Exhibitions

DOUGLAS DARDEN

Gallery 103 / 1715 Volunteer Blvd. October 1, 2019 - October 25, 2019

Douglas Darden

The works and philosophy of Douglas Darden (1951-1996), an architect, writer, artist and designer possibly best known for his seminal book, Condemned Building: An Architect’s Pre-Text, will be exhibited and discussed at the University of Tennessee in October.

Exhibition
On Oct. 1, an exhibition of 11 limited edition and signed prints from Darden’s Condemned Building will open in Gallery 103, College of Architecture and Design, Art + Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Boulevard. The prints were created by the printmaking studio of Osama Nakasuji, Osaka, Japan, and donated to the College of Architecture and Design in 2018 by the estate of Douglas Darden. Darden’s design work also resides in esteemed venues that include New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Columbia University’s Avery Collection.

Panel Discussion
On Oct. 7 at 2-4 p.m., the College of Architecture and Design will host a panel discussion, This Will Kill That: The Role of Narrative in the Creative Process, in the UT Student Union auditorium, 1502 Cumberland Avenue. The event is free and open to the public.

The panel discussion is an opportunity for students and faculty from diverse fields of study as well as professional designers, writers, artists and others in the community to hear from experts about how the creative artist engages narrative as a literary and visual and spatial device.