Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

By Any Means: Contemporary Drawings from the Morgan

January 18 through May 12, 2019

Contemporary approaches to drawing are often experimental and expansive. By absorbing and building upon the legacy of avant-garde experimentation in the first half of the twentieth century, artists from the 1950s to the present have pushed beyond the boundaries of traditional draftsmanship through their use of chance, unconventional materials, and new technologies. By Any Means brings together about twenty innovative works from the Morgan’s collection, including many recent acquisitions, by artists such as John Cage, Sol LeWitt, Vera Molnar, Robert Rauschenberg, Betye Saar, Gavin Turk, and Jack Whitten.

By Any Means: Contemporary Drawings from the Morgan is made possible with the support of Louisa Stude Sarofim and Nancy Schwartz.

Stephen Vitiello (b. 1964), Speaker Drawing (22.06), 2006, Pigment and spray fixative. The Morgan Library & Museum. Gift of an anonymous donor, 2012.41. Photography by Steven H. Crossot, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

Selected Images

Gavin Turk (b. 1967), Rosette , 2013, exhaust emission on paper, mounted on linen. The Morgan Library & Museum, 2013.10; Gift of Monaghan. Image courtesy of Gavin Turk.

Jack Whitten (1939-2018), Dispersal 'A' #2 , 1971. Dry pigment and Rhoplex AC-33 on paper. The Morgan Library & Museum, 2018.30; Gift of the Modern & Contemporary Collectors Committee, 2018. Courtesy The Estate of Jack Whitten and Hauser & Wirth. Photography by Janny Chiu.

Betye Saar (b. 1926), A Secretary to the Spirits (from the series A Secretary to the Spirits [for Ishmael Reed]), 1975. Collage of cut printed papers and fabrics, with matte and metallic paint and ink stamps on laminated paperboard. The Morgan Library & Museum, 2017.306:1 ; Gift of the Modern and Contemporary Collectors Committee, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California. Photography by Robert Wedemeyer.

Stephen Vitiello (b. 1964), Speaker Drawing (22.06) , 2006, Pigment and spray fixative. The Morgan Library & Museum, 2012.41; Gift of an anonymous donor. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Steven H. Crossot.