SALINA ART CENTER 2007/2008 ANNUAL REPORT

Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite
April 3 through August 10, 2008
Leaded featured 44 artworks by 16 contemporary artists who
utilized the physical nature and characteristics of graphite and
pencils as content in their two- and three-dimensional work.
The art in Leaded, while employing a fundamental drawing
media, stands outside of the generalized history of modern
drawing. The role of mark-making was subsumed or completely
absent from many of the pieces. Likewise, representation
was a secondary motivation. The title Leaded refers to the
inaccurate yet still-used term “lead pencil” and its symbiotic
relationship between object and material. The fact that the
material is popularly misnamed parallels the transformative
and metaphorical role of graphite in art. Leaded presents
artwork grouped into three overlapping themes: Graphite
as Content, Graphite as Transformative Agent, and Graphite
as Sculpture.
Organized by the University of Richmond Museums, Virginia,
and organized for tour by International Arts & Artists,
Washington, DC.
Mark Sheinkman
4 19 2007
2007
Oil, alkyd and graphite on canvas
66” x 60” x 2”