The drawings and paintings in this exhibition make a virtue of smallness and intimacy, qualities that have been considered natural to drawing for centuries. They are meant to be both pleasing and startling, small and fierce.

Featured

Fetal Position Woman, 2002

Ink on paper

5 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.

Private Collection

Two Hearts, 2002

Collage on paper

10 3/8 x 11 1/2 in.

Private Collection

Angel, 2002

Graphite and collage on found book cover

8 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.

Private Collection

Wing, 2002

Colored Pencil on Paper

4 3/4 x 7 in.

Private Collection

Punk Venus, 2002

Ink on found paper

9 7/8 x 6 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Sweetheart, 2003

Graphite and colored pencil on paper

8 x 8 in.

Private Collection

Levitation, 2003

Gouache on found paper

5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.

Private Collection

19th Century Hair, 2003

Ink on found paper

7 x 6 1/2 in.

Private Collection

Death Ballerina Wet Dream, 2003

Collage and ink on found paper

10 3/4 x 8 in.

Private Collection

Mother and Child, 2003

Ink and gouache on paper

10 x 6 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Dreaming Girl (With Hands), 2003

Graphite on found paper

7 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.

Private Collection

Death in a Balloon, 2003

Gouache on paper

9 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.

Private Collection

Rabbitrabbit

Graphite and Collage

11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Wing Fragments Found on Cat’s Grave, 2003

Graphite and Watercolor

9 1/2 x 9 3/8 in.

Private Collection

Little Merry Sunshine, 2003

Silver & black ink on paper

7 x 4 5/8 in.

Private Collection

Ghost Ballerina, 2003

Gouache on found marbled paper

6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.

Private Collection

Self-Portrait as a Beheaded French Aristocrat, 2003

Graphite and color pencil on found paper

10 x 6 1/2 in.

Private Collection

Self Portrait in a Black Hat, 2003

Colored Pencil and Ink

6 3/4 x 10 in.

Private Collection

Falling, 2003

Ink on paper

10 x 11 1/8 in.

Private Collection

The Quadruplets Ascend, 2003

Gouache and Collage

8 x 12 in.

Private Collection

Birthday Boy, 2003

Etching with aquatint

Edition of 4

4 1/8 x 6 in.

Collection of the Artist

Cancelled, 2003

Ink and gouache on found book cover

11 1/2 x 7 7/8 in.

Private Collection

Ferocious Bonbons, 2003

Kenneth Gerleve

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