A Glimpse of a Great Vision: the D'Arcy Thompson Art Fund Collection

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    A Glimpse of a Great Vision exhibition

    This major exhibition features the results of a two-year project by the University of Dundee funded by the Art Fund’s RENEW scheme to build a collection of significant artwork inspired by D’Arcy Thompson, Dundee's first Professor of Biology. D’Arcy’s book On Growth and Form had a huge influence on some of the most important artists of the 20th century, and continues to act as an inspiration today. As well as work by notable figures such as Henry Moore, Victor Pasmore, William Turnbull and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, the collection includes recent work by Will Maclean, Andy Lomas and Marion Smith, and specially commissioned pieces created in direct response to the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum by Daniel Brown, Gemma Anderson, Roger Wilson and others. The exhibition features paintings, prints, sculpture, video and computer art, exploring the fascinating links between art and science.
    Period31 May 2014 → 26 Jul 2014
    Event typeExhibition
    LocationDundee, United KingdomShow on map

    Keywords

    • D'Arcy Thompson
    • Art
    • art & science

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