“Dêvid Robts wz wn v ɖ most advnćṛs, pṛlific n sxesfl Britiś artists v ɖ frst haf v ɖ nîntīnʈ senćri. Bst noun fr hiz intrepid travlz, h wz amñ ɖ frst Britiś artists t mc xtnsv turz v ɖ Nir n Midl Īst.”
Barry Didcock HERALD SCOTLAND 15 February 2015
Wall Street International
“Býl Famli hv bgîld vywrz wɖ ɖer cntemprri xpḷrešnz v ɖ wrld arnd s evr sns Māc Býl n Jôn Hilz, n lêtr ɖer čildṛn, Sbasčn n Jwja, stātd c̣laḅretñ in ɖ 1960z, sīcñ t priznt ɖ invîrnmnt az truʈfli n objectvli az psbl.
Ɖe r bst nôn fr ɖer astonišñ ŕʈstudiz: faximiliz v ɖ grând têcn fṛm randmli čozn pýnts in ɖ wrld ɖt rzembl slîsz v ɖ landscêp fixt t ɖ gaḷrīwōlz. Ɖer aproč hz bn lîcnd t ɖt v NESA spêsrisrč, voyjñ t far-fluñ plêsz t prôb, obten dêta n xtract samplz fṛm ɖ srfis v ɖ planit; a fwm v cntemprri ācioḷji ɖt xcvets ɖ preznt rɖr ɖn ɖ past. Ɖs ŕʈprôb projct wz lwnčt az Jrni t ɖ Srfis v ɖ Ŕʈ at ɖ Instityt v Cntemprri Āts, Lundn, in 1969, n hz led t nymṛs Wrldsiriz asînmnts ol acrs ɖ glôb – fṛm Ny Zīḷnd t Jpan or ɖ Ostrełn âtbac t nwʈ v ɖ Āctc srcl – wɖ ɖ saits hvñ bn dtrmind bî blîndfoldd ptisipnts ʈrowñ dāts at a lj map v ɖ wrld.
Ɖs xibišn, cnsivd in clôs c̣laḅrešn wɖ ɖ ātists, cd b sīn az a folo-p t ɖer comprihnsv retṛspctv at ɖ Scotiš Našnl Gaḷri v Modn Āt in 2003 n wl priznt Ɖ Wrldsiriz Latsio Sait, ɖ most rīsnt v ɖer on-gwñ Wrldsiriz projcts, in its intîṛti. Ɖ Latsio siriz dêts fṛm 2013 n cmprîzz ŕʈstudiz, ilectron mîcrôfôṭgrafs n vidio ɖt pṛvîd a cmpelñ n arstñ vižl recd v ɖ srfis v ɖ land, ɖ plantlîf, insectlîf n ɖ prezns v ɖ ātists ɖmslvz. Acumṗniyñ ɖs wrc wl b ŕʈstudiz fṛm ɖ prīvı̣s deced, includñ ɖ frst public šowñ v ɖer Coṛlqori Triptic fṛm 2001–2 n a mezmrîzñ tîm-laps film v ɖer most rīsnt Sīdz fr a Randm Gādn projct.”
Continue reading BOYLE FAMILY: CONTEMPORARY ARCHAEOLOGY │ Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal → 14 March 2015
“Scečñ z an isnšl cmponnt v an ācitect’s trênñ, t dveḷp drafsmnšp, undrstandñ v cnstruẋn n mtirı̣lz, n a dzîn refṛnslîbrri.
Fṛm ɖ 1880z ɖ Scotiš ācitect, Čālz Reni Macintoš (1868–1928), scečt in Scotḷnd n Ñgḷnd, n, on a fy ocežnz, abrwd. In 1891 h dscrîbd ɖ xîtmnt v travlñ wɖ glowñ hāt bt šivrñ hand t sceč ɖ humbl cotij, ɖ mr pritenšs manšn or ɖ mytiletd ɖo venṛbl casl, wɖ fīlñz v ɖ most indiscrîbbl dlît. Macintoš’z drafsmnšp wz ic̣nomic, eḷqnt n unhezitetñ n bêst on rigṛs anaḷsis v ɖ subjct, bfr ɖ plêsñ v eni māc on ɖ pêpr. Macintoš rfrd t sč ntešnz az bits n jotñz.
Ɖs xibišn priznts a ṣlẋn v wōtrculrz, scečbc pêjz n scečbcs ẇč šo ɖ renj v hiz travlz n hiz intrest in Scotiš târhâzz, mediivl Ñgliš črčz n vnaklr ācitecčr. It olso šoz hâ ɖz studiz infwmd Macintoš’z ācitecčṛl practis.”
