Architect: Deanna Petherbridge
Talking to Drawings
8 June 2018
Talking to Drawings8 June 2018
By Sam Jacob
Talking to Drawings was produced to accomapny the exhibition Disappear Here (RIBA, 2 May – 7 Oct 2018), which explored the history, application and implications of perspective, how it spans truth and illusion, linking the disciplines of art, architecture and mathematics, through material from the RIBA and Drawing Matter collections.… Read More
The Destruction of the City of Homs
28 November 2016
The Destruction of the City of Homs28 November 2016
A photograph of the bombed-out shell of Dresden, destroyed in February 1945 when I was six years old, has lived potently in my life-long memory bank. This, like other black and white photographs of the time, depicted a ghastly desolation in which empty-windowed facades tapering sharply from jaggedly pointed upper… Read More
Drawing on History: Mirages, Interventions and Contestations
10 June 2021
Drawing on History: Mirages, Interventions and Contestations10 June 2021
By Deanna Petherbridge
This text is the first in a series by artist Deanna Petherbridge in which she will comment on a number of her recent pen and ink drawings. The drawings use imagined architectural imagery as a metaphorical means to deal with complex subject matter about social and political issues. Her commentary on… Read More
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