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June Carey, Kevin Low & Stewart Bremner


This is an unedited Gallery round-up from The Herald Arts section, 31/3/12

Electric Kisses, Bleeding Hearts: June Carey
Glasgow Print Studio (Ground Floor Gallery)
103 Trongate, Glasgow
0141 552 0704
April 6 - April 29

This is the Key to my Heart (etched copper & mixed media on board 20x20.5cm) by June Carey
The work of Stirling-based artist June Carey is instantly recognisable for its colour, strong lines and cross-cultural references. She repeatedly returns to certain subjects; angels, birds, hearts and tattoos, as if by mining these core elements, she will arrive at some sort of resolution.
Love is all around Carey’s artwork, but it is not a giddy love in its first flush. It is mature and even maternal; riven by passion and fringed with sadness.
Carey cannot help herself in her desire to make marks and draw out her innermost feelings on paper, but she is also driven to make 3d objects. As she says herself, she will sit and watch TV and create a pair of ‘wishing shoes’ just to keep her hands busy.
As revealed in this exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio (GPS), part of its 40th anniversary year celebrations, Carey creates her work using pencil, pastel, brush or an etching tool. 
Discovering etching brought about a turning-point in her work and career. The process of etching set her imagination free and allows her subconscious mind to dictate the marks she makes.
Widely travelled and a long-term associate of GPS, Carey has been hugely influenced by the many diverse cultures she has encountered, and these experiences not only feed her imagination, but becoming vital to the development of her work. 
Carey studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1960 – 1962 and Edinburgh College of Art from 1978 – 1982. She is a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Society of Scottish Artists and Aberdeen Artists Society. Her work is in a wide range of significant collections, including the collections of Peter Gabriel, BBC Telelvision and Oxford University.

Cross My Heart (etching collage watercolour 16.5 x 18cm) by June Carey


Worlds Apart: New Work by Kevin Low & Stewart Bremner
Union Gallery
45 Broughton Street, Edinburgh 
0131 556 7707
From April 5 - May 1
The Only Constant by Stewart Bremner


If you look at the work of Kevin Low and Stewart Bremner side by side – as they will be placed in this exhibition in the Union Gallery in Edinburgh – your first reaction would be to say that they are indeed, world’s apart.
Both artists are relatively new to the gallery scene (this is the first major exhibition for both men), and according to gallery owner, Alison Auldjo, they produce work which is ‘tied together by a thread of outstanding quality.’
Glasgow-based Kevin Low brings art right into the 21st century with his use of a digital tablet and pen in the same way a traditional painter uses a canvas, paints and a brush. Layering the colours to produce the image he is seeking, produces rich and powerful pictures that set his work apart from other digital artists. 
As the recent sell-out David Hockney exhibition in London’s Royal Academy has shown, painting is adapting to the digital world.  “Kevin Low is a pioneer for a new type of painting.” explains Auldjo.
Edinburgh-based Stewart Bremner’s work aims to evoke the strongest of emotions through spontaneous mark-making and direct sense of urgency.  “These are paintings for those who like there art with an edge to it,” says Auldjo. “They are for people who like it to create real emotion and passion. Stewart is already building an impressive following in the USA, and we feel it is time he is recognised closer to home. We know this exhibition will divide opinion, but then what else is art for if not to court a little controversy?”
Both artists will be in the Union Gallery to talk about their work on Saturday April 14. Kevin Low will be demonstrating his tablet techniques on Saturday April 21.

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Glasgow Print Studio, Tales of the City & Montrose All Lit Up


This is unedited version of my gallery round-up, published in The Herald Arts section on 17/12/11

Glasgow Print Studio Christmas Exhibition
Glasgow Print Studio, 
Trongate 103, Glasgow 
0141 552 0704 
Until Jan 29, 2012
Fiona Watson, Bird Bath, etching

Scotland’s print studios are bubbling cauldrons of creative endeavour and Glasgow Print Studio (GPS) is no exception. Take a wander within its art-festooned walls and you will stumble across work by Turner Prize winning artists such as the newly-crowned Martin Boyce and Richard Wright.
For the first time in many years Glasgow Print Studio is hosting its annual Christmas show throughout both gallery spaces, with work from young emerging artists right through to established Royal Academicians like Elizabeth Blackadder and Turner Prize guys, Boyce and Wright. 
There is a lot to feel festive about, including Scott Campbell’s beguiling butterflies, Sue Mackechnie’s Art Deco-style ladies inspired by glowing Tunnock’s packaging and (if you ask the right person) Fiona Watson’s under-the-counter Swear Box series, which includes an artwork featuring a certain Scottish slang word which recently became a watchword for our own dear hurricane.
The word is that Watson was in the studios reprinting this week as there have been several enquiries about buying one. If you want to be added to the reserve list, get in quick! (They are retailing for £80 each)
Some of Scotland’s finest printmakers regularly make work at GPS and the quality is clear as you wander from room to room, taking in artwork by the likes of Philip Reeves, Elspeth Lamb, Hetty Haxworth, Ian McNicol, Helen Fay, Fiona Watson, Murray Robertson and Rosalind Lawless
GPS also participates in Creative Scotland’s interest free scheme which allows buyers to spread the cost of buying original artwork. Now that, dear reader, sounds like a Christmas blessing in disguise...
Tales of the City: Art Fund International and the GoMA collection
Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)
Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow 
0141 287 3050
Until Dec 1, 2012


