Group exhibition of experimental work exploring the idea of landscape in painting
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Lisa Milroy, Constant |
The
summer 2017 exhibition at The Glasgow School of Art will take the form of a
group show of experimental work exploring the idea of landscape in painting. Against
Landscape, curated by painter Daniel Sturgis in collaboration with
Grizedale Arts, opens in the Reid Gallery on 1 July and runs until 23 August.
summer 2017 exhibition at The Glasgow School of Art will take the form of a
group show of experimental work exploring the idea of landscape in painting. Against
Landscape, curated by painter Daniel Sturgis in collaboration with
Grizedale Arts, opens in the Reid Gallery on 1 July and runs until 23 August.
The
exhibition takes its initial inspiration from the English Lake District, the
history of the Coniston Institute and some of the contested traditions which
are at its heart, such as the opposing but connected positions of Wordsworth
and Ruskin (and the romantic against the useful). The exhibition also
highlights the way much modernist painting, while trying to escape the
influence of landscape painting, had a heightened awareness of the rural
embedded within it.
exhibition takes its initial inspiration from the English Lake District, the
history of the Coniston Institute and some of the contested traditions which
are at its heart, such as the opposing but connected positions of Wordsworth
and Ruskin (and the romantic against the useful). The exhibition also
highlights the way much modernist painting, while trying to escape the
influence of landscape painting, had a heightened awareness of the rural
embedded within it.
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| Pamela Fraser, Sixteen Colors Bolton |
Against
Landscape will showcase new work
by Lisa Milroy, Paul Morrison, Pamela Fraser and Daniel Sturgis situated
amongst a tightly curated selection of existing artworks from artists including
Sean Scully, Richard Hamilton and Eva Rothschild.
Landscape will showcase new work
by Lisa Milroy, Paul Morrison, Pamela Fraser and Daniel Sturgis situated
amongst a tightly curated selection of existing artworks from artists including
Sean Scully, Richard Hamilton and Eva Rothschild.
“The diverse collection of artworks on
show in the exhibition will present how artists have referred to the natural
world, and the canon of landscape painting, while trying to build a language
apart from it,” says
curator Daniel Sturgis. “The exhibition uses the artworks to
consider how the ideas, genius or place of landscape painting have been
manifested, but not overtly displayed, in a variety of practices.”
show in the exhibition will present how artists have referred to the natural
world, and the canon of landscape painting, while trying to build a language
apart from it,” says
curator Daniel Sturgis. “The exhibition uses the artworks to
consider how the ideas, genius or place of landscape painting have been
manifested, but not overtly displayed, in a variety of practices.”
A
number of the paintings will be displayed on eccentric hanging panels created
by Grizedale Arts using non-skilled labour and wooden off-cuts to reinterpret
an early twentieth century modernist painting display system.
number of the paintings will be displayed on eccentric hanging panels created
by Grizedale Arts using non-skilled labour and wooden off-cuts to reinterpret
an early twentieth century modernist painting display system.
The
Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RF is
open seven days a week 10am – 4.30pm. Access is free.
Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RF is
open seven days a week 10am – 4.30pm. Access is free.
For
further information, images and interviews contact:
further information, images and interviews contact:
Lesley Booth,
0779 941 4474,
press@gsa.ac.uk
@GSofAMedia
Exhibition
Listing
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July – 28 August 2017
July – 28 August 2017
Reid
Gallery, Reid Building, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3
Gallery, Reid Building, 164 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3
Against Landscape
Group
exhibition of experimental work from landscape and land artists including Lisa
Milroy, Paul Morrison, Pamela Fraser, Daniel Sturgis, Sean Scully, Richard
Hamilton, Eva Rothschild and John Ruskin.
exhibition of experimental work from landscape and land artists including Lisa
Milroy, Paul Morrison, Pamela Fraser, Daniel Sturgis, Sean Scully, Richard
Hamilton, Eva Rothschild and John Ruskin.
Open
daily 10am – 4.30pm. Entry free
daily 10am – 4.30pm. Entry free
More
information: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/life/gsa-events/events/a/against-landscape/
information: http://www.gsa.ac.uk/life/gsa-events/events/a/against-landscape/
Notes
for Editors
for Editors
Daniel Sturgis (born 1966) is
a painter. He studied at Camberwell
College of Arts and Goldsmiths College (1986-1994) who has exhibited widely in
Europe and the United States since 1997. He is currently Reader in Painting at
the University of the Arts London. He was a prize winner in the John Moores
Painting Prize in 2010; in 2012 curated a major international exhibition for
Tate ‘The indiscipline of Painting” and had a one person exhibition at Sleeper
Gallery in Edinburgh in 2017.
a painter. He studied at Camberwell
College of Arts and Goldsmiths College (1986-1994) who has exhibited widely in
Europe and the United States since 1997. He is currently Reader in Painting at
the University of the Arts London. He was a prize winner in the John Moores
Painting Prize in 2010; in 2012 curated a major international exhibition for
Tate ‘The indiscipline of Painting” and had a one person exhibition at Sleeper
Gallery in Edinburgh in 2017.
