“3D into 2D” is really an exhibition of artists at work and play. It covers all of the recent trends from pop art to earth art. It one doesn't expect to learn a great deal about the way sculptors envision their three‐dimensional works in two‐dimensional terms then “3D into 2D” can be taken simply as what it is-a lively exhibition of drawings by sculptors, occasional sculptors, environmentalists and idea men. Nancy Graves's decorative overlays, “Map of Mars after Schiaparelli,” and “Geological Survey, Egton England,” are artistic rip‐off from natural phenomena. Rauschenberg, in a Dada mood, erased in 1953. Robert Rauschenberg's famous “Erased de Kooning” is quite simply that-a De Kooning drawing that Mr. To be sure, many of the 116 drawings and mixedmedia works are actually by contemporary sculptors concerned with sculptural projects.

But there is less of an idea here than meets the idea.

“3D into 2D: Drawing for Sculpture,” the title of the exhibition on view at the New York Cultural Center, 2 Columbus Circle, sounds promising.

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