The Drawing Center

In 1962 at the Ealing School of Art, artist Stephen Willats participated in Roy Ascott’s Ground Course which inventively taught the principles of so-called “organic abstraction.” In Ascott’s class, Willats was introduced to the ways in which cybernetics and systems thinking can be used to analyze social behavior and how this might inform art. These concerns would guide Willats’s practice over the following decades. About his diagrammatic drawings, Willats explained, “The circle is like a ball of thought. Everything goes into it, and everything comes out—only differently.”

Works like 2019's "Travelling with the Good Connector," on view in "Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena" propose speculative networks for transcending human constructs of time and dimensionality.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more and plan your visit to our current exhibitions "Voice of Space" and "Trisha Donnelly."

The Drawing Center is celebrating the final days of "John Zorn: Hermetic Cartography" and "Ericka Beckman: Power of the Spin" with special extended hours from 12-8pm through Sunday, May 11.

Don't miss your chance to visit these exhibitions before they close this Sunday! As always, admission to The Drawing Center is free for all visitors, thanks to the generous support of the Cy Twombly Foundation.

Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.