The Hunterian

Tuesday 23 April 2019
5.00pm -6.00pm
Hunterian Art Gallery Lecture Theatre
Free admission - booking required 

Lecture | Where Body Meets Geography: Drawing as a Nomadic Practice in Contemporary Art 

Dr. Stephanie Straine, Curator of Exhibitions and Projects at Modern Art Oxford 

As an ancient communication technology that predates the written word, drawing’s links to the past and the future are dynamic and subject to constant revision. The works in Hand Drawn, Action Packed – and by many other artists – make use of seemingly conservative or traditional drawing materials to produce artistic positions of radicality, be that through historical references, material processes, or political narratives. This talk will consider a cartographic approach to the idea of drawing as a nomadic practice, offering a rethinking of the boundaries of contemporary drawing that embraces both its material specificity and hybridity. 

Speaker Bio: 

Stephanie Straine is Curator of Exhibitions and Projects at Modern Art Oxford, where since 2016 she has worked on solo exhibitions of Lubaina Himid, Rose Finn-Kelcey, Aleksandra Mir, Hannah Ryggen, Cinthia Marcelle and Akram Zaatari, and a major group show, A Slice through the World: Contemporary Artists' Drawings, in partnership with Drawing Room, London. From 2012 to 2016 she was Assistant Curator, Exhibitions and Displays at Tate Liverpool, and from 2006 to 2009 Exhibitions Organiser at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. She holds a joint MA Fine Art degree from the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art, an MLitt from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in history of art from University College London. 

 

Image: Otobong Nkanga, Scaffolding - Loss (detail), from Scaffolding Series, 2018 © the artist, 2018. Courtesy the artist and Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam

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First published: 9 April 2019