Jacob El Hanani: Drawings

New York-based artist Jacob El Hanani makes lyrical drawings that are simultaneously complex and simple. Using ink on paper, El Hanani makes the tiniest, most delicate marks you can imagine. Tens and hundreds of thousands of lines, repeated over and over. Within a given drawing, each of the marks is the same. Through repetition a field is created, either square or rectangular in format. At a distance, they form fields of subtly shifting grays. Closer, the field undulates with the rhythms of the minute lines. Flat spaces become three dimensional first convex, then concave. Patterns emerge, reminiscent of netting, topographical maps, or a crystalline structure. This exhibition will present an historical view of El Hanani’s work over the last two decades.