Nancy Murphy Spicer

Video stills from Hanging Drawings 1 (Mills Gallery Drawing Sessions), 2007

Hanging Drawings succeeds through its simple, overt engagement with its materials and environment.

Not only is it interactive and fun to use (draw?), it is a fully realized work of art. Engaging in a three-way

conversation between the viewer, the pins, and gravity, the black friction tape becomes an extension

not only of the viewer's artistic will but of his/her understanding of the work's specific parameters and

his/her flexibility in interpreting them. In this way, the piece is almost self-aware. It is a delightful piece.

David O. Avruch, www.bigredandshiny.com, December 23, 2007 (complete review)

"Nancy Murphy Spicer's Hanging Drawings does offer a fresh, interactive take on the oldest of mediums.

She has mounted pins on the wall and invites viewers to drape a long, black rubbery string over them and

make the work their own."

Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, December 20, 2007 (complete review)

This work was on view in the 20th Drawing Show at the Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts

November 16, 2007 through January 6, 2008.