Visual Arts Do You See What I see is artist Gerald McGowan’s observations of people, their interactions with each other, and how they’re reflecting society today. McGowan uses photography and sketching to record his ideas and moments of inspiration, which will later … Gerald McGowan : Do You See What I See?
Visual Arts The Real Bothy is a project devised by three artists, Claire Lamond, Andrew Lennie and Alan Grieve, and has toured around the communities of Fife stopping in places such as Lochore Meadows, Oakley Community Centre, Lochgelly Centre, and the Rothes … Lesley-Anne Lettice : The Real Bothy
Visual Arts Invented Acoustical Tools 1969 – 2014 is the first UK showing of musical instruments by American artist, filmmaker and musician, Tony Conrad. A pioneer of minimal and drone music, Conrad wanted to expand the boundaries of music that is most … Tony Conrad : Invented Acoustical Tools 1969 – 2014
Visual Arts Peacock Visual Arts celebrates 40 years in printmaking and collaborating with artists from all over the world. The exhibition provides more of a snapshot of what the gallery is doing, rather than a retrospective of what it has done. There … David McCracken : XL//Peacock Visual Arts at 40
Visual Arts To celebrate 15 years of arts-news production for various channels and websites, we’ve looked into our archive and produced this special compilation of the 5th British Art Show in Edinburgh, back in 2000. Introduced and closed by Paul Nesbitt of … 5th British Art Show
Visual Arts Artist and illustrator Alice Dansey-Wright set out to explore the artefacts and pieces of work in the American Museum in Britain, which showcases American decorative art, with the aim of developing new work based on their collections. Dansey-Wright’s core interest … Alice Dansey-Wright : Legitimate Likenesses
Visual Arts Paintings as Arguments: Five Decades of Cultural & Political Change in Scotland Peacock Visual Arts presents a conversation between artist Alexander Moffat and author Alan Riach, which took place on the 17th September 2014. Paintings as Arguments
Visual Arts Coming into its final week, LifeSpace’s Scales of Life exhibition explores science through art, including work from Thomson and Craighead, Elaine Shemilt, Tabitha Moses and Helen Chadwich, as well as artefacts from the University of Dundee. The artists have each … Sarah Cook : Scales of Life
Visual Arts Artists Luke Fowler and Lee Patterson present their response to Tony Conrad’s Invented Acoustical Tools 1969 – 2014 by performing on instruments they have made themselves, and exploring the work of Conrad. Taking place at Inverleith House, this performance has … Luke Fowler & Lee Patterson: Invented Acoustical Tools
Visual Arts Curator Kitty Anderson introduces the work of Turner Prize winner Duncan Campbell. The work was first shown at Scotland + Venice 2013, a Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, along with artists Corin … Kitty Anderson : Duncan Campbell
Visual Arts During August, artist Ross Sinclair exhibited his work in 20 Years of Real Life, at Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery, which celebrated 20 years of his Real Life project. A collaboration between art and music, the exhibition featured 20 instruments such as … Ross Sinclair : 20 Years of Real Life
Visual Arts Artist Mick Peter presents his exhibition ‘Almost Cut My Hair’, an outdoor collection of hippy sculptures created from fiction, illustration and graphic design. The exhibition was part of GENERATION, Scotland’s nationwide exhibition programme celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. Almost … Mick Peter : Almost Cut My Hair
Visual Arts Phillipa Aitken of The Dick Institute in Kilmarnock introduces the work of Christine Borland, Graham Fagen and artist partnership Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion, four well known local artists who contributed to the series of Scotland-wide GENERATION exhibitions. The exhibition … Phillipa Aitken : Generation SXSW25
Visual Arts Sophia Hao talks to us about Studio Jamming Artists’ Collaborations in Scotland featuring Gang Hut, a Scottish creative collective who had a week long residency at Cooper Gallery and were focusing on the theme of “Jamming”, and Ariki Porteous who … Sophia Hao : Studio Jamming
Visual Arts Curator Dan Brown introduces Icaro Menippus x 2, an exhibition of work by the late Scottish sculptor Paul Carter. The exhibition draws from work which first featured in Cardiff’s Chapter Gallery, and the Fruitmarket Gallery, in the early 2000s. Moses’ … Paul Carter : Icaro Menippus x 2
