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 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 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 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 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
Lisa Otty chairs the roundtable discussion ‘The Process of Content: on a temporality in contemporary art’, developed from the work of Anna Oppermann currently being exhibited at the Cooper Gallery, DJCAD in Dundee. Introduced by the gallery’s curator Sophia Hao … Anna Oppermann : Roundtable Discussion
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 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 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 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 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
