Tutor Edward Small comes face-to-face with a gorilla skull.
An artistic celebration of the legacy left to Dundee University by its first biology professor is taking place this week.
A major new exhibition showcasing a collection of significant artwork inspired by D’Arcy Thompson will open at the university’s Tower Foyer and Lamb Galleries on Friday..
D’Arcy Thompson’s seminal book On Growth and Form was hugely influential in a number of fields and continues to inspire artists and scientists to this day.
The exhibition, entitled A Glimpse of a Great Vision: the D’Arcy Thompson Art Fund Collection, features works acquired by the university’s museum services as part of a two-year project funded by the Art Fund’s RENEW scheme.
Artist and special effects designer Andy Lomas, who has worked on the Matrix films, will launch the exhibition, which features paintings, prints, sculpture, video and computer art exploring the links between art and science.
Mr Lomas’s talk will take place in the D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre at 5.30pm on Friday.
The free exhibition is open to the public to July 26, from 9.30am to 8.30pm on weekdays and 9.30am to 4.30pm each Saturday.
