The drawings in this exhibition ran the gamut from quite finished works to quick sketches. Some were loosely drawn in pencil or pen, others were very deliberate in their carefully rendered tones of crosshatching. The works in this exhibition were taken from an extensive collection of drawings done in the 1960's, one of the artists's most productive periods.

Viewing Robert Kipniss's drawings is a bit like looking at a Rorschach test. We understand the abstraction, but the representation is so compellingly suggestive. These pictures force us to both imagine and remember places familiar, yet somehow strange. There is often an absence in the middle tones that would provide certain critical information, like photographs that are heightened for strong contrast. Time is a frozen moment captured in the headlights of our mind.

There will be a reception with Robert Kipniss at the museum on Saturday, November 20 at 6:30 p.m. This exhibition is organized and the reception co-sponsored by the Gerhard Wurzer Gallery of Houston. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public. The Tyler Museum of Art is located on the east side of the Tyler Junior College campus at 1300 South Mahon. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The museum is closed Monday.