25 July 2013, 6-7.30pm
For our July Spin evening, we will be back at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery to discuss the exhibition of new paintings by Ken Currie. We will be joined by Glasgow-based artist Sharon Thomas who, amongst other projects, has recently exhibited Herstory, a series of portraits of notable women in public life in Scotland.
Ken Currie is one of the outstanding figurative painters of his generation renowned in the context of the Portrait Gallery for his haunting, luminous painting Three Oncologists (2002) and his self-portrait Unfamiliar Reflection (2006). Widely admired for his intensely powerful and provocative work, the portraiture of the Old Masters, such as Velázquez, Goya and David has always fascinated Currie, and his own work often references similar traditions and concerns. In this exhibition of new paintings, on public view for the first time, Currie meditates upon the idea of the portrait, its origins and purposes, and its continued significance in the modern world.
16 September 2009 at 6.30pm
Trongate 103 is a brand new arts resource for the city of Glasgow and will be the new home for a range of Glasgow-based creative organisations including: Glasgow Independant Studio and Glasgow Project Room, GMAC, Glasgow Print Studio, Project Ability, Russian Cultural Centre/Cafe Cossachok, Street Level Photoworks and Transmission Gallery
Our visit will be hosted by the Glasgow Print Studio with Kerry Paterson, Archive Curator, presenting their celebratory launch exhibition, Past impressions – 30 years in print. The visit will also include a unique opportunity to tour the Glasgow Print Studios new custom-built printmaking workshops and studios.
Past impressions – 30 years in print is a rich and varied exhibition celebrating the art of printmaking as an integral part of contemporary Scottish visual arts. A precis of the fabulous work produced at Glasgow Print Studio over three decades, this exhibition is also the culmination of the initial stages of a larger archive project. Two years of cataloguing and conserving a treasure trove of art works, printing blocks and plates, associated drawings and related objects has ensured the preservation of the largest and most significant collection of printmaking in Scotland from the 1970s to present day; providing a fabulous resource for learning and research.
Bringing together work from the archive by a number of highly-acclaimed international contemporary artists alongside major figures already firmly placed in the canon of Scottish art, this exhibition will feature over 100 works by many of Scotland’s leading artists including John Bellany, Elizabeth Blackadder, Alasdair Gray, Barbara Rae, Christine Borland, Hanneline Visnes, Richard Wright and Martin Boyce. New Glasgow Boys Adrian Wiszniewski, Ken Currie, Peter Howson and Steven Campbell are also well represented in the collection.
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
Founded in 1972, The Glasgow Print Studio exists to encourage and promote the art of printmaking in the West of Scotland. Traditionally an original print involves the artist making blocks, plates, stones or stencils which are then hand printed onto handmade paper using non-mechanical methods. Glasgow Print Studio offer world-class facilities and a wide range of services available to the public and artists.
