David
Hume
Left to right:
San Marco #3, 2022
Pigment ink, oil, acrylic and pastel on canvas
75 x 75 cm
San Marco #2, 2022
Pigment ink, acrylic and pastel on canvas
70 x 140 cm
San Marco #10, 2022
Pigment ink, acrylic and metallic leaf on canvas
90 x 90 cm
The illustrated city, 2022
Artists book – 126 pages
12 x 12 x 2 cm
San Marco #12, 2022
Pigment ink, acrylic and metallic leaf on canvas
120cm x 150cm
Location: Liverpool Street Gallery
The illustrated city is a series of works that uses Venice as its focus, exploring the relationships between linguistic and visual representations of the world through art. From drawing and painting, Canaletto’s use of the camera obscura, photography, the writing of Italo Calvino and AI generations, the series examines how humanity’s collective visual language and perception interacts with our written language.
Credit
Text adapted from “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino