Original Article on The New York Times

@import url(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/css/article/screen/print.css); Il Lee: Ballpoint Drawings - Art - Review - New York Times var google_hints = "Art,Museums,Queens+Museum+of+Art"; var google_ad_channel = "ar_arts"; August 10, 2007 Art Review To See the World in Ballpoint Pen By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO The attraction for artists of the ballpoint pen has grown over the years, particularly in affectedly informal contemporary drawing. But it is also being put to more ambitious uses. At the Queens Museum of Art a selection of Il Lees drawings dramatic indigo and black ink abstractions, all done exclusively in ballpoint pen, on paper and canvas can be seen in the mezzanine galleries. The drawings may not be great art, but they take doodling t...(read more)