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Selections from the International Drawing Annual is the sixth annual presentation of this exhibit, featuring a sampling of artworks to be included in the forthcoming International Drawing Annual 6 exhibit-in-print publication.
The International Drawing Annual publication project was launched in 2005 as an extension of Manifest's Drawing Center mission to promote, feature, and explore drawing as a rich and culturally significant art form. The goal of the International Drawing Annual is to support the recognition, documentation, and publication of excellent, current, and relevant works of drawing from around the world. More info. about this ongoing project can be found online at www.manifestgallery.org/inda.
All works included in each annual are made within three years leading up to its publication. Soft and hardcover versions of the INDA 6 book will be available by early 2012 (the INDA 5 books were just released in January). Previous volumes remain available at such places as Joseph-Beth Booksellers, The Cincinnati Art Museum bookstore, the TAFT Museum bookstore, Suder's, The Weston Gallery, Amazon.com, and of course at Manifest Gallery and the Manifest website. The books serve as a valuable reflection on the diversity and vitality of drawing active in the world. They are used by artists, collectors, other galleries, fans of art, students, and even teachers in the classroom for reference about drawing, and to connect to the practice of drawing through a very open and considerate survey of the art form.
For the INDA 6 an eleven person jury reviewed 1307 entries by 490 artists from around the world. Nine of these works, by the following nine artists are presented at Manifest as a sampling of this very exciting and important ongoing project. (A list of all the artists included in the INDA 6 publication will be available after March 1st here: http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda6.) Approximately 115 works will be included in the final published project.
Works submitted to the INDA project are not required to be available for this exhibit, therefore those selected for exhibition are determined partially by virtue of their availability, as well as their suitability for exhibition in an intimate presentation limited by one gallery at Manifest, as well as their ability to reflect, as much as possible, the diversity of the pool of works chosen for the publication.
Works on exhibit by:
- Kristina Estell (Duluth, Minnesota)
- Melanie Lowrance (Prairie Village, Kansas)
- Alexis Manheim (Moss Beach, California)
- Lance Moon (Newaygo, Michigan)
- Leslie Nichols (Bowling Green, Kentucky)
- Roberto Osti (Bloomfield, New Jersey)
- Jennifer Purdum (Cincinnati, Ohio)
- Shelby Shadwell (Laramie, Wyoming)
- Jennifer Ustick (Grand Haven, Michigan)
Parallel Space Gallery
Opening on Friday, March 4th.
Exhibit continues: March 5 - April 1, 2011
Manifest Gallery
2727 Woodburn Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
