Thursday 7 December 2017

Camberwell hosts an exhibition of a History of Drawing


There is an exhibition coming up soon at Camberwell College of Art in the new year that may well be of interest to those of you that follow trends and changes in the education of drawing. This is the text given out by Camberwell to advertise the event:

The Temptation of the Diagram: Matthew Ritchie.

A History of Drawing surveys the practice and teaching of drawing at Camberwell College of Arts over an eighty year period. Featuring the work of over sixty artists, this exhibition celebrates Camberwell’s past, and will shape making and critical debates about drawing for the future.

Throughout Camberwell’s history, the definition of drawing has expanded; from lines on paper to 3D and digital space. The exhibition is characterised by an outward-looking approach as artists have increasingly explored drawing’s uses in fields beyond that of fine art, incorporating new technologies, politics and science. The works in the show include medical illustration, drawing machines, and moving image works, exploring a wide...
range of issues pertinent to our globally shared present

The exhibition includes work by historical artists such as Edward Ardizzone, David Hepher and R.B. Kitaj, to recent graduates including Izat Arif, Adam Farah and Jennifer N. R. Smith, and current teaching staff including Miraj Ahmed, Tim Ellis and Janette Parris. The exhibition also features a new large-scale vinyl drawing ‘The Temptation of the Diagram’ by Matthew Ritchie.

A History of Drawing will be accompanied by a new publication and a symposium event about drawing in education, including presentations by Dr Hester Westley (Artists’ Lives Interviewer and Goodison Fellow, National Life Stories, British Library) and Ruth Stiff (Associate Curator, Kew). The speakers will highlight Camberwell’s legacy as a leader in the practice and teaching of drawing, and consider how current practices might shape future generations

The exhibition is curated by Kelly Chorpening, course leader of BA Drawing at Camberwell College of Arts and a practicing artist.



There will be a symposium at Camberwell on the 15th February 2018 from 2 - 6pm that will open out some of the issues raised by the exhibition.


http://events.arts.ac.uk/event/2018/2/15/A-History-of-Drawing-Symposium/


45-65 Peckham Road, SE5 8UF London, United Kingdom

Exhibition open

Jan 16, 2018 - Feb 16, 2018




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