OAEA at the ROM!
December 9, 2011.
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Please join us for an OAEA sponsored event at the ROM for David Hockney's North American debut of Fresh Flowers: Drawings on the Ipod and Ipad on December 9, 2011. This exhibit proves to be an interesting look at a new art form that can also inspire you to use new media in the classroom.
The Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the ROM presents David Hockney's Fresh Flowers: Drawings on iPhones and iPads, an exhibition that reveals the artist's extraordinary use of this novel new artistic medium and its impact on shaping visual culture today. Originally presented by the Fondation Pierre Bergé/Yves Saint Laurent in Paris, this ICC presentation is the exhibition's North American debut and marks Hockney's first major show in Canada in over two decades.
David Hockney began working with the iPhone in 2008 using the Brushes app to create drawings to email to his friends. "I was aware immediately when I started drawing on the iPhone that it was not only a new medium but also a very new way to distribute pictures," says Hockney. "I have always been an advocate of drawing. I always thought the teaching of drawing was the teaching of looking - very good for everybody! I joked about it - who would have thought the telephone could bring back drawing? One quickly realizes that it is a luminous medium and very good for luminous subjects. I began to draw the sunrise seen from my bed on the east coast of England. The iPhone was by my bed; it contained everything you needed; no mess; so you didn't even have to clean up. I wouldn't have drawn the sunrise with just a pencil and a piece of paper. It was the luminosity of the screen that connected me to it."
Join us to walk through the exhibit and grab a bite to eat after at Fresh on Bloor. We will meet in the entrance area of the ROM at 6PM.
Purchase your tickets in advance online ($9 + $2.00 surcharge) or in person (no surcharge) at the galleries for the Friday reduced rate of $9.00.
David Hockney's Fresh Flowers
December 9, 2011
Please join us for an OAEA sponsored event at the ROM for David Hockney's North American debut of Fresh Flowers: Drawings on the IPod and IPad on Friday, December 9, 2011. Join us to walk through the exhibit and grab a bite to eat afterward at Fresh on Bloor. Purchase your tickets in advance online ($9 + $2.00 surcharge) or in person (no surcharge) at the galleries for the Friday reduced rate of $9.00. This exhibit proves to be an interesting look at a new art form that can also inspire you to use new media in the classroom. Meet in the entrance area of the ROM at 6PM. Look for the person wearing an OAEA t-shirt!
RSVP your attendance to VP1@osea.on.ca