Artist David Behar to give guest lecture at The Cass

The Forest of Dean Sculpture Trust and London Met's Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design (The Cass) are delighted to host a presentation by renowned artist David Behar.

Funding from BiArts (British Israeli arts training scheme, an initiative of the British Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Sport) has enabled Behar to visit the UK to present a series of talks about his art practice.

David is an Israeli artist whose work researches the notion of place to discover the layers that compose a local context. He asks questions about the physical process of active perception, the participative 'spectator', and the appropriate use of materials for a given situation. His interventions in site,place and context seek to convey a new perspective about people's sense of locality, considered through physics, chemistry and architecture, drawing on his multi-faceted background that manifests a unique way to carve out meaning from a given situation.

David completed his BFA Sculpture at Cheltenham School of Fine Art in 2001, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Architecture at the Technion, Israel this year. He has exhibited extensively in Israel, the U.K., France, Italy and Greece.

For more information please contact: Chris Smith c.d.smith@londonmet.ac.uk

Location: 514 Commercial Road lecture theatre 5th floor
Time: 14.00- 15.00
Date: Tuesday 17 November 2009

6 November 2009