Disappear Here
Exhibition · 2018 · RIBA Architecture Gallery, London
An exhibition on perspective and other kinds of space. Drawings selected from the RIBA collections and Drawing Matter are brought into an installation of painted geometry and mirrors. Their vanishing points organise the gallery hang, connecting individual works into a larger spatial drawing. The exhibition explores how perspective shapes both representations and the world we build.
The vanishing points of individual drawings determine the positions of neighbouring works. The wall painting extends their space into the gallery.
Fields of blue stretch around the gallery, bringing flat surfaces and the illusion of depth into the same view.
Works from RIBA and Drawing Matter bring different periods and drawing practices into a shared spatial arrangement.
A painted opening sits beside the framed works. Its flat geometry suggests a recess while remaining part of the wall.
The painted geometry continues across a corner, connecting drawings on separate walls within one composition.
A closer view brings the marks and construction of individual drawings back into focus within the larger installation.
Different sizes, formats and viewpoints meet within a single arrangement of frames and painted space.
Two works occupy different heights, with the diagonal division of the wall joining the space around them.
At the edge of the installation, painted surfaces meet a mirrored base and a small framed drawing.
Black lines wrap around a white faceted form, carrying a drawing grid over its top, inner and outer surfaces.
A second viewpoint changes the relation between the grid and the object’s folded outline.
Visitors and their reflections enter the composition, bringing moving bodies into the exhibition’s constructed views.
A mirrored column repeats visitors, drawings and painted walls, extending the exhibition into reflected space.

Photography: Max Creasy

Drawings in the exhibition
RIBA Collections and Drawing Matter.
Photography: Andy Matthews
Étienne-Louis Boullée: Metropolitan cathedral, 1782
H. T. Cadbury-Brown & Ernő Goldfinger: 27-storey office block, Moorgate, 1955
Colen Campbell: Wilton House and grounds, 1719
Max Clendinning: Conservatory, Cadogan Square, 1979
Thomas Furbor: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, on fire, 1779
Giovanni Carlo Galli Bibiena: Stage set for La Clemenza di Tito, 1755
James Gowan: Isle of Wight House, 1956–58
Raymond Loewy: Wardroom Concept 4, 1969–75
Edwin Lutyens: Memorial to the Missing, St Quentin, 1923
Jean-Charles Moreux: Studio interior, 1925
Andrea Palladio: Cornice in perspective, 1560
Joseph Potter: Interior, Plas Newydd, 1820
Sangallo (attributed): Illustration to Vitruvius, Book III, chapter 2, c.1530–45
John Smythson: House with a castellated wing, 1610; Pool, Bolsover Castle, 1610
Superstudio: Graz, 1971; Un difficile passaggio attraverso gli specchi, 1968–69
William Talman: Trianon pavilion, Thames Ditton, 1699
Anonymous, Bolognese School: Ceiling with columns and coffered arches, 1700
Anonymous, English: Entablature with vanishing point, 1700
Anonymous: Star-bastion fort plan, 18th century (date uncertain)

Installation view
Photography: Max Creasy

Installation view
Photography: Andy Matthews

Drawings and painted perspective
Photography: Max Creasy

Painted opening
Photography: Andy Matthews

Installation view
Photography: Andy Matthews

Drawings in the exhibition, detail
Photography: Max Creasy

Drawings and painted perspective
Photography: Andy Matthews

Drawings and wall painting, detail
Photography: Andy Matthews

Installation detail
Photography: Max Creasy

Perspective model
Photography: Max Creasy

Perspective model, alternate view
Photography: Max Creasy

Installation view with visitors
Photography: Andy Matthews

Installation view, mirrored column
Photography: Andy Matthews
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