ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 18

Society of Scottish Artists – 113th Annual Open Exhibition

Marta Kubiak, Rano w Tazience

The Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) was founded in 1891 as the liberal movement within the visual arts of Scotland. Proudly democratic, this radical society has been recognised as the central focus of contemporary art in Scotland ever since. It has been said that there is scarcely an artist of note in Scotland whose work has not first been seen in the SSA annual exhibition.

Every year the more adventurous spirits in Scottish art, the work of younger artists and those concerned with the changing ideas of contemporary art are exhibited. Openness to the inventive nature of artists and their new ideas is the aim of the organisation. Figurative art, narrative or imagist art, landscape and symbolic abstraction are shown next to multi-media and interactive art.

This year’s exhibition will also feature the work of several internationally known Polish Printmakers from Wroclaw, who work in traditional printmaking techniques.
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The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour – 130th Annual Exhibition

Open to any artist painting in the medium of watercolour, this dynamic and colourful celebration of watercolour painting features work by over 120 emerging and leading painters from across the country.

The cover of the catalogue this year features Songbirds for the Procession by Jean B. Martin RSW. She works with watercolour and mixed media, layering and building up the surface of the painting, then scraping back, allowing the watercolour to reveal itself, giving glimpses of past colours and past marks.

Each year the Society encourages artists by presenting a range of awards, including the £3,000 Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award for the best work by an exhibitor under the age of 30, an Exhibition Award sponsored by the Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven, the Rendezvous Gallery Residency Award and a Materials Award sponsored by the renowned art materials supplier, Winsor & Newton.
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Visual Arts Scotland - Annual Open Exhibition

Jean B Martin RSW, Songbirds for the Procession

Submissions from members and open entrants spanning visual and applied arts disciplines will be shown alongside the work of invited artists Tim Morgan and Deirdre Nelson to promote the quality and diversity of the arts in Scotland.

Textiles by Deirdre Nelson cross boundaries between traditional craft and contemporary art. Hand skills are transposed though the work in a humorous commentary on social and textile history within the contemporary gallery. The work employs a variety of techniques and materials, fusing traditional textile skills and contemporary reinterpretation

In stark contrast Tim Morgan’s architectural sculptures comprise thousands of hand-cut glass rods bound together with a steel belt, forming enclosed, light-transmitting forms. Fragmented, crystalline patterns emerge, splintering the scene on the far side. All works in the exhibition are for sale.
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