Continue reading MACKINTOSH TRAVEL SKETCHES │ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow → 1 March 2015
“Ɖs xibišn fīčrz a grūp v piṿtl wrcs bî Trnr Prîz nomini Lūsi Scer. Scer implýz a vrayti v mīdia, includñ drōñ, sculpčr, film n insṭlešn. Š criets wrc ɖt z bʈ vižli cmpelñ n ilusv; cntinysli qesčnñ ɖ rlešnšp btwn repṛzentešn n riaḷti.
Lūsi Scer includz ɖ insṭlešn v for ci pìsz, a drōñ, a 16mm film, n tu wŭdn sculpčrz – inspîrd bî ɖ sriylist ātist Lı̣nora Carñtn, hūm Scer vizitd in 2006, wntñ t btr undrstand ɖ dạlectcs v hr ôn practis. Ɖz wr frst šôn undr ɖ tîtl Lı̣nora in Bāzl, 2006, n subṣqntli at ɖ Venis Bienāle in 2007. Lîc mč v Scer’z practis, ɖz wrcs dscrîb nt ɖ riaḷti v ɖ incântr, bt rɖr its ifct on ɖ ātist’s inṭlect n imošnz.
Ɖ prôgram acumṗniyñ ɖ xibišn includz scrīnñz v svṛl 16mm filmz ẇč Scer md in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Bec’s Fyčrz Prîzwinr Roẓlind Našibi.
Lūsi Scer z pāt v JEṆREŠN – a landmāc siriz v xibišnz trêsñ ɖ rmāc̣bl dveḷpmnt v cntmprri āt in Scotḷnd ovr ɖ last 25 yirz. It brñz an ambišs n xtnsv prôgram v wrcs v āt bî ovr 100 ātists t ovr 60 gaḷriz, xibišnspêsz n venyz ɖ leñʈ n bredʈ v ɖ nêšn btwn Māč – Nvmbr 2014, wɖ ɖ mjoṛti v xibišnz têcñ plês ovr ɖ sumr v 2014, az pāt v ɖ Glazgo 2014 Culčṛl Prôgram.”
Continue reading LUCY SKAER │ Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow → 25 January 2015
“Jrñ hiz lîftîm, Dumbātn-born Wiłm Strañ (1859–1921) bilt p an inṭnašnl repytešn az a hîli scild n imajiṇtv printmêcr, pwtritist n pêntr. Ɖ fêvrit pyṗl v ɖ influenšl Riylist ātist Alfons Lgros, h pṛdyst wn v ɖ most significnt n iṇṿtv bodiz v orijinl ečt wrc bî eni Scotiš ātist n, alñsd felo Scotiš printmêcrz D.Y. Camṛn, Myrhed Bôn n Jêmz McBe, wz a ci figr in brññ abt an inṭnašnl rvîvl v intrest in orijinl printmêcñ jrñ ɖ lêt nîntīnʈ n ŕli twentiiʈ senčri.
Strañ’z dvrs subjcts renjd fṛm ɖ riyl t ɖ fantastc, includñ uncompṛmîzñ dpiẋnz v cntmprri lîf n ɖ ifcts v poṿti n sošl injustis, landsceps in ɖ tṛdišn v ɖ Old Mastrz, ḅwildrñ mcābra subjcts, n naṛtv iḷstrešnz fr bcs, piriodiclz n hiz ôn Scots daylect baḷdz. H wz olso a pṛlific pwtritist hu pṛdyst memṛbl pwtrits v līdñ ātistc n litrri figrz, famli n frendz n, inspîrd bî Rembrant, ovr 30 slfpwtrits.
Ɖs xibišn, drwn fṛm ɖ Našnl Galriz v Scotḷnd’z impwtnt c̣lẋn v wrcs on pêpr bî Strañ, fīčrz arnd 30 prints n drōñz spanñ ɖ ātist’s c̣rir, rvilñ hiz consyṃt tecnicl scil n vrṣtiḷti, hiz pârfl sens v sîc̣lojicl intnṣti n rmāc̣bl imajinešn.”
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Đ EDINBRA RPWTR, 18 Octobr 2014
Sẹra Unwin Jônz, Đ HEṚLD SCOTḶND, 10 Octobr 2014
“Celvingrov Ātgaḷri n Myziym z dlîtd t b stêjñ ɖs mêjr retṛspctv in seḷbrešn v Alistr Gre’z 80ʈ 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 80ʈ 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.”