PRESENT TENSE is a new exhibition by artists and long-time collaborators SMITH/STEWART.
Since the mid 1990’s Stephanie Smith and Eddie Stewart have been making work together as SMITH/STEWART. They work and live in Glasgow and both teach in The School of Fine Art.
Their work explores interdependence and the relationships we have with one another. They make sculptural installations, with a primary emphasis on the body and the implication of the viewer. Their practice develops out of collaborative dialogue and material investigation, to construct situations in which the viewer becomes central as an active constituent.
Pared back to what’s essential, they are interested in the co-existence of connection and separation, power and powerlessness. Of things shifting in and out of sync with one another, coming together and moving apart.
They are showing a new body of work in the Reid Gallery and alongside, in the Reid corridor, they present material in relation to their process of making, never usually shown.
SMITH/STEWART’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and they have participated in key survey shows on both video and language. They have had solo exhibitions in NGBK Berlin, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Portikus Frankfurt am Main, Chisenhale Gallery London, Inverleith House Edinburgh. Their work is in public collections including Arts Council England, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Tate.
21 September – 19 October 2024
The Reid Gallery and Reid Ground Floor Corridor
Opening Hours: Mon – Sat: 10am to 4.30pm. Sun: Closed
Exhibition Preview
5 – 7pm Friday 20th September
Free but ticketed – Book via Eventbrite
Gallery tour with SMITH/STEWART
1pm Friday 4th October
Free but ticketed – Book via Eventbrite
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