Visual Arts The Maclaurin Festival sees the gallery’s vast collection of 20th and 21st Century art shown in its near entirety. Featuring sculpture, paintings, installation and works on paper, the gallery’s collection showcases some of the best in national and international works. … Mike Bailey : The Maclaurin Festival
Visual Arts Earlier in the year, as part of a large launch of Generation programme exhibitions within the National Galleries, Chief Curator Keith Hartley gave us a tour of some of the works on show, including Martin Boyce’s ‘Our Love is Like … Keith Hartley : Generation at the Scottish National Gallery
Visual Arts Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery hosted a solo exhibition by Scottish artist, Jim Lambie, as part of GENERATION, a series of exhibitions celebrating Scottish contemporary art over the last 25 years, and the Edinburgh Art Festival. Known for his visually striking pieces … Jim Lambie : Fruitmarket Gallery
Visual Arts Kirsty McKeown, a member of the committee at Generator Projects in Dundee, talks about Manifesto 2014, the launch event of Dundee’s GENERATION weekend. The event explores the themes of globalisation, national identity and collaboration through performance, film, installation and music. Kirsty McKeown : Manifesto 2014
Visual Arts Sculptor Kenny Hunter creates work out of many different materials such as plastic, wood, iron and bronze. Hunter is concerned with monumental sculpture and how important that concept might still be in today’s modern world. For Kontrapunkt, the Generation exhibition … Kenny Hunter : Kontrapunkt
Visual Arts Artist duo Matthew Dalziel and Louise Scullion introduce their exhibition, Tumadh: Immersion, which was on show at Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios. It was a two part show, with one part in Edinburgh and the other in An Lanntair, Stornoway, and explored … Dalziel + Scullion : Tumadh: Immersion
Visual Arts The Travelling Gallery is a custom-built, mobile art bus, that travels the length and breadth of Scotland, exhibiting the work of today’s contemporary artists to schools and communities. As part of Generation, Scotland’s nationwide series of exhibitions, showcasing the best … Alison Chisholm : Travelling Gallery
Visual Arts Chloe Josse introduces work from artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, who are exhibiting at Tramway as part of Generation, a nationwide celebration of 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. The duo have been working together since 1995 … Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan : Generation at Tramway
Visual Arts Tine Bek Hansen and Adam Benmakhlouf introduce the work of Glasgow-based Canadian artist Corin Sworn. Hansen and Benmakhlouf accompanied Sworn, as well as Duncan Campbell and Hayley Tompkins when they exhibited in Scotland + Venice 2013, a Collateral Event of … Corin Sworn : The Common Guild
Visual Arts As part of the GENERATION programme, which celebrates 25 years of Scottish contemporary art, Perth Museum and Art Gallery held an exhibition of works by Scottish painter Alison Watt. Drawn from a selection of paintings between 1986 and 2014, Watt’s subject … Alison Watt : Paintings 1986 – 2014
Visual Arts As part of GENERATION, Scotland’s largest series of exhibitions, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art has been taken over by the works of some of Scotland’s key artists from the last 25 years. A mixture of older works and … Julie-Ann Delaney : GENERATION at Modern One
Visual Arts Artist Daniel Djamo explores various endings within his Briggait exhibition, Before the End. Utilising film and photography, Djamo explores someone’s life through their obsessive note-taking of their finances, ending with their funeral costs, the last 12 months of his nannie’s … Daniel Djamo : Before the End
Visual Arts One week left to catch Edinburgh Printmaker’s exhibition ‘No Fixed Abode’, which explores the idea of home and homelessness. Artists from the gallery have teamed up with The Big Issue to engage in a discussion with vendors and produce works in … Judith Liddle : No Fixed Abode
Visual Arts Holly Keasey introduces the work of Sam Burford, Mehreen Murtaza and Deimantas Narkevicius, in the group show ‘To Sail Beyond The Sunset’. Each artist presents their own interpretation of concepts from science fiction, such as time travel. Rather than showing … Holly Keasey : To Sail Beyond The Sunset
Visual Arts By creating sculptural works using materials and found objects such as vitamin pills, light bulbs, water or rocks, alongside art materials such as bronze, glass and resin, artist Vanessa Billy explores society’s relationship with manufactured goods, and the social and … Vanessa Billy : Sustain, Sustain
