has just published JAMES DRAKE, the first retrospective study of the work of the artist. The book is available at the Arthur Roger Gallery.
For additional information please contact the Arthur Roger Gallery at 504.522.1999 or visit our Web site www.arthurrogergallery.com.