On December 13, at 15:00 (LT time zone, GMT+2) the VAA prof. Ian Damerell will give an online lecture - "The line is drawn here. Personal thoughts on drawing in contemporaneity".
Lecture summary:
- Personal preferences regarding drawing in contemporaneity;
- How drawing contributes to a contemporary cultural scene dominated by the aesthetics of commercial mass media;
- Drawing is fundamental, not only to art and related disciplines, but to society. Most human-made objects were once, in the process of discovery and development, drawn. It is no over-statement to claim that drawing created our world;
- The emergence of drawing as a major focus in contemporary art.
Zoom link
Meeting ID: 853 0556 3394
Passcode: 429179
Short description of the lecturer:
- Welsh visual artist and professor, born London, Britiain, 23.08.47;
- Grew up in North Wales;
- Lives in Oslo Norway and Vilnius, Lithuania;
- 7 years art education culminating at Royal College of Art, London;
- Professor at Goldsmith’s College of Art (‘80s). Visiting lecturer at Roya;
- College of Art, London (‘80s). Presently at Vilnius Art Academy.
