Visual Arts TalkSeePhotography held a curatorial slam at Glasgow’s CCA allowing curators, artists and anyone with an interest in creative practice to present a series of ideas exploring photographic and curatorial practice. This provided a platform for idea sharing and discussion, and … Seonaid Daly and Ben Rush : Curatorial Slam
Visual Arts Entering its final week, Cotoneaster horizontalis, by artist Anna Oppermann (1940 -1993) presents the highly celebrated 1984 ensemble Cotoneaster horizontalis (Anticommunication design) exhibited for the first time alongside drawings, prints, collages, documentary films and archival material. The exhibition explores two … Anna Oppermann : Cotoneaster horizontalis
Visual Arts CCA presents This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds, a show exploring the practices of two different artists, Glasgow-based Rebecca Wilcox, and Guatemalan artist Manuel Chavajay. Each practice is very different, but both explore the significance of working together and … This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds
Visual Arts To congratulate Dundee on its UNESCO City of Design designation, we’re showing a clip from Channel Six Dundee’s archive in 2001. Abertay University’s magnificent Dare-to-be-Digital summer competition helped to foster up-and-coming games designers in the city. Dundee City of Design : Dare to be Digital
Visual Arts Curator of Glasgow’s SWG3 Gallery, Simon Gowing, introduces the work of artist Dominic Samsworth. Salting The Mirage explores the value of objects, in this case focusing on the value of objects within the leisure industry. Samsworth has covered the floor … Simon Gowing : Salting the Mirage
Visual Arts Rae-Yen Song introduces Yaka Collective’s four venue exhibition ‘So It Is’, which takes place across the Briggait, the Arches, the Cleland Lane Churches and the Arena. The collective pulled together the work of 30 arts graduates, ranging from 2010 up … Yaka Collective : So It is
Visual Arts A profile of portrait sculptor Deirdre Nicholls explaining the background to her bronze of Nelson Mandela, commissioned by Glasgow City Council. The bust was installed in Glasgow City Chambers to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s honorary citizenship, which was granted by the … Deirdre Nicholls : Citizen Mandela
Visual Arts Leith Art Walk showcases the work of local artists by utilising local flats as exhibition spaces, offering the public a unique viewing experience, and artists the chance to engage with the community. For one day, the artists showcased sculpture, prints, … Raquel Tejero : Leith Art Walk
Visual Arts Wendy McMurdo introduces the third year of the Jill Todd Photographic Award, which is an annual award that showcases the work of emerging photographers from Photography and Arts Degree programmes in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The award … Wendy McMurdo : Jill Todd Photographic Award 2014
Visual Arts Inspired by the work of painter Alexander Moffat, particularly his piece ‘Poets’ Pub’, painter Ruth Nicol explores the landscapes of seven Scottish poets; Hugh MacDiarmid, Edwin Morgan, Norman MacCaig, Sorley Maclean, George MacKay Brown, Robert Garioch and Iain Crichton Smith. In … Ruth Nicol : Three Rivers Meet
Visual Arts Sergio Madrigal introduces Summerhall’s exhibition ‘Dictatorship and Democracy in the Age of Extremism’, which features photos and texts exploring spotlights in the history of Europe, in the twentieth century. The exhibition has been organised by the Institute for Contemporary History, … Sergio Madrigal : Dictatorship and Democracy in the Age of Extremism
Visual Arts Dave Hammond joins writer Donald Murray and artist Doug Robertson, to discuss their collaboration for the book ‘The Guga Stone: Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St.Kilda.’ Visual artist Douglas Robertson was born and brought up on the east coast of … Donald Murray and Doug Robertson : Wordplay Festival
Visual Arts Summerhall is hosting an exhibition featuring a mixture of sculpture, prints and sketches by the late George Wyllie. Summerhall’s Technical Director, and friend of Wyllie, Pete Searle discusses the work of Wyllie, including the artist’s dedication to involving the public … Pete Searle : George Wyllie at Summerhall
Visual Arts Artist Fiona Wilson discusses the inspiration and the methods that go into making her prints for her bird-lady series, as part of this month’s Glasgow Print Studio Featured Artist. Working in monochrome, Wilson creates images of woman with birds or … Fiona Wilson : Glasgow Print Studio
Visual Arts An Enhanced Sense of Place, or A.E.S.O.P, is an interactive installation that consists of nine LED displays, each connected to an RSS feed and displaying real-time updates from around the globe. Acting like a compass, each message display points at … Nigel Johnson : A.E.S.O.P
