While you're checking out Latifa Echakhch's show at Swiss Institute, be sure to have a look at the exhibit in the gallery's foyer as well. Grrrr, or Ingo Giezendanner, travels around the world and documents his journeys with "detailed drawings, animations, and public murals," (from the press release). Currently at Swiss Institute are drawings on paper and on the walls that document the artist's travels starting with the railroad tracks in his native Switzerland and then moving on to the former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Georgia, and Azerbeidjan in Southwest Asia. Grrrr's drawings feature cityscapes, high rises, store fronts, outdoor cafes, traffic, as well as a few serene images of trees and nature. The Zurich native has certainly filled up his passport with many adventures around the globe, and his intricate, almost picturesque drawings are certainly better souvenirs than any old, ordinary postcard. Learn more at swissinstitute.net and see the artist's website at grrrr.net. Through February 13th.
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