Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present Uncommon Ground, an exhibition of works on paper available online from September 21 to November 30, 2021. The exhibition brings together the work of 17 artists, most if not all of whom are better known for their work in other art forms, such as painting or sculpture, but also actively made or make drawings or works on paper.  

Each of the artists approach the medium of drawing in different ways, experimenting in media, techniques and materials to explore concerns, themes and ideas which range from identity, race and the body to social, economic, gender, and political issues. For each of these artists drawing is a language in which to speak, to speak out, speak up.  
 

The works in the exhibition are drawn mostly from gallery artists, but also several others who have made outstanding contributions to the field of drawing over the years. The artists include: Mike Kelley, Kiki Smith, Jim Shaw, Yoko Ono, Russell Crotty, linn meyers, Shiva Ahmadi, Nicole Eisenman, Joshua Marsh, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Keinholz, Tom Burckhardt, Nancy Baker Cahill, Harry Roseman, Max Colby and Sabrina Gschwandtner, and Yuken Teruya.  

The works on view speak for themselves, as each was made in a different time and place with different motivations in mind. Some are figurative, some partly abstract employing marks, forms, colors and patterns, or even whimsical, but all share a love of the hand-made, of visual beauty and sensuality even if each of the 17 artists conceptualize these concepts in wildly different ways. Within this group, however, there is a collective interest in the unconscious mind and inner desires, a recognition that the power of an artwork is to be felt, deep onside, as well as seen.