Visual Arts For his latest exhibition, Gapfillers, artist Greig Burgoyne created work in response to the Briggait’s Project Spaces, using post-its and markers to create works exploring time and space. The exhibition started with a 5 day, 40 hour drawing performance, which … Greig Burgoyne : Gapfillers
Visual Arts Rags to Riches and Zero Waste Scotland worked with four Govanhill primary schools – Cuthbertson, St Brides, Holy Cross and Annette Street primary – and Zero Waste Scotland to creatively tackle the litter and fly-tipping that occurs in the community. The … Nadine Gorency : Rags to Riches
Visual Arts The Royal Glasgow Institute presents a new show of work by artist Robin Leishman. Inspired by a box of toy soldiers he found, which belonged to his late father, Leishman has created a series of paintings, etchings and sculptures, touching … Robin Leishman : Propaganda
Visual Arts Nina Bacos, founder of Talk See Photography, introduces the organisation’s roundtable discussion, which follows up on an event held last year exploring Scotland’s current photography scene and how it’s developing. The round table panel consisted of Malcolm Dickson (Streetlevel/IPS), Ben … Nina Bacos : Talk See Photography March 2015
Visual Arts The Romance of Iron and Cortisone is on at Glasgow Print Studios for one more week. Orkney based artist Colin Johnstone discusses his work, which features a combination of text and print works, inspired by his parents lives, in particular his … Colin Johnstone : The Romance of Iron and Cortisone
Visual Arts Last chance to see At Every Fading of the Stars, an exhibition of work by artist James Rigler, which is on at Tramway for one more week. Rigler explores the boundaries between important architectural objects and everyday objects. The title of … James Rigler : At Every Fading of the Stars
Visual Arts There’s only one week left to see The Lighthouse’s exhibition, Empowerment, which looks at the progress of Humanitarian architecture organisation Orkidstudio, and the work that it has carried out in the developing world over the last few years. The company aims … James Mitchell : Empowerment
Visual Arts From the Personal to the Universal, a major retrospective of work by artist Alasdair Gray, is on for one more week at the Kelvingrove Gallery. The exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the many stages of Gray’s artistic … Alasdair Gray : From the Personal to the Universal
Visual Arts Coming into its final week on show, Futureproof is an annual showcase of new photographic talent selected from Scotland’s photographic and fine art degree courses. Work comes from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, University of the West … Malcolm Dickson : Futureproof 2014
Visual Arts Photographers Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska discuss their work in January’s Talk See Photography event, held at CCA. Both photographers work with analogue technology, Dolewska incorporating found imagery with new photographs, creating a dialogue between pictures and exploring the various … Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska : Talk See Photography
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
Aamer Anwar is Scotland’s leading Human Rights lawyer. He is a longstanding anti-war campaigner and advocate of immigrant rights. Anwar talks at the Radical Independence Conference, which was held in Glasgow, in November 2014. The event saw an attendance of … Aamer Anwar : Radical Independence Conference 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Artists Alex Pollard, Charlie Hammond and Iain Hetherington present their group exhibition ‘Internet Curtains’, which utilises their dry and black humour to explore the complex contextual issues involved in the production of contemporary art. Part of the Generation programme which … Alex Pollard, Charlie Hammond and Iain Hetherington : Internet Curtains
Visual Arts Artist James McLardy introduce’s Glasgow Sculpture Studio’s group show, Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken, curated by writer and curator Quinn Latimer. The starting point of the exhibition was a poem by Latimer, which set the tone for the artists to … James McLardy : Mood is Made/Temperature is Taken
Visual Arts Cabbages in an Orchard; The formers and forms of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Graham Fagen explores the connections and common ground between both artists’ work. Fagen was asked to research the work of Mackintosh and create new work in response … Cabbages in an Orchard; The formers and forms of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Graham Fagen
Visual Arts The Common Guild in Glasgow, is currently showing one of the three solo exhibitions which are part of the GENERATION programme. Digital Light Pool features a configuration of works from the 55th Venice Biennale exhibition and other new works by … Hayley Tompkins : Digital Light Pool
Visual Arts Curator Kitty Anderson introduces new work from Mexican artist Gabriel Kuri. The work on show at the Common Guild is a mixture of Kuri’s sculptural work and ordinary objects such as blankets, towels, and toiletries. By combining these objects with … Kitty Anderson : All Probability Resolves into Form