Grizedale Arts is an arts organisation based on the historic site of
Lawson Park farm, above the Coniston valley in the Lake District. Its programme
actively engages with the complexities of the rural environment. Rather than focusing
on creating a finished art product we concentrate on the process, and the
dissemination of ideas to a wider audience. In doing so, we typically work
alongside the local community of a project to develop and realise work with
artists – consequently the projects often challenge the artists as much as the
local (participatory) audience. The activities are often fed into a major
annual project or event that allows public access to the Grizedale’s process;
as something that introduces artists’ thinking into everyday life, situating
active contemporary arts alongside the culture of the rural environment.
Grizedale Arts has become a model for a new kind of art institution, one that
works beyond the established structures of the classic contemporary art model
and aims to rework the perceived notion of culture set against a backdrop of
emerging issues. From its unique site the organisation positions itself as a
national centre for the development of the arts, working with its local context
to address global cultural change.
Lawson Park farm, above the Coniston valley in the Lake District. Its programme
actively engages with the complexities of the rural environment. Rather than focusing
on creating a finished art product we concentrate on the process, and the
dissemination of ideas to a wider audience. In doing so, we typically work
alongside the local community of a project to develop and realise work with
artists – consequently the projects often challenge the artists as much as the
local (participatory) audience. The activities are often fed into a major
annual project or event that allows public access to the Grizedale’s process;
as something that introduces artists’ thinking into everyday life, situating
active contemporary arts alongside the culture of the rural environment.
Grizedale Arts has become a model for a new kind of art institution, one that
works beyond the established structures of the classic contemporary art model
and aims to rework the perceived notion of culture set against a backdrop of
emerging issues. From its unique site the organisation positions itself as a
national centre for the development of the arts, working with its local context
to address global cultural change.
Pamela Fraser (born 1965) Lives and works in Barnard, Vermont. She
studied at School of Visual Arts New York and the University of California, Los
Angeles (1988-1992) and has exhibited widely in Europe and the United States.
She is Professor of Painting at the University of Vermont. Her book How
Color Works: Color Theory in the 21st Century will be published by
Oxford University Press in 2017.
studied at School of Visual Arts New York and the University of California, Los
Angeles (1988-1992) and has exhibited widely in Europe and the United States.
She is Professor of Painting at the University of Vermont. Her book How
Color Works: Color Theory in the 21st Century will be published by
Oxford University Press in 2017.
Lisa Milroy (born 1959) Lives and Works in London.
She studied at St Martin’s School of Art and Goldsmiths College (1978-1982) and
has exhibited internationally since 1984. She won first prize at the John
Moores Painting Prize in 1988, was elected a Royal Academician in 2005 and is
currently Head of Graduate Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL and is
an Artist Trustee of Tate. Her forthcoming exhibition at Parasol unit, London
will open in January 2018.
She studied at St Martin’s School of Art and Goldsmiths College (1978-1982) and
has exhibited internationally since 1984. She won first prize at the John
Moores Painting Prize in 1988, was elected a Royal Academician in 2005 and is
currently Head of Graduate Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL and is
an Artist Trustee of Tate. Her forthcoming exhibition at Parasol unit, London
will open in January 2018.
Lisa Milroy’s landscapes can be merely
suggested as in Blue, 2017 where jars of blue water are painted spread out over
a flat field-like surface or artificial like the intense landscape projection
in Constant Daylight, 2005. Each propose how landscape can be removed from
nature and captured in art – a conundrum that has challenged landscape painters
for centuries.
suggested as in Blue, 2017 where jars of blue water are painted spread out over
a flat field-like surface or artificial like the intense landscape projection
in Constant Daylight, 2005. Each propose how landscape can be removed from
nature and captured in art – a conundrum that has challenged landscape painters
for centuries.
Paul Morrison (born 1966) Lives and Works in Sheffield. He studied
at Hugh Baird College Merseyside and Goldsmiths College (1983-1998). He has
exhibited internationally since 1997. He was a prize winner in the Jerwood
Painting and John Moores Painting Prize in 2002. In 2017 he held a one person
exhibition Sadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Germany.
at Hugh Baird College Merseyside and Goldsmiths College (1983-1998). He has
exhibited internationally since 1997. He was a prize winner in the Jerwood
Painting and John Moores Painting Prize in 2002. In 2017 he held a one person
exhibition Sadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Germany.