As a response to the ubiquity of drawing in contemporary consciousness and a correspondingdearth of critical engagement with the medium, these collected essays provide originalinterpretations of artists' drawing today.Questions of process, politics, scale, and community raised in the work of the diverse group ofartists are situated within the historic discourse on drawing and demonstrate the extent towhich contemporary practice challenges previous definitions of the medium. From the roomencompassingdrawings of Monika Grzymala and Barbara Bernstein or Sophie Calle'sexpansive exploration of the Jerusalem eruv to Andrea Bowers's graphite renditions of protestto Ellsworth Kelly's proposal for a memorial to September 11, the essays explore theimplications of drawings' departure from the confines of a sheet of paper.Essential reading for both the academic and general audience, this book provides in-depthdiscussions of artists and projects that have never been treated in a sustained, analytical way;each essay will interest the wider contemporary art audience, as well as students of drawing.Taken as a whole, the volume represents a pertinent and stimulating engagement with issuesof paramount importance to our understanding of contemporary art and its place in museums,galleries, and the public sphere.