James Drake: 1242
A fascinating tour of Drake’s creative thinking and a testament to the simple power of graphite and ink on paper in the hands of a master of the craft.
In 2012, James Drake began the ambitious project of creating 1,242 drawings that would trace and reference all of the developments of his multifaceted career. Known as both a sculptor and video artist, Drake has always considered draftsmanship to be a key to his process, and this body of drawings does not disappoint.
The volume is published to accompany a touring exhibition (titled The Anatomy of Drawing and Space) opening at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in July 2014–the largest show of Drake’s work to date. This book follows the success of Red Drawings & White Cut-outs (Radius Books, 2012) and precedes his latest title, Tongue-Cut Sparrows (Radius Books, 2024).
A fascinating tour of Drake’s creative thinking and a testament to the simple power of graphite and ink on paper in the hands of a master of the craft.
In 2012, James Drake began the ambitious project of creating 1,242 drawings that would trace and reference all of the developments of his multifaceted career. Known as both a sculptor and video artist, Drake has always considered draftsmanship to be a key to his process, and this body of drawings does not disappoint.
The volume is published to accompany a touring exhibition (titled The Anatomy of Drawing and Space) opening at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in July 2014–the largest show of Drake’s work to date. This book follows the success of Red Drawings & White Cut-outs (Radius Books, 2012) and precedes his latest title, Tongue-Cut Sparrows (Radius Books, 2024).
A fascinating tour of Drake’s creative thinking and a testament to the simple power of graphite and ink on paper in the hands of a master of the craft.
In 2012, James Drake began the ambitious project of creating 1,242 drawings that would trace and reference all of the developments of his multifaceted career. Known as both a sculptor and video artist, Drake has always considered draftsmanship to be a key to his process, and this body of drawings does not disappoint.
The volume is published to accompany a touring exhibition (titled The Anatomy of Drawing and Space) opening at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in July 2014–the largest show of Drake’s work to date. This book follows the success of Red Drawings & White Cut-outs (Radius Books, 2012) and precedes his latest title, Tongue-Cut Sparrows (Radius Books, 2024).
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Artwork by James Drake
Text by Kathryn Kanjo and David KrakauerHardbound
15 × 12 inches
320 pages / 1242 illustrations
Trade ISBN: 9781934435823
Signed copies no longer available. -
James Drake (b. Lubbock, Texas, 1946) currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and Master of Fine Arts degree from the Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California. Drake is the recipient of numerous awards, which include a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Grants, and a Nancy Graves Award for Visual Arts. In 2007, his work was featured at the 52nd International Venice Biennale, and in 2000, his work was featured in the Whitney Biennial. Drake’s work can be seen in many permanent collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Blanton Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; San Antonio Museum of Art; Art Museum of South Texas, El Paso Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art; New Mexico Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Whitney Museum of American Art; Brooklyn Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Three monographs have been published on James Drake: James Drake (University of Texas Press, 2008); James Drake: Red Drawings & White Cut-Outs (Radius Books, 2011); and James Drake: 1242 (Radius Books / Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2014).