Artists on Ecce Homo: The Drawings of General Idea

Join The Drawing Center’s Claire Gilman and critic Alex Kitnick for an evening with Nayland Blake, Paige K. Bradley, Leidy Churchman, Maryam Hosseini, and Wayne Koestenbaum. These New York-based artists and writers were asked to reflect on a drawing from the exhibition Ecce Homo: The Drawings of General Idea. These drawings are little-known and reveal another side of the group's multi-faceted practice. Where General Idea's work typically deals with the media's codes, and takes the form of films, performances, and magazines, these drawings disclose a more handmade and spontaneous quality--though play, camp, and pathos are still very much evident.

The evening will include insightful writings and personal ruminations that help unpack these strange and compelling drawings by General Idea.