Drawing water drawing as a mechanism for exploration ; [on the occasion of the exhibition 'Tania Kovats: oceans' held at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Mar. 15 - May 25, 2014

"Believing that drawing is a mechanism for exploration as much as a tool for representation, Kovats brings together in the book drawings by map-makers, writers, shipbuilders, whalers, soldiers, sailors, artists, archaeologists, cartographers, scientists, uranographers, engineers and dreamers -...

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Körperschaften: Fruitmarket Gallery (BerichterstatterIn), Tania Kovats: Oceans (BerichterstatterIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kovats, Tania (BerichterstatterIn), Bradley, Fiona (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Fruitmarket Gallery 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"Believing that drawing is a mechanism for exploration as much as a tool for representation, Kovats brings together in the book drawings by map-makers, writers, shipbuilders, whalers, soldiers, sailors, artists, archaeologists, cartographers, scientists, uranographers, engineers and dreamers - a diverse selection united by the sense that in making the drawing they were looking for something. A selection of Kovats' own drawing and writing anchors the book which attempts to construct, in the artist's words, 'a portolan, a chart
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-185)
Beschreibung:192 S.
überw. Ill., Kt.
26 cm
ISBN:9781908612267
978-1-908612-26-7