Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite

Leaded features 44 artworks by 16 international contemporary artists who utilize 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 is subsumed or completely absent from many of the pieces. Likewise, representation is a secondary motivation.

Leaded presents artwork grouped into three overlapping themes by these emerging and established artists: Graphite as Content, with works by Hsin-Hsi Chen, Christopher Cook, Meghan Gerety, Shimon Okshteyn, Gloria Ortiz-Hernández, Mark Sheinkman, and Molly Springfield; Graphite as Transformative Agent, with works by James Busby, Sara Lovitt, Stefana McClure, and Stephen Sollins; and Graphite as Sculpture, with works by Michael Joaquin Grey, The Art Guys, Marco Maggi and Creighton Michael.