DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge from New York City. It is a must-see art exhibition featuring original drawings by more than 350 artists influenced by the illustration, graffiti, tattoo, literature, design, animation, skateboard, music, psychedelic art worlds. The show is a tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building block of visual and graphic art: the drawing.

After four years of gallery exhibitions, DRAW will have it’s museum debut at Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, one of Mexico City’s finest museums. The opening is on June 19, 2010 and will exhibit through August 15, 2010. To coincide with the exhibition, the museum will be publishing a book for worldwide distribution to contemporary museum bookstores around the world. Carlo McCormick, one of the most respected art writers and curators in the U.S. will be writing an introductory essay for the book.

DRAW is curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey with guest curator Miguel Calderon

Just added with great honor, the Mexico City artists: Selección Mexico DRAW José Luis Sánchez Rull, Daniel Guzman, Alejandra España, Tania Ximena, Gerardo Monsivais, Mauricio Limon, Daphne Bally, Marcos Castro, Emilio Valdez, Marco Rountree, Miki Guadamur, Roberto Turnbull, Pia Camil, Gabriel Acevedo P., Federico Schott, Jessy Bulbo, Mariana Magdaleno Lopez, Alejandro Garcia Contreras, Manuel Mathar, Alexis Chaunac, Stephen Mascatello, Greta Gamboa, Jimena Schaepfler, Theo Michael, Edgar Orlaineta, Mariano Villalobos, Tatiana Musi, Julio Morales, Ricardo Harispuru, Edgar Orlaineta, Sergio Gutiérrez Aragón, Blanca González Hernández, Alejandro Magallanes

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:  

R. Crumb , Dan Colen , DAZE , HR Giger , Chris Johanson , Terence Koh , Aurel Schmidt , Benjamin Cho , Alex Grey , Clive Barker , Robert Williams , Mark Ryden , Wes Lang , Eric White , Rich Jacobs , Barry McGee , Rick Griffin , Ron English , Neck Face , Tim Biskup , Ed Templeton , Benjamin Cho , Mark Gonzales , Jack Rudy , Derek Hess , David Byrne , Mark Dean Veca , Gerard Way , Karen O , Kevin Long/Spanky , Hank Williams III , WK Interact , Jose Manuel Schmill , Shawn Barber , Doze Green , Kevin Llewellyn , Bast , Tomokazu Matsuyama , Greg Lamarche , Swoon , Tom Sachs .