![]() I asked myself, ‘how do you collapse time and space, merging the past, present, and the future?’ Line, I’ve always understood, is not a mere mark on paper, it’s something that contains memory, purpose, and thought. I returned to the lines that I began with, which now have more meaning and depth. It’s been a language that I’ve been trying to understand for the longest time - from historic South African cave drawings, to collage, to sewing - trying to find my own way of drawing the line. The temporary nature of this series offers a unique opportunity for artists like Kure to use a wide range of materials as they consider their drawing practice on a monumental scale, giving the Menil Drawing Institute a renewed sense of artistic energy upon the completion of each work.”Īrtist Marcia Kure said: “Drawing has been a life-long journey. Rebecca Rabinow, the director, said: “The Menil Collection is so grateful to Marcia Kure for her participation in the Menil Drawing Institute’s wall drawing series. The accumulation of lines in the work signifies connections between interlocking networks of socio-political control, mass surveillance, and finance capitalism. These largely invisible networks and webs are traced across space and time, making connections that implicate the viewer in a history of migration, labor, and exploitation. Kure’s wall drawing uses the line as a metaphor for and map of contemporary and historical trade routes. Exploring line as concept, form, and experience, the artist puts pressure on the material properties and possibilities of her drawing media, and their status as commodities for tracing and mapping the African diaspora. She is known for compositions that feature the curvilinear Uli line, an abstract design motif associated with Nigeria, and best known for its application in temporary circumstances like body painting and murals, as well as her use of natural, plant-based pigments extracted from kola nuts, indigo, and tea. Through her multidisciplinary art practice, Kure examines a wide range of concepts, including colonial legacies and diasporic identities. Wall Drawing Series: Marcia Kure will be on view at the Menil Drawing Institute through August 2022. The work is the latest commission for the Menil Drawing Institute, which has featured an ongoing series of ephemeral wall drawings since the building opened in 2018. The Menil Collection is pleased to announce the exhibition of NETWORK, 2021, a monumental site-specific work by artist Marcia Kure. Marcia Kure in front of NETWORK, 2021, at the Menil Drawing Institute. ![]()
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