Turner Prize nominated artist and academic, Professor
Christine Borland, and leading fashion designer, Pam Hogg will be recognised
with Honorary Doctorates of Letters at GSA Graduation today, Wednesday 22 June
2016. Both awardees, who are graduates of The Glasgow School of Art, are being
recognised for their major contribution to the creative life of the nation.
Christine Borland, and leading fashion designer, Pam Hogg will be recognised
with Honorary Doctorates of Letters at GSA Graduation today, Wednesday 22 June
2016. Both awardees, who are graduates of The Glasgow School of Art, are being
recognised for their major contribution to the creative life of the nation.
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| Christine Borland was presented with an Honorary Doctorate at GSA Graduation this morning |
Christine Borland is a leading member of the
generation of artists who transformed Glasgow into an internationally
recognised centre for contemporary art in the 1990s. After graduating from the
GSA she maintained an academic connection with the institution for many years
both as a teacher and, latterly, a research fellow before being appointed BALTIC
Northumbria Professor of Contemporary Art – a collaborative venture between the
BALTIC Centre and the University of Northumbria – in 2011.
Over the last 25 years Christine Borland has
made and exhibited work across the globe. She is recognised particularly for
her cross-disciplinary practice working, for example, with medical and forensic
specialists in projects such as From Life
at Tramway (for which she received her Turner Prize nomination) and Cast from Nature (Glasgow Sculpture Studios-Camden
Arts Centre). She has also collaborated with fellow artists on major projects
such as Circles of Focus with
Berlin-based Brody Condon.
made and exhibited work across the globe. She is recognised particularly for
her cross-disciplinary practice working, for example, with medical and forensic
specialists in projects such as From Life
at Tramway (for which she received her Turner Prize nomination) and Cast from Nature (Glasgow Sculpture Studios-Camden
Arts Centre). She has also collaborated with fellow artists on major projects
such as Circles of Focus with
Berlin-based Brody Condon.
“Christine
is one of the most successful graduates of the Glasgow School of Art,” says
Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “This
Honorary Doctorate of Letters recognises her critically acclaimed artistic
practice and her service in support of creativity in Glasgow and beyond.”
is one of the most successful graduates of the Glasgow School of Art,” says
Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. “This
Honorary Doctorate of Letters recognises her critically acclaimed artistic
practice and her service in support of creativity in Glasgow and beyond.”
“My great, sociable education at GSA and the friends,
peers and teachers who contributed to it, has been the foundation for my
subsequent career and practice as an artist,” says Christine. “It’s a lovely testament to all of
them to receive this award and share it at what I hope will be a great
celebration with the Scottish arts community, present and future, at the Degree
ceremony.”
peers and teachers who contributed to it, has been the foundation for my
subsequent career and practice as an artist,” says Christine. “It’s a lovely testament to all of
them to receive this award and share it at what I hope will be a great
celebration with the Scottish arts community, present and future, at the Degree
ceremony.”
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| Pam Hogg was presented with an Honorary Doctorate at GSA Graduation this afternoon |
Pam Hogg has been a singular presence within
British fashion design, music and art since the early 1980s. Celebrated,
collected and revered by fashion critics, museums, her peers and the popular
press, she has been a huge inspiration to generations of students.
Hogg’s was a meteoric rise to fame. Joining
her first band, Rubbish, at the end of the 70s she regularly supported The Pogues
in their early years. She launched her first fashion collection in 1981 and
went on to design clothes for leading performers including Siouxsie Sioux and
Debbie Harry. More recently Pam Hogg’s creations have been worn by Kylie
Minogue, Lilly Allen, Kate Moss, Rhianna and Lady Gaga.
her first band, Rubbish, at the end of the 70s she regularly supported The Pogues
in their early years. She launched her first fashion collection in 1981 and
went on to design clothes for leading performers including Siouxsie Sioux and
Debbie Harry. More recently Pam Hogg’s creations have been worn by Kylie
Minogue, Lilly Allen, Kate Moss, Rhianna and Lady Gaga.
“Pam’s
work has acted as a catalyst for huge shifts that have taken place in British
culture since the 1980s when London, and its associated club cultures, came to
influence and dominate the visual language of fashion, graphic design,
magazines and music worldwide,” says Professor Tom Inns. “Along
with her contemporaries – such as John Galliano, Body Map, Leigh Bowery and
Vivienne Westwood – she developed an approach to design that draws upon an
understanding and melding of popular culture, fine art, music and the club
scene that spawned them.”
work has acted as a catalyst for huge shifts that have taken place in British
culture since the 1980s when London, and its associated club cultures, came to
influence and dominate the visual language of fashion, graphic design,
magazines and music worldwide,” says Professor Tom Inns. “Along
with her contemporaries – such as John Galliano, Body Map, Leigh Bowery and
Vivienne Westwood – she developed an approach to design that draws upon an
understanding and melding of popular culture, fine art, music and the club
scene that spawned them.”
“Pam still places huge pride and importance in her Glaswegian
origins and her time at GSA and the feeling is entirely mutual. As an
institution we are immensely proud of her and her achievements. And, as a city, we still think of her as one
of our own.”
origins and her time at GSA and the feeling is entirely mutual. As an
institution we are immensely proud of her and her achievements. And, as a city, we still think of her as one
of our own.”
“It’s a great honour to
receive my Honorary Doctorate of Letters, especially from Glasgow as it’s this
city which gave me my identity, my character and inspiration,” says Pam Hogg.
receive my Honorary Doctorate of Letters, especially from Glasgow as it’s this
city which gave me my identity, my character and inspiration,” says Pam Hogg.
“Going to The Glasgow
School of Art was momentous, at school I’d won all the art prizes, but this was
the first time I’d felt challenged as I was amongst such talented people in
the most inspiring surroundings.”
School of Art was momentous, at school I’d won all the art prizes, but this was
the first time I’d felt challenged as I was amongst such talented people in
the most inspiring surroundings.”
“As a teenager, arriving at the bottom of the steps
leading up to the main door of the Mackintosh building, I knew my life would
change forever.”
leading up to the main door of the Mackintosh building, I knew my life would
change forever.”
The Honorary Doctorates, which will be conferred by
The University of Glasgow, will be awarded at the GSA Graduation ceremonies today: morning (Christine Borland) and afternoon (Pam Hogg).
The University of Glasgow, will be awarded at the GSA Graduation ceremonies today: morning (Christine Borland) and afternoon (Pam Hogg).