An astonishing set of pandemic drawings are set to go on show at Dundee University.
The amazing images are a selection of 3,000 entries into one of the world’s most prestigious drawing prizes.
They were all produced during the coronavirus crisis by artists, architects and designers from over 40 countries around the world.
The majority of the images that were entered into the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2021 deal directly with the pandemic
Professor Anita Taylor, Dean of the University’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, said: “The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize open exhibition has provided a forum to test, evaluate and disseminate current drawing practice since 1994.
“The exhibition is open to all who wish to submit their drawings, and through the selected exhibition and publication, knowledge and understanding is gained about the breadth and scope of drawing practice today.”
And she added: “Drawing has long provided an essential means to bring ideas and issues into focus, and to document the personal, political, and social.
“Global lockdowns have continued throughout the period that drawings eligible for the exhibition have been made and, naturally, this experience features in many of the drawings from a range of countries.”
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition was presented at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London in September 2021, where the prizes with a total value of £27,000 were awarded.
All the winning works will be showcased in the Cooper Gallery, including Ye Olde Keyhole Surgery by First Prize winner Gary Lawrence, and Dark Balloons by Second Prize winner David Haines.
They were awarded £8,000 and £5,000, respectively.
-The exhibition runs from 21 March until 16 April and is open Monday to Saturday, 11am-4pm.
Visitors can book a one hour time slot here.
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