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Nicola Tyson @ Petzel

PHOTOGRAPHY /

© Nicola Tyson

Courtesy of
The Artist and
Petzel, New York

Nicola's portrait,
Jesper D. Lund

CREDITS /

April 11, 2016

2-TIMES · Art
Nicola Tyson
@ Petzel
— 

The exhibition: 
Explores a
range of works
developed 
between 2002
and 2016 from
the artist’s
sketchbook pages
to large graphite
drawings and
giant, life-sized
ink drawings. 

Known for: 
Her fluid
figurations — 
capturing moods
and moments,
both visceral
and artificial,
intimate and
performative. 

Materials used: 
Variations of
graphite,
colored pencil,
acrylic & ink 
on paper.

Nicola's 
approach: 

“When I begin
to draw, I have
no idea what’s
going to appear.
I work swiftly,
to stay just
ahead of the
cage of language,
the linear mind
and rational
decision-making.
I just let the
forms grow
themselves — 
self-organize …” 

2-TIMES'
highlights: 
· Snog, 2015
· Untitled (sketch
book page) #34, 2005

On view at: 
Petzel

35 East 67th St,
New York,
NY 10065,
United States

Closes: 
April 23, 2016.