Visual Arts It’s the last seven days of Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens’ Night in the Garden. Allowing the public a rare chance to experience the gardens at night, the event will present a trail for people to follow, and create a new and … Malcolm Innes : Night in the Garden
Visual Arts Andy McDougall, Director of Edinburgh Art Fair, introduces the 3 day event, which hosts a huge selection of national and international exhibitors. Showcasing the best in printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, and much more, the art fair gives audiences the opportunity to … Andy McDougall : Edinburgh Art Fair
Visual Arts Artist Tessa Lynch presents a portrait of a city living artist in her show, Café Concrete. Lynch explores her commute through Glasgow, focusing on the emotional impact of the city’s built environment, and how to express this through sculpture, whilst … Tessa Lynch : Café Concrete
Visual Arts Writer, curator and art critic, Mika Hannula, presents his book ‘Tell It Like It Is – Contemporary Photography and the Lure of the Real’, as part of TalkSeePhotography’s workshop series. Hannula explores our understanding of contemporary photography through the discussion … Mika Hannula : Tell It Like It Is
Visual Arts Artist and poet Alec Finlay presents his exhibition ‘a-ga : on mountains’, which consists of a selection of poems and a series of wooden blocks, a letter on each, arranged in such a way they spell the name of a … Alec Finlay – a-ga : on mountains
Visual Arts When Joyce Laing first started in the field of art therapy, not much research had been conducted to find out what kind of impact it could have on a patient. Laing had observed the development of certain patients’ work and … Joyce Laing : Art Therapy
Visual Arts Artists Aoife McGarrigle and Iede Reckman present their joint exhibition, Over/Athrá, currently showing in the Briggait, Glasgow. The pair met on Glasgow School of Art’s M.Litt course and found similarities in their work such as an interest in geometric shapes. … Aoife McGarrigle and Iede Reckman : Over/Athrá
Visual Arts Danish artist Jesper Christiansen presents FOUND DRAWINGS, an exhibition of drawings which were originally shown as part of a large exhibition back in Denmark, called GO BACK. The works on show were nearly thrown out during a house move, but … Jesper Christiansen : FOUND DRAWINGS
Visual Arts The Lighthouse Late is an event celebrating design, music and film, and features a whole host of artists, musicians, and filmmakers. Landscape architect, performer and filmmaker Liva Dudareva, introduces urban consultancy and art collective, Metasitu, which is comprised of herself … Liva Dudareva : The Urbanography Series
Visual Arts Glasgow Print Studio’s featured artist is Gregor Smith, whose work studies the interesting landforms of Scotland and Norway. Smith starts by creating rough sketches of his scene, building up on this work in watercolours or etching. His recent trip to … Gregor Smith : Glasgow Print Studio
Visual Arts It’s the final week of Gregor Wright’s exhibition, Dinosaur Expert I’m Feeling Lucky. Wright combines several subjects such as chance, logic or fantasy with one narrative, Science Fiction. The final exhibition combines sculpture, painting and installation with a wide variety … Gregor Wright : Dinosaur Expert I’m Feeling Lucky
Visual Arts Entering into its final week Reverse : Universe by Japanese artist Nana Shiomi displays a collection of Woodcut prints created by Shiomi using traditional Japanese techniques combined with contemporary tools. An important element of her prints is the repetition of … Nana Shiomi : Reverse – Universe
Visual Arts Artist David Aitken presents his solo exhibition of photography, Seen But Not Seen at Dundee’s Tin Roof gallery. The work on display shows Aitken’s development from 35mm film into digital, and explores different compositions and inspirations. The theme comes from the … David Aitken : Seen, But Not Seen
Visual Arts Artist Gary Baseman has been exploring his father’s life in his mid-20s, when he escaped the Nazis during World War II, and became a partisan with a Soviet group, in the woods near his home. Mythical Creatures is the piece … Gary Baseman : The Buckingham Warrior
Visual Arts As part of a TalkSeePhotography event held at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Erja Sala talk about the phenomenon of sharing pictures online through sites and apps such as Flickr, Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr. Rastenberger’s long term … Erja Sala and Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger : TalkSeePhotography
