Drawn to Time

We invited submissions to the call for drawings in response to the theme of ‘temporal drawing’ suggesting that temporality is not only inherent in drawing, both as a process and as a product, but is also its fundamental condition. We consider that to draw is to draw inescapably in and of time. If to make a mark is to capture the trace of a gesture, then mark-making reveals the movement of time—of the living present becoming past, and of the past contracting into the present. And so, we asked: how can we explore the time of drawing? How does time prompt us to think differently about drawing? Submissions were invited from anyone practicing drawing in a traditional or expanded way and we received over 370 drawings from artists across the globe in response. We would like to thank all who supported the exploration of this theme and to extend a special thank you to Susan for her committed and attentive approach to the selection and curation of the exhibition.

Recordings of the Temporal Drawing research presentations can be viewed on the Drawing Research Network website.

Susan Kemenyffy has supported the work of TRACEY for many years as a peer reviewer for the journal. Throughout decades, ‘Drawing’—in all its mediums, permutations & iterations—has been the keystone to the work that Susan Kemenyffy has explored, both within her studios & without, in natural & designed landscapes. Her work in these arenas has been strengthened by her Past Chairmanship of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts & her recent recognition as a Distinguished Daughter of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania—the Keystone State.