Some Time Now, new work by Brian Fay, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray Co Wicklow. July 6th to August 5th 2007

 

Some Time Now, new work by Brian Fay, The Lab, Foley Street, Dublin, April/May 2007.

  

Hanrahan, Siún, 'Drawing is a verb. Drawing is a noun / The square root of drawing / Getting on mother's nerves - psychological drama in contemporary drawing: a review of three drawing shows', in Circa, no. 119 (Spring 2007): 62-65.

 

Fay, Brian, 'Casting a Net: Contemporary Drawing Practices and Strategies ' Catalogue essay for John Beattie Exhibition, Prehen House, published by Context Gallery, Derry, 2007

 

Fay, B, Kelly, N and Dermody, B Art-Watching published by Dublin Institute of Technology, December 2007

Art-Watching is an interdisciplinary collaborative project which has received the support of the Dublin Insitute of Technology and the Dublin City Gallery: The Hugh Lane.   To date, Art- Watching the project has developed in two parts:
1. Art-Watching: Book
a collaboration between a fine artist (Brian Fay), a graphic designer (Brenda Dermody) and an art & design writer (Niamh Ann Kelly),  published  December 2007
2. Art-Watching: Circa Art Magazine,
16 Page Section, Full Colour supplement – please see link
http://www.recirca.com/backissues/c116/project.shtml
 

 

 

 

July 2008  World Archaeological Conference, University College Dublin

Site-specific: between archaeologists and artists

Co-organised Helen Wickstead (University College London)
Brian Fay (Dublin Institute of Technology, Fine Art) 

Presentation Finding time - drawing in art and archaeology
 

April/ May 2007 - Venue - The LAB, Dublin

Sense of Time Seminar Series- was jointly organised by Drawing Lab at DIT and Dublin City Council The LAB.  The 3 part seminar series discussed and explored different models and understandings of time through various disciplines and forms; literary theory, theoretical physics, and sonic work.

The speakers were

Dr.Colin Graham - Cultural and Literary Theorist, Dept of English, NUI Maynooth.

Dr. Jean Boulton, Theoretical Physicist, Claremont Management Consultants UK.

Dennis McNulty, sound artist - focused on generative sonic systems and electronic improvisation. 

 

 

   
 25th November, 2006 Venue:   Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)  Mountjoy Square.

 

Speakers: Catherine de Zegher, Tim Knowles  Chair: Dr. Siún Hanrahan

Jointly organised by Drawing Lab at DIT and Temple Bar Gallery and Studios. 

The symposium Drawing Now? - Examining Issues in Contemporary Drawing Practice
took its title from the seminal 1976 Museum of Modern Art (New York) exhibition Drawing Now. Rather than being an authoritative overview like the MOMA show, the symposium sought to address specific issues that are vital to contemporary drawing. It investigated three main strands of practice, as reflected in The Square Root of Drawing exhibition that was held at  Temple Bar Gallery and Studios.

Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in collaboration with in DrawingLab at DIT invited key practitioners Catherine de Zegher (freelance curator and former Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Drawing Center in New York) and Tim Knowles (UK-based artist) to consider three views of drawing: as primary practice, as one aspect of a varied practice and as a preparatory medium.

Catherine de Zegher is the former Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Drawing Center in New York. Previous to this position, de Zegher was the co-founder and Director of the Kanaal Art Foundation in Kortrijk, Belgium. She is the curator of many acclaimed exhibitions internationally. Her most recent curatorial and editorial work includes Eva Hesse Drawing (2006); 3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz, and Agnes Martin (2005). Currently, she is writing a book on drawing in the twentieth century. 

Tim Knowles creates drawings independent of his own hand, using elaborate apparatus or time consuming practices. Interested in the process of drawing Knowles invents experimental and playful procedures to introduce chance and unpredictability into his work. Recent shows include Knowles & Morland, Rokeby, London, UK and Art on Wheels, Rome, Italy.
 

 

 

January 25th,  2006 - Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin.

Perspectives on Drawing: Exploring methods in drawing from a range of perspectives encompassing artists’ practice, interdisciplinary collaboration and access strategies was jointly organised by Drawing Lab at DIT and the Iirish Museum of Modern Art

The one day public seminar discussed the following activities in contemporary drawing:

An Exhibition: 3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz and Agnes Martin. Curated by Catherine de Zegher and Hendel Teicher. Organised by The Drawing Center, New York, www.drawingcenter.org.   Speaker: Hendel Teicher, art historian and independent curator.

 A Project: Triptych brings together Dublin Institute of Technology’s DrawingLab, Kingston University UK, and Loughborough University UK, in a collaborative venture in which practice and theory are explored to advance knowledge of the act of drawing.  Speakers: Dr. Siún Hanrahan and Brian Fay, DrawingLab, DIT, www.dit.ie

Leo Duff, Course Director, MA Drawing as Process, Kingston University www.kingston.ac.uk

Phil Sawdon and Andy Selby, editors of Tracey, Contemporary Drawing Research, Loughborough University, www.lboro.ac.uk
An Access Programme: The Campaign for Drawing: Power Drawing, the education programme; Drawing Attractions, the programme focused on heritage sites; and The Big Draw, an event based programme involving museums, galleries, heritage site, schools and other community and cultural organisations. All are concerned with the use of drawing as a medium for learning and participation.    

Speaker: Eileen Adams, Drawing Power, The Campaign for Drawing, UK, www.drawingpower.org.uk
Chaired by: John O'Connor, Head of School of Art Design and Printing, Dublin Institute of Technology.