Linda Fleming
Drawing Came First
January 7–March 18, 2023
425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Viewing hours: Monday–Friday 9am–6pm
Curated by Casey & Associates Art Advisors
Yellow and Gray Waves, 2022; 45-3/16×55-11/16 inches
Red Ripples, 2022; 45-3/16×55-11/16 inches
Blue Sparks, 2022; 45-3/16×55-11/16 inches
Red Orange Tangle, 2016; 57-1/8×43-1/8 inches framed
Ochre Sinue, 2019; 41-1/2×52 inches; 46×56 inches framed
Turquoise Loops, 2017; 57×47-1/2 inches framed
Saturn Bottle, 1989; 64×48 inches framed
Stone Stairs, 2006; 52×65 inches
Faceted Jug, 1989; 64×48 inches framed
Artist Statement
“Drawing came first. It is there in everything I make. I have spent countless hours training my eye and hand. I find I can conjure the whole physical world and also have access to my interior self. Drawing is my way in and my way out. It is the means to explore and invent various realities. When I abandon drawing for actual physical space I find I am drawing with light and shadow. The preparatory models I make for my large sculptures are actually three-dimensional drawings... The drawings are traces of moments in time when my thoughts were caught just having emerged into physicality...”
—Linda Fleming, January 2023