09/10 - Gorky at Tate

10 February – 3 May 2010

These works - particularly the drawings - talk about the 'space between objects as well as the objects".

"Works such as Waterfall 1943 are evocative, layered, and translucent, with a liquid glowing quality. Gorky's characteristic paintings of this final period include biomorphic forms in strong colours, shifting abstract elements and the energetic line that he developed in his drawings. They capture a sensual enjoyment of landscape as well as the mood and memories that the subjects can evoke."

TATE LINK

09/10 - Modern Times: responding to chaos

"16 January - 14 March 2010

Modern Times is a new series of exhibitions where we invite creative people to trace pathways through the 20th and 21st centuries. Exhibition by exhibition, the series will build an informal, accumulative history of the art of our times.

Lutz Becker is a film-maker, painter and curator of exhibitions. Born in East Berlin, he came to London to study at the Slade and stayed on. For this exhibition he combined drawing, the oldest and most fundamental medium, with film, one of the most modern. Both, in their own ways, embody time and a sense of the transient."

KETTLES YARD CAMBRIDGE WEBSITE

09/10 - DAVID ROCK // From 50's Architectural drawings to recent paintings

"A world away from computers, they prefigure the skills of the young designer who became a key player in the Basil Spence studio, and the 60s development of multi-disciplinary Building Design Partnership; founded the 1970’s workspace movement and his own practice; and became President RIBA. His early, painterly fascination with colour, texture and weathering of materials has been constant throughout later painting - where observation and presentation of buildings and the urban scene celebrate the romantic overtones of even the most quirky, messy, layers of history and modern intrusions."

5. Feb - 25. Feb 10

GALLERY WEBSITE

09/10 - Inscription: drawing, making, thinking

"‘It is often the act of drawing itself, the deep engagement in the act of unconscious thinking through making, that gives rise to an image or idea…the hand feels the invisible and formless stimulus, pulls it into the world of space and matter and gives it form' - Juhani Pallasmaa, The Thinking Hand

An exhibition of work by three contemporary artists, all previous winners of Jerwood awards, who each use mark making as a way of recording, developing and communicating ideas: David Connearn, Philip Eglin and Charlotte Hodes. The exhibition shows a selection of finished works as well installations and working samples that give insight into the thinking and working processes of the artists involved. " 13. Jan - 21. Feb 10

ART RABBIT LINK
JERWOOD ART SPACE, LONDON

09/10 - Stuff as Architectural Rhetoric

Peter Cook lecture - talking about the value and use of drawing as a tool of spatial depiction... loose thoughts, precise actions... part of a series about 'Stuff'.

Image: Kurt Schwitters - Mertzbau

LINK HERE

09/10 - MOMA Oxford

"Miroslaw Balka uses video as a repository of visual and thematic material, extending a sculptural language that is rich in associations with history and his native Poland. The body and its limitations, memory, and the space between looking and knowing are recurring themes."

"Coinciding with his monumental How It Is installation for the Tate’s Turbine Hall, this exhibition explores a different region of Balka’s art – his video works. Violent gesture and real sites of WWII atrocity are presented, all shot through with the artist’s usual poeticism."

MOMA LINK HERE

Stratford - High Street 2010 - LMU

From Thursday 4 February 2010, 6:31pm, Forum and Warehouse

The students on the First Year BA Architecture and BA Interior Architecture and Design courses invite you to view their study models and first propositions exploring High Street 2012 – a place of pleasure. We will be taking part in the London International Student Architecture Festival in June 2010.

ASD LINK HERE

09/10 - Construction Ref Material

Ray has organised a comprehensive catalogue of reference building materials for the BE Dept.
This resource is invaluable when thinking about materials, finishes etc.

Check it out - next to the Workshop.

09/10 - OB1 LIVE 06 - Info_Bench Launch

OB1 LIVE has started - check this link for London Festival Architecture 2010 links and activities.
Sign up and get event info etc.

Onwards!

LFA2010
IASF link

0910 - Semester 2 - Site Visit

Headington Hill Park, Oxford
It rained - but this did not stop play.

09/10 - Winter Reading

We suggest you read a work of fiction by a living author in preparation for semester 2 project - doesnt have to be a magnum, it can be a short story, novella or even a set of poems...

This is the range of novellas mentioned in forum. Melville House Publishing, Brooklyn NYC . They are sold in Foyles - the independent bookseller - loads of unique reading matter to chose from. Link Here

Have a good vacation - see you 2010.

09/10 - Oxford Mail Cutting

Here is an excerpt from the recent issue of Oxford Mail featuring an article about our Jericho Public Realm Improvement project.

09/10 - Semester 1 Portfolio Hand-in

09/10 - OBU Press Release Photo Shoot

The whirlwind photoshoot in the studio with local Councillors, Tutors and students in time for the OBU press release.

09/10 - Extraordinary Matters Final Crit

With thanks to our visiting critics: Mark Swenarton, John Stevenson, Ronnie McLlellan, Ithomi Zafiropoulos and Laurie Cottam.
Images: Sushi Club - Jon Hasson-Dogrell, Button Appreciation Society - Katie Rudin, Club - Grace Wong