KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES is pleased to present LEE WALTON: SOCIAL SYSTEMS. This exhibition of new drawings opens on March 15th and continues through April 15th, 2016. This is Walton’s fourth show with Kraushaar Galleries.

With SOCIAL SYSTEMS Walton continues his exploration of two-dimensional expression. Expanding upon his previous system drawings in which he recorded and rendered games as art, either traditional team play or the individual challenges of contemporary computer play, Walton’s current body of work records human interaction on its most fundamental level. In a statement, he explains his inspiration:
Social Systems drawings operate through an inherent system of responses in which each individual mark is in direct relationship to another. The grouping of marks is bound to the surrounding architectural structures, although some find ways to escape their barriers. Patterns of behavior, interactions and events emerge to create unique social situations.

Lee Walton’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and the artist has had Museum funded projects (Reykjavik Art Museum of Iceland, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, ICA Boston), public commissions (Art in General, Socrates Sculpture Park, Rhizome at The New Museum, New York) and national and international exhibition venues (Shanghai, China, Clubs Project Inc., Australia, Ljubljana Museum of Art). Walton lectures extensively on his practice and related subjects. Recent lectures, panel discussions and visits include MIT, Art in General, The New School, Art Institute of Boston, Columbia University, Portland State University and the University of Ulster, Belfast Ireland. Walton is an Assistant Professor of Art and the Exhibition Director of The Gatewood Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

His work is in the collections of the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Deutsche Bank, New York; California College of Arts, San Francisco; The Columbus Museum, Georgia; The Hood Art Museum, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire; Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and many private collections.

Kraushaar Galleries is celebrating its 131st year in business.