Zoom on drawing

“I chose to take part in this ‘Zoom dessiné’ because it fully embodies the Drawing Society’s commitment: to champion drawing as a central medium of contemporary creation. This format invites us to slow down our gaze and reconnect with a more direct relationship with the works.

Drawing is today one of the freest forms of expression. It engages the gesture, the mind and the personal, without any hierarchy of means. Both accessible and radical, it captures our era with singular accuracy.

It is this conviction that guides the Drawing Society. Through Drawing Now Paris, residencies, the Drawing Lab’s programmes, our hotel projects and the Printemps du dessin across the country, we create contexts where drawing unfolds, comes together and is shared.

The programme for this Zoom event is a faithful reflection of this, balancing high standards with the diversity of contemporary styles.

A few artists bear witness to this: Jérôme Zonder, at the Nathalie Obadia Gallery, whose graphite drawings of extreme precision explore the dark corners of history and the intimate; Aurel K, at the Binome Gallery, with a sensitive world straddling figuration and mental imagery; Fred Deux, at the Margaron Gallery, for an introspective and organic body of work; Mohamed Lekleti, at Lila Ben Salah, with a free and energetic style; Kiki Smith, at the Lelong & Co. gallery, whose drawings explore the body and the living with finesse; Glenn Baxter, at the Semiose gallery, for his absurd humour blending text and image; and Alina Szapocznikow, at the Loevenbruck gallery, where drawing becomes a space for experimentation with the body.”

Zoom on drawing, with Drawing Society

This tour showcases artists who work with drawing in a variety of forms, from classic lines to more experimental approaches.

On the map below, you’ll find the 32 galleries spread between Matignon, the Marais, the North-East and Saint-Germain-des-Près: