Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture
Wed, Jun 25
|Virtual event
"Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture" with Professor Fiona McLachlan. Colour Society of Australia webinar focussing on significant themes from the book publication Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture which considers the contribution of embedded artwork to architecture.
Time & Location
Jun 25, 2025, 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. AEST
Virtual event
About the event
Antoni Malinowski painting at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre, London (F. McLachlan)
The influence of applied colour in architecture extends well beyond surface decoration. It affects the character of adjacent space, can convey meaning, tap into individual and shared experience, and alter our perception. The talk will focus on significant themes from the book publication Colour Beyond the Surface: Art in Architecture which considers the contribution of embedded artwork to architecture, with a particular focus on colour and the dynamic relationships between light, form, material surface, space and movement.
‘A painting made on canvas in a studio setting and conventionally exhibited within a gallery space invites the audience to study its composition, meaning and production…the object of a fixed gaze. An artwork embedded in an architectural surface will become an integral part of the space, and glimpsed in the peripheral vision of an often inattentive, moving audience.’
How might the colour…