A Light Touch: Exploring the Humor in Drawing
Sep 23, 2008 - Dec 07, 2008
As a result of its immediacy, drawing has for centuries been used to lampoon human character, ridicule physical characteristics, and satirize behavior. While some drawings were intimate objects viewed by individuals or small groups of people, others were transferred into prints with a wider agenda. Different drawing media (watercolor, pen and ink, etc.) often highlight diverse aims and effects. This exhibition will include works by Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, and Pierre Bonnard, and will explore brands of humor, from wicked caricatures to wry observations of social injustice.
As a result of its immediacy, drawing has for centuries been used to lampoon human character, ridicule physical characteristics, and satirize behavior. While some drawings were intimate objects viewed by individuals or small groups of people, others were transferred into prints with a wider agenda. Different drawing media (watercolor, pen and ink, etc.) often highlight diverse aims and effects. This exhibition will include works by Leonardo da Vinci, Urs Graf, Giambattista Tiepolo, Francisco de Goya, Thomas Rowlandson, and Pierre Bonnard, and will explore brands of humor, from wicked caricatures to wry observations of social injustice.
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Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
1200 Getty Center Drive Los Angeles, CA, USA 90049
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