Drawing in Space: A holographic system to simultaneously draw images on a flat surface and in three-dimensional space.
Andrew Pepper's PhD submission to the Fine Art Department at the University of Reading, UK, is now in the MIT Museum Collection. Cambridge, USA.
The PhD, submitted in 1988, was the first to be awarded by the University of Reading and is considered an early example of a practice-based, submission by an artist.
The collection of work is made up of holograms, with a spotlight to view them, contained within a bound 'file box' supported by an extensive text outlining the development of the work as a creative research initiative.
Originally acquired by the Posy Jackson private collection, it was donated to the MIT museum on her death and officially acquisitioned in June 2025.
Die Dritte Dimension im Bild
Imaging the Third Dimension - Holograms and Optical Illusions in the Würth Collection
Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
3 June 2024 - 6 Februry 2026
Pieces from an international selection of 20th-century artists, working with optical illusion and holography, have been selected for exhibition at Kunsthalle Würth.
Three works by Andrew Pepper have been included:
Drawn Corner 1989
Light Texture 1989
Centre Column 1989
Exhibiting Artists:
Karl-Heinz Adler, Yaacov Agam, Josef Albers, Cristina Barroso, Stephen A. Benton, Rudi Berkhout, Max Bill, Omar Carreño, Melissa Crenshaw & Sydney Dinsmore, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ugo Dossi, Lucio Fontana, Günter Fruhtrunk, Sabine Funke, Karl Gerstner, Raimund Girke, Gun Gordillo, Gotthard Graubner, Hans Hartung, Albert Hien, Patrick Hughes, Robert Jacobsen, Isolde Maria Joham, Vera Leutloff, Heinz Mack, Mike Mielke, François Morellet, Richard Mortensen, Edwina Orr, Andrew Pepper, Darío Pérez-Flores, Otto Piene, Attilio Pierelli, Fabrizio Plessi, Jesús Rafael Soto, Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Betty Rieckmann, Rick Silberman, Turi Simeti, Günther Uecker, Victor Vasarely, Andy Warhol, Ludwig Wildin.
Die Dritte Dimension im Bild, Imaging the Third Dimension - Holograms and Optical Illusions in the Würth Collection
Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany. 3 June 2024 - Autumn 2025