THE SCOTTISH GALLERY
DECEMBER 3-24
William Johnstone, Blue
Lagoon
Selected Gallery Artists
A number of gallery artists have been invited to contribute to The Scottish Gallery’s main Christmas show, including Victoria Crowe, Kate Downie, Alison McGill, Henry Kondracki, Barry McGlashan, David Michie and many more. To complement the mixed exhibition the gallery will also have a selection of 20th century works on display.
Emily Sutton
This collection of work sees Emily taking an up close look at the high street in Italy and Portugal – a hat shop in Siena, a pair of stone lions in Luca and a glove shop in Lisbon. Emily’s fascination with the visual particularity of each shop window or scene comes to life in a series of ink and watercolour drawings. Hand-lettered signage, architectural details and characters going about their daily lives are seen with a keen eye and expressed with a deft hand.
Katherine Coleman
This new work on colour-overlaid lead crystal is inspired by the engravings of diatoms and planktons by the 19th century zoologist and engraver Ernst Haeckel. Recently featured in the November 2011 issue of New Glass magazine, Katharine Coleman’s work is exhibited widely and to international acclaim
Koji Hatakyama, Lozenge
Shaped
Koji Hatakyama
Says Koji Hatakeyama: “Bronze is a material that has been used by man for centuries and for me this material resonates with time and memory. I want to find a place for the ancient art of bronze casting in today’s world.”
JANUARY 11-MARCH 3
‘Painters in Parallel’: William Johnstone – ‘Marchlands’, William Gillies – ‘Landscapes and Still Lifes’
The Scottish Gallery opens 2012 with two significant fine art exhibitions focusing on Scottish Borders artists. While both William Johnstone and William Gillies were close contemporaries at Edinburgh College of Art, they could have hardly been more different in personality and artistically.
While Gillies enjoyed success throughout his lifetime, it has taken longer for Johnstone’s extraordinary creativity to gain the recognition it deserves, being one of the first British artists to break with representation and paint purely abstract pictures. ‘Marchlands’, the gallery’s main exhibition, re-establishes Johnstone’s place among the greats of 20th century British art, while in the downstairs gallery ‘Landscapes and Still Lifes’ looks at Gillies’s lasting legacy to Scottish art.
Adrian Hope, Linda Lewin & Mathew Blakely
To complement ‘Painters in Parallel’ the gallery will be showcasing the work of silversmith Adrian Hope and jeweller Linda Lewin, who both live and work in the Scottish Borders. Also showing will be wood-fired ceramic vessels by Matthew Blakely.
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