Exhibition of the drawings and photographs of the work of Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa
15 Aug 2013
On 3 October 2003 an exhibition of the drawings and photographs of the work of Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa opened to the public in the University Gallery. The exhibition was curated by Professor David Robson, School of Architecture and Design, who was a long time friend of Bawa and for many years has documented and researched the work of this prolific and inventive architect. A monograph, “Bawa: the complete works” written and compiled by Professor Robson was published last year by Thames & Hudson.
The exhibition will focus on a series of drawings by Bawa and photographs of his architecture by Helene Binet, which explore the significance of image in architecture. This will be a unique opportunity to see these works in Great Britain before they become part of a retrospective exhibition at the Deutches Architecktur Museum in Frankfurt, which opens in July 2004.
Professor John McKean, School of Architecture and Design, is currently acting as a consultant on an exhibition of the work of the architect Giancarlo de Carlo that is to open at the Centre Pompidou Paris in March 2004. He is also writing a book on de Carlo, which will accompany the exhibition. Through the Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts, University of Brighton, positive negotiations have begun with the curator of the exhibition, Jacqueline Stanic of the Pompidou Centre in order that the exhibition can tour to the University Gallery sometime in late 2004 or early 2005.
