24 February 2006 at 6pm
This month presents an opportunity to see and discuss work by a group of young artists in one of Edinburgh’s most ambitious commercial galleries, doggerfisher.
doggerfisher opened in 2001 with a solo show of new work by Edinburgh College of Art graduate, Jonathan Owen. In a four-star feature in The Guardian, Elizabeth Mahoney wrote: ‘If it was in London, New York or Berlin, Edinburgh’s new contemporary art gallery doggerfisher, wouldn’t make headlines. But in Scotland, where an art scene flourishes without a network of commercial galleries supporting work other than painting, it is causing something of a stir.’
Five years on from this article, doggerfisher’s Director, Susanna Beaumont, is taking the gallery and its artists across the globe from Europe to the States. Not only is Beaumont promoting a high calibre of innovative practitioners, but she is still one of the leaders of this field.
There will be an opportunity to talk to Jonathan about his work in the show and reconsider Susanna Beaumont’s fascination for artists working in the medium of paper.
31 March 2005 at 6pm
Liquid Soft, Lightning Touch brings together work by seven artists: Markus Amm, Vanessa Baird, Shannon Bool, Myriam Holme, Olaf Quantius, Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek and Tam van Tran. The show offers a rare opportunity to see a wide range of artists hitherto mostly unknown in Scotland – doggerfisher Director Susanna Beaumont has come across them on her travels to Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the USA.
Susanna’s own passion for works on paper and her interest in notions of expanded drawing are evident in this fascinating selection. Unfamiliar geologies, uncanny folkloristic narratives and enigmatic graphic strategies speak of exotic mental and geographical landscapes. And yet the practice of drawing has a kind of universality – there is something humane in the act of drawing and mark-making which resonates across cultures.
We will be joined by Andrew Mackenzie, who is one of Scotland’s most interesting painters. His abstract landscapes have a restrained, crystalline quality that has attracted a great deal of attention in Scotland and London, including the Contemporary Art Society’s Artfutures exhibition. His forthcoming shows include Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London 2005 and Merz Gallery, Edinburgh, May 2005. Andrew works freelance in gallery education and contributes to many aspects of the National Galleries of Scotland Education programme and will bring the invaluable insight of an artist to our discussion.
27 March 2003 at 6pm
This month’s event takes place at doggerfisher, where the Gallery’s Director, Susanna Beaumont, will be on hand to give an introduction to the current exhibition of works on paper Soft Sun Down. We will also be talking to artist Louise Hopkins.
