Edwin Morgan (1920–2010), Poet. Date painted: 2003. Pencil, pen, acrylic & oil on board, 53 x 62 cm. Collection: Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow

Tom Leonard (b.1944), Writer. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 30.5 x 43.1 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

James Kelman (b.1946). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & pencil on paper on board, 30.5 x 55.9 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Alex Scott in the ‘Pewter Pot’ Pub. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & ink on paper, 31 x 61 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

End of Arcadia Street. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 71.5 x 103.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Norman Ross, Hospital Broadcaster. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 40 x 60.7 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

End of Arcadia Street (three). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic & ink on paper, 70.7 x 132.7 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Provost McCann and Family. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen, pencil & collage on board, 52.2 x 77 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Sweeney Todd Hairdressing Salon. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 52.3 x 76.5 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Edwin Morgan (1920–2010), Writer. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic on paper, 33 x 61.6 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Graham Square Cotton Mill. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & pencil on paper, 66 x 88.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Fidelma Cook (b.1953), in the BBC News Gallery. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pencil & ink on paper, 52.5 x 77.4 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

Archie Hind (1928–2008), and the Dalmarnock Power Station. Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pencil & ink on board, 54.5 x 89 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

End of Arcadia Street (two). Date painted: 1977. Acrylic, pen & ink on paper, 74.3 x 168.3 cm. Collection: Glasgow Museums

The Musicians. 1953, framed gouache and acrylic on paper, 56.5 x 88 cm

“Celvingrov Ātgaḷri n Myziym z dlîtd t b stêjñ ɖs mêjr retṛspctv in seḷbrešn v Alistr Gre’z 80^ʈ brʈde in Dsembr. Ɖ xibišn wl fīčr arnd 100 wrcs, includñ svṛl lounz fṛm prîvt n uɖr c̣lẋnz, n cuvrz Gre’z wrc fṛm hiz stydntdez at Glazgo Scūl v Āt rît p t ɖ preznt de.

Alistr Gre wz born in Dsmbr 1934, so wl seḷebret hiz 80^ʈ brʈde jrñ ɖ run v hiz retṛspctv xibišn Fṛm ɖ Prsnl t ɖ Ynivrsl at Celvñgrov Ātgaḷri n Myziym.

Alistr Gre z a pṛlific polīmaʈ, inṭnašnli acnolijd az a mêjr Scotiš raitr. Hiz ritn ŕvra z ynīc acrs ol žãṛz – fiẋn, powtri, plez, critcl esez n rvyz: it z rnând, bt hiz vižl wrc hz bn ls wîdli acnolijd dy t it nvr biyñ ʈuṛli ācîvd n xibitd.

Born in Ridri, h atndd a lôcl scūl untl ɖ âtbrêc v WW2, ẇn h wz ivaketd t Prʈšr, ɖen muvd ontu Stônhâs in Laṇcšr. In 1944, h muvd bac t Glazgo, ẇr h atndd Ẇîthil Secndri, n on Saṭde mwnñz h cem t āṭprīšiešn clasz at Celvñgrov Ātgaḷri. In 1954, h bgan t atnd ɖ prestijs Glazgo Scūl v Āt, ẇr h bgan raitñ sẋnz v ẇt wd lêtr bcm Laṇc, ẇč wz publišt in 1981. Most v hiz lîf at Ātscūl n čîldhd cn b sīn in ɖ Ʈw sẋn v Laṇc, az it z ljli ōṭbạgraficl.

H bgan wrcñ wɖ myṛlcmišnz in ɖ mid-1950z, n in 1960 bgan hiz loñ asošiešn wɖ ɖ Campen fr Nyclir Dsāmmnt, ẇč h stl vigṛsli ṣpwts, biyñ arstd in 2001 at a demnstrešn at Fazlen.

Glazgo Myziymz hz prīvı̣sli xibitd hiz wrcs in ɖ Ppl’z Paḷs in 1978, in an xibišn intîtld Ɖ Cntinys Glazgo Šo. H wz ɖ ofišl ātistricwdr fr arnd 10 munʈs, cmplitñ arnd 30 wrcs fr ɖ myziym jrñ ɖs tîm. Ɖe iḷstretd ɖ cmyṇti​, sošl lîf n lôcl caṛctrz. Aftr ɖs tîm, hiz wrcs Coṃdi v ɖ Ẇît Dog (1979) n Laṇc (1981) wr publišt n it​ wz arnd ɖs tîm h bgan wrcñ wɖ Celmn, Loched n Leṇd on litrri projcts n ʈiytr. H hz wun ɖ Gādı̣n Prîz fr Fiẋn n ɖ Costa Novḷwōdz fr hiz ritn wrc.

Ɖs xibišn wl brñ tgɖr fr ɖ frst tîm prīvı̣sli unsin wrcs bî Gre n wl seḷbret ɖ ynīc bredʈ v hiz vižl practis, ẇč spanz six decedz n multipl mīdı̣mz: fṛm hiz čîldhd yirz, tîm spent at Glazgo Scūl v Āt t pwtrits v famli n frendz, landsceps, cmišnz n myṛlz. Fṛm Ɖ Prsnl t ɖ Ynivrsl z a seḷbrešn v a ynīc n vižnri crietv.

Ɖ Alistr Gre Sīzn seḷbrets Gre at êti yirz old. Ɖs xibišn z pāt v a sīzn fôc̣sñ on hiz vižl wrc, wɖ xibišnz n ivnts acrs venyz includñ Ɖ Glazgo Scūl v Āt, GOMA, Kelvñgrov Myziym n Glazgo Printstydio.”

GAḶRI WEBSAIT

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ẆT ĐE SE

Anjla McMaṇs, Đ GLAZGO ĪVNÑ TÎMZ, 10 Octobr 2014
Fil Milr, Đ HEṚLD SCOTḶND, 5 Octobr 2014
Aḍlīn Amar, Đ SCINI, 28 Êpṛl 2014
Brayn Frġsn, Đ SCOTSMN, 13 Octobr 2013

06/04/2015