Truth in Drawing, a Lecture by Mark Primack


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Mark Primack

Join ART 10D: 2D Foundations for a Lecture by Mark Primack where he will present “Truth in Drawing.”

Tuesday, October 28th, 5:20PM – 6:55PM, Media Theater M101 543 Kerr Road, UCSC Campus.

Free and Open to the Public.

Mark Primack (b.1951) is a Situationist who at times engages in drawing, writing, designing, building, critiquing and politicking. He holds degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and the Architectural Association of London. He resides in Santa Cruz, California, where he has maintained an architectural practice for forty years while serving on various commission and the City Council. In 1978 he was awarded a special projects grant from the California Arts Council to document the World Famous Tree Circus, but has supported his own work ever since.

He lives, works, draws and gardens in spaces of his own design, which he shares with landscape architect and artist Janet Pollock.

Image above: bell hooks, Theaster Gates, Br’er Rabbit and the Tar Baby. 3rd of a series of 4 within the project, The ‘Women of Berea: An Effeminate History’. Graphite drawing on 6”x8” 18th Century pattern book page, by Mark Primack.

Image below: Bousbir Revisited. 2nd of several. Freehand graphite drawing on card stock. 6”x8” approx. Extension of the DeTourism Project.

Last modified: Oct 09, 2025