Tony Lewis: "What drawing can be: four responses"
In the exhibition What drawing can be: four responses, on view at The Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, TX from March 21 to August 10, 2025, artist Tony Lewis reimagines the act of drawing as a vehicle for political and historical reflection. His installation was inspired by the landmark 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley at the Cambridge Union, a moment that crystallized opposing views on race and power in America.
In his art practice, Lewis stretches, smudges, splices, and folds his materials across handmade and found surfaces, turning drawing into a form of physical thinking. His work confronts the legacies of communication, labor, and racial discourse, grounding abstract gestures in urgent cultural meaning.
Curated by Edouard Kopp and Kelly Montana of the Menil Drawing Institute, the exhibition brings together four artists who challenge and expand our understanding of what drawing can be. Lewis’ contribution is both visually arresting and intellectually charged—an eloquent meditation on language, conflict, and resistance.
In the exhibition What drawing can be: four responses, on view at The Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, TX from March 21 to August 10, 2025, artist Tony Lewis reimagines the act of drawing as a vehicle for political and historical reflection. His installation was inspired by the landmark 1965 debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley at the Cambridge Union, a moment that crystallized opposing views on race and power in America.
In his art practice, Lewis stretches, smudges, splices, and folds his materials across handmade and found surfaces, turning drawing into a form of physical thinking. His work confronts the legacies of communication, labor, and racial discourse, grounding abstract gestures in urgent cultural meaning.
Curated by Edouard Kopp and Kelly Montana of the Menil Drawing Institute, the exhibition brings together four artists who challenge and expand our understanding of what drawing can be. Lewis’ contribution is both visually arresting and intellectually charged—an eloquent meditation on language, conflict, and resistance.
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