Chuck Holtzman: Drawings and Wall Architecture

Opening October 4th and running through November 4th, 2013 The Drawing Room is pleased to present "Chuck Holtzman: Drawings and Wall Architecture." 

"Chuck Holtzman: Drawings and Wall Architecture " introduces the Boston artist with an installation encompassing the critical shift in his work from sculpture to drawing over the last 20 years. Appearing as if fragments from the history of architecture, Holtzman’s intimate wall sculptures from the 1980s are marvels of a refined carpentry technique in which he exposes the construction materials as he builds tension and form in space, off the wall. Related to his sculptures in their process of becoming, Holtzman’s inventive recent drawings are ink and charcoal topographies, inlaid with fragments of discarded drawings. Inspired by advances in molecular biology and particle physics, Holtzman seeks to exploit the basic properties of his own mediums, mirroring new scientific frontiers.

The cubistic wood constructions mounted on the wall date from the 1980s when Holtzman was a master of hand and table saws. The chunky architectural forms of exposed rough hewn wood, plaster, aluminum and sanded painted surfaces evoke construction sites for international style houses or miniature war torn bunkers. Viewed in the round, these meticulously executed sculptures project their faceted silhouettes from the wall finding their ultimate scale and complexity through his intuitive process.

See below for full press release and selected works.