RESIDENT: 13 @ RSA, Edinburgh
Alex Boyd, ‘The Old Mann of Storr’, 2012. ©the artist Residencies coax artists from the norm and thrust them into an alien environment. Once landed, they utilise their eyes as probes in order to...
View ArticleSKINS: Smart Gallery, Aberdeen
Skins, the latest exhibition at The Smart Gallery in Aberdeen, brings together the photographs of two artists; Doug Cocker and Finlay Coupar. What is interesting about this pairing is that neither...
View ArticleENGAGING ARTISTS 1 // BLAZEJ MARCZAK
Each new post on this site contributes to an accessible depository of information related to contemporary art made in this country. It seems appropriate, therefore, that more input should be coming...
View ArticleCHRIS WELLS: EVERYTHING LOOKS PERFECT FROM FAR AWAY, ABERDEEN
Short opinion: What I really like about Chris Wells is that he isn’t afraid to tackle truth in what he perceives to be a very untruthful society. This is the path any artist who I have ever admired has...
View ArticleSCOT//EAST
An exhibition and events programme exploring gender identity and migration Researchers affiliated with the University of Aberdeen and Scottish Art Blog are collaborating on an exhibition and...
View ArticleStéphanie Vandem – Family Album @ 17, Aberdeen
The basement of 17 Belmont Street currently hosts Stéphanie Vandem’s ‘Family Album’ – a fascinating blend of simplicity and complexity, of specifics and universals. The faceless sitters of her...
View ArticleWilliam Lamb Studio // Week 1
This summer, I have the privilege of looking after the William Lamb Studio in Montrose. Being a native of the town myself, I have a basic knowledge of Lamb, an extremely underrated modern Scottish...
View ArticleWilliam Lamb Studio // Drawings
In my last post, I mentioned that the final room on the unofficial tour is home to 18 volumes of Lamb’s works on paper. I have been rotating the volumes on display on a daily basis, so repeat visitors...
View ArticleWilliam Lamb Studio // Wood
©Angus Council The Studio is home to 27 works in wood. All of these pieces are finished with the exception of one – a half-carved mass almost depicting what I assume would have become a Ferryden...
View ArticleWilliam Lamb Studio // Unfinished?
Two of Lamb’s stone sculptures stand, commandingly, opposite my desk. With their angular bodies, rendered in bold and decisive strokes, they have an almost Soviet-era aesthetic to them. Specifically,...
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