Venice: The State of Scottish Art I’m in the process of editing some of the ideas in this talk for Gerry Hassan’s forthcoming book on Self-Determination. As Gerry says: “The aim of the book is a political and cultural one;… Continue Reading →
Artist book Unveiling: Rocket MT2010, 48 pages, edition of 500, tells a linear narrative with layered visual meaning. It features images created and compiled by Andro Semeiko, and texts specially written by Neil Mulholland and JJ Charlesworth. It is edited… Continue Reading →
Commenticius Combibo (Lady Amherst’s Lesser Big-eared Ring-necked Semi-collared Bar-headed Pink-footed Red-Eyed Short-arsed Buff-bellied Fanny-tailed Ruddy-cheeked Needle-nobbed Trustafarian Bean Warbling Uphill Oystercatching Snipe) This seabird has flourished in the Isle of Man, Switzerland and North Korea where it has been saved… Continue Reading →
High Street Fighting Years The Collective Gallery has its roots in a tradition of independent and artist-led activities in Edinburgh that can be traced to 1960s organisations such as the New 57 Gallery and protests led by Alexander Moffat and… Continue Reading →
Hostile images abound of missionaries who participated in the global spread of secularism. Scots sport pundit Archie McPherson expressed disdain for heathen missionaries: “An atheist sermon is an unprovoked bellum; hit seeks tae wyle, tae gadge, tae broubatter, tae steer,… Continue Reading →
FULLERTON, Michael Scottish painter of portraits, landscapes, and fancy pictures, one of the most individual geniuses in European art. Born in Glasgow, he showed an aptitude for drawing early and first was encouraged by his mother, who was a woman… Continue Reading →
Knock it Out My work is sort of a ‘reinstallation’ of The Blackfriars Boxing Ring in The British Library. I picture the very special audience of a special boxing fight. About eighty people are packed together to join this spectacle,… Continue Reading →
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