--- title: "185 - Knowing Not Known, Schlossberg 5/3-5/31 1997" date: 2017-08-21T18:30:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/185-knowing-not-known-schlossberg-5-3-5-31-1997" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) Knowing Not Known [Edwin Schlossberg](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) May 2 – May 30, 1997 ![Schlossberg Clarity 1 20 96 2 17 97](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/6838/Schlossberg-Clarity-1.20.96-2.17.97.jpg) Edwin Schlossberg Clarity, 1.20.96-2.17.97 Description An exhibition of drawings by Edwin Schlossberg, titled Knowing Not Known, will open on May 3 at the Ronald Feldman Gallery. The exhibition consists of 45 drawings, created over the last two years. The inspiration for the drawings comes from the Dadien, an encyclopedia of knowledge created in a six-year period (1403-1409) during the Ming Dynasty in China. The emperor asked more than 2,000 people to spend one year describing the world. The artist was struck by the clarity of the request and the directness of the response as well as the beauty of the scrolls. Each of the drawings from Knowing Not Known is an effort to describe one aspect of the world. At the same time that the artist attempts to evoke the atmosphere of what he imagines one of the authors of one of the scrolls was experiencing at that time, his drawings represent the way he knows how to describe the world. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/exhsch97_press.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/redirect.svg) View Artist ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) ![Schlossberg Intelligence 8 27 95 2 8 97](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossberg-Intelligence-8.27.95-2.8.97.JPG) Edwin Schlossberg Intelligence, 8.27.95-2.8.97, 1995-1997 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Schlossberg Intelligence 8 27 95 2 8 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Intelligence, 8.27.95-2.8.97, 1995-1997 ![Schlossberg Intention 7 8 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Intention, 7.8.96, 1996 ![Schlossberg Discover 8 29 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Discover, 8.29.96, 1996 ![Schlossberg Being 8 2 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Being, 8.2.96 ![Schlossberg Discover 8 29 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Discover, 8.29.96 ![Schlossberg Friction 9 29 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Friction, 9.29.96 ![Schlossberg Image 2 5 96 2 18 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Image, 2.5.96-2.18.97 ![Schlossberg Everything Is Either 8 21 95 2 22 97]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg Everything is Either, 8.21.95-2.22.97 ![Schlossberg At First Light 8 20 96]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg At First Light, 8.20.96 ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View A](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-South-Gallery-Install-View-_-A.JPG) Knowing Not Known, 1997 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View B]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View D]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View E]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View G]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View H]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View A](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-South-Gallery-Install-View-_-A.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View B](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-South-Gallery-Install-View-_-B.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View C](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-South-Gallery-Install-View-_-C.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View D](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossburg/1997-Knowing-Not-Known/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-South-Gallery-Install-View-_-D.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View E](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossburg/1997-Knowing-Not-Known/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-North-Gallery-Install-View-_-E.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View G](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossburg/1997-Knowing-Not-Known/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-North-Gallery-Install-View-_-G.JPG) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View H](/assets/exhibition_images/Schlossburg/1997-Knowing-Not-Known/Schlossberg-Knowing-Not-Known-North-Gallery-Install-View-_-H.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View B]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known South Gallery Install View D]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View E]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View G]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Knowing Not Known, 1997 installation view ![Schlossberg Knowing Not Known North Gallery Install View H]() 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