Ephraim Joris
28 September 2018
Ephraim Joris28 September 2018
β Ephraim Joris
…(re)use of historical compositional concepts. Monolith Drawing 17–22. Monolith Drawing 17–24. It’s important to understand that the Monolith Drawing, in the first instance, exists as a study of architecture. When…
AndrΓ© Arbus: Details Matter
29 March 2021
AndrΓ© Arbus: Details Matter29 March 2021
β Anna Healy
André Arbus (1903–1969), Interior elevations, Open-plan apartment, c.1950s. Pen, ink and cut-out on paper, 498 × 630 mm. DMC 2571.1. These presentation drawings – polished, finished, complete – were drawn…
Sir William Chambers: Somerset House
23 December 2017
Sir William Chambers: Somerset House23 December 2017
William Chambers (1723–1796), plan for the complex, Somerset House, London, c.1776. Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper. © Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar Hama. Approximately 700…
Postcards: The Nature of images
21 July 2021
Postcards: The Nature of images21 July 2021
β Luca Galofaro
…Giorgio Agamben, ‘In Praise of Profanation’, in Profanations [2005] (New York: Zone Books, 2007), 77. Giorgio Agamben, ‘In Praise of Profanation’, in Profanations [2005] (New York: Zone Books, 2007), 83–4….
What Lies Beneath
31 October 2019
What Lies Beneath31 October 2019
β Sarah Handelman
…structures and enclosures, Australia, c.1930. Pen, ink, watercolour, linen backed, 560 × 760 mm. DMC 2595.3. Unknown Australian, Diagram, Shark-proof structures and enclosures, Australia, c.1930. Pen, ink, watercolour, linen backed,…
Superstudio Migrazioni
15 January 2020
Superstudio Migrazioni15 January 2020
…the group’s work both theoretical and realised, this exhbition presented the work of others marked by the inimitable signature of Superstudio’s influence. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2MkM1ezi8QjzDfDEgZ1Ei5?si=TUvHCY3UTg-fwWg1a4qIGg Listen to the curators in discussion here…
The Being of Drawing (2021) β Review
4 April 2022
The Being of Drawing (2021) β Review4 April 2022
β Matt Page
…enjoyed his commentaries on Henri Matisse in relation to uninscribed gestures (p.75); William Kentridge and drawing’s ability to generate ideas (both for the drawer and the viewer) (p. 99–104); and…
Alternative Histories: 31/44 Architects on William Butterfield
22 February 2019
Alternative Histories: 31/44 Architects on William Butterfield22 February 2019
31/44 Architects, William Butterfield’s east elevation of No 9 Heath’s Court, 2018. Medium-density fibreboard, valchromat, acrylic, aluminium mesh, 460 × 360 × 160 mm. William Butterfield (1814–1900), east elevation (sheet…
Timeβs Witness. History in the Age of Romanticism (2021) – Review
25 July 2022
Timeβs Witness. History in the Age of Romanticism (2021) – Review25 July 2022
β Martin Bressani
…watercolour, 122 × 210 mm. The MET, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959. Edward William Cooke (1811–1880), The Antiquary’s Cell, 1835. Oil on panel. © Victoria and…
Bramante: Five Dots
16 November 2020
Bramante: Five Dots16 November 2020
β Guido Beltramini
Donato Bramante (1444–1514), Study Drawing, Basilica di San Pietro, Rome, 1506. Red chalk on paper, 690 × 472 mm. Firenze, Uffizi, Department of Prints and Drawings, inv. 20A. Reproduced with…
Pier Vittorio Aureli: Ambiguous Drawings
7 February 2023
Pier Vittorio Aureli: Ambiguous Drawings7 February 2023
…Madrid and Cuenca. This text was selected as highly commended in the Drawing Matter category, ‘Architecture and Representation’, of the Architecture Foundation Writing Prize 2022. Notes Pier Vittorio Aureli: https://drawingmatter.org/the-marriage-of-reason-and-squalor/….
W. R. Lethaby: Architecture, Mysticism and Myth
10 August 2022
W. R. Lethaby: Architecture, Mysticism and Myth10 August 2022
β Hugh Strange
…China, and Mexico, Lethaby recounts the common usage of mythical representations, including such compelling examples as pavements that represent the sea, ceilings of the sky, and domes of the firmament….
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