ROSEMARIE TROCKEL.(The Drawing Center, Barbara Gladstone Gallery)(Brief Article)

THE DRAWING CENTER / BARBARA GLADSTONE GALLERY

These exhibitions of drawings paired a retrospective look with a contemporary view. "Metamorphoses and Mutations," at the Drawing Center, featured dozens of knockout works on paper, many from the '80s, of hybrid, fairy-tale creatures: monkey men; scraggly witches; snouted clowns; a freaky, windblown bird that stands upright; a s/he charmer in fetching Western gear, balls a-poppin'. At the same time, many of Trockel's portrait drawings are grounded squarely in the real world: She gives us the kid down the block, the woman next ...

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