In this collection of recent, never-before-shown works, we see Carroll Dunham thinking about sculpture through a series of drawings produced over the course of a year. A sampling of Dunham’s drawings across time offers a chart of his artistic evolution; the drawings presented here are distinctive to a new page within that history. Spurred by curiosity about the forms that he found himself doodling along the edges of a new group of paintings in 2023, Dunham began drawing fantasies of sculpture as a break from working on the paintings. The eighty drawings collected here offer intimate access to an artist’s process, tracing the emergence of a sculptural vocabulary as they explore spatial relationships, materials, and presentation for sculptures that don’t exist. A text by Dunham accompanies the drawings.
- 978-1-940190-36-5
- March 25, 2026
- 7.5" x 10.25"
- Paperback
- 80 color illustrations
- 96 pages
Sample Pages
Events
Saturday, Jan 24, 3–4pm: Carroll Dunham in conversation with John Corbett, Corbett vs Dempsey (Chicago)
** This book is now available for PRE-ORDER. Orders will ship by early March 2026. **
** This book is now available for PRE-ORDER. Orders will ship by early March 2026. **
Carroll Dunham: Drawing Sculpture
By Carroll Dunham
Carroll Dunham has developed an extensive oeuvre since the late 1970s in painting, drawing, and printmaking. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, most recently a drawing retrospective at the Art Institute of Chicago (2026), and presented in group exhibitions at institutions in the United States and abroad. He lives and works in Connecticut.
Header: Untitled Sculpture Drawing (8/22/24), 2024. Ballpoint pen on paper and pencil on paper 11 x 8. inches. Copyright Carroll Dunham | Thumbnail: Untitled Sculpture Drawing (12/5/23), 2023. Watercolor marker and pencil on paper. 8. x 11 inches. Copyright Carroll Dunham
- ** This book is now available for PRE-ORDER. Orders will ship by early March 2026. **
- 978-1-940190-36-5
- March 25, 2026
- 7.5" x 10.25"
- Paperback
- 80 color illustrations
- 96 pages
Sample Pages
Events
Saturday, Jan 24, 3–4pm: Carroll Dunham in conversation with John Corbett, Corbett vs Dempsey (Chicago)