This exhibition, which opened on Thursday (Dec 15) and will be on show until the beginning of December next year, is a timely survey of work bought by Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art in partnership with The Common Guild, with £1m of funding from the Art Fund.
The first in a series of exhibitions which, by next August, will see almost all the new additions displayed throughout GoMA alongside other works from Glasgow’s collection, the broad theme of art and the city or urban environment has been the guiding principle.
New purchases include works by major international artists such as Thomas Demand and Barbara Kruger, as well as those by lesser known artists, rising stars in the international art scene, such as Emily Jacir and David Maljkovic. 
These acquisitions are shown alongside key works from the GoMA collection by Glasgow-based artists such as Toby Paterson and Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce. 
Since 2007, GoMA in partnership with The Common Guild has been part of the Art Fund International collecting scheme. Supported by the Art Fund, they have spent £1m on artwork, creating what is described as an ‘exciting international context for works from the UK collection.’ This scheme has so far enabled GoMA to purchase photography, installation, film and video by artists from Croatia, Germany, Holland, Ireland, North America, Palestine and Switzerland.
Carrying on the theme of Glasgow as being at the vanguard of contemporary art practice, Common Guild director, Katrina Brown said: “The Art Fund has provided an amazing opportunity for Glasgow to develop its collection of contemporary visual art, and to bring works of international significance to the city on a permanent basis to be enjoyed by future generations. This exhibition is a wonderful moment to see the city’s growing collection of world-class work, and to appreciate the international context in which Glasgow’s own artists have thrived.”
Illumination Winter Art Salon
Wall Projects Home Gallery
17 Wellington Street, Montrose
07714 368203
Until Jan 26, 2012
Untitled by Lisa Jane Birch

Working away on her own in the north east town of Montrose, a town which fostered such artistic talents as Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) and William Lamb, artist/curator Kim Canale has been a powerhouse of energy and commitment to the cause of promoting established and emerging artists in Scotland and Italy.
This winter, Canale, who recently held an exhibition in Glasgow with her friend, artist Patricia Cain, says she is living by the mantra, ‘Art is for life, not just for Christmas’. 
Canale has a sure eye for picking up on emerging talent at an early stage. She was one of the first galleries to pick up on future inaugural Jolomo Award winner Anna King, when she was still at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in 2005.
Canale has homed in on the artwork of new graduate Lisa Jane Birch as one to watch. “Lisa is originally from Glasgow and studied at Duncan of Jordanstone,” she says. “She graduated this year and has been picked as one of the New Contemporaries at the RSA next year. She was in my ARSYLAND 5 exhibition earlier this summer, featuring works by graduates from Glasgow School of Art, Duncan of Jordanstone and Grays School of Art. She attracted such a lot of attention that she is now exhibiting in my winter show.
Work by over 20 artists is on show at the Illumination Winter Art Salon, including Patricia Cain, Stuart Buchanan, Fiona North, Rosslyn Oman, Michelle Roberts, Giovanni Giacoia, and many more. Canale herself has work on show, inspired by the power of the sea near her home on this dramatic corner of Scotland.

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From Holyroodhouse to Henley & Glasgow Print Studio

This gallery round-up appeared in The Herald Arts section on 18 June 2011

Contemporary and Modern British Painting
Bohun Gallery
15 Reading Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
01491 576228
www.bohungallery.co.uk
Until Aug 13

Summer Boathouse by Annette Edgar


Many small private galleries in the south of England exhibit work by leading Scottish painters and while these artists are not exactly prophets without honour in their own land, it’s clear that they are rated very highly by those responsible for the hanging.
The Bohun Gallery in Henley-on-Thames is one such gallery. Its associate director, Joanna Cartwright points out this year alone, they have had a show by George Donald, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham and Crawfurd Adamson.
Now, for their summer exhibition, they have brought together a clutch of fine Scottish artists, including Annette Edgar, Elizabeth Blackadder, Shona Barr, Marj Bond, James McDonald, Jennifer McRae and June Redfern.  They are in fine company, alongside the likes of Maggie Hambling, Mary Fedden and Julian Trevelyan. Fedden’s delightful oil painting Over the Sea to Skye reveals a mature artist whose creative fire shows no sign of dimming. 
Glasgow-based Annette Edgar is another mature artist who is making magic with a paintbrush lately. Her new work, such as Summer Boathouse, is ablaze with colour and purpose, as well as a poetic sense of place.
The Bohun Gallery’s mixed summer exhibition presents a rare opportunity to see such an well-regarded group of artists under one roof. With a wide variety of paintings, watercolours and prints produced over the last three decades in a range of genres, the exhibition offers a strong overview of some of the best of British art.
Gallery director Pat Jordan Evans says: “One of the pleasures of a show like this is the chance to experience the sheer range of approaches by British professional artists. The broad spectrum of work ensures that there is something here to appeal to every taste, which has made our summer exhibition a favourite with gallery regulars.”
Contemporary Monotypes
Glasgow Print Studio
Trongate 103, Glasgow
0141 552 0704
Until July 3
(Monathon next Saturday, June 25, 10.30am - 5pm)

Artists work on monotypes at Glasgow Print Studio


For the last few weeks, Glasgow Print Studio has been showing a fascinating exhibition of Contemporary Monotypes by Glasgow Print Studio members. Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monoprint is a non edition-able kind of print which is essentially a printed painting. 
This technique is one that has recently grown in popularity among artists using Glasgow Print Studio. In response to this growing popularity Glasgow Print Studio has mounted an exhibition which celebrates the diversity of this exciting technique.
Artists featured in this show include leading figures in the Scottish art scene such as, John Byrne, Lesley Burr, Scott Campbell, Ashley Cook, Eileen Cooper, Ken Currie, Kate Downie, Peter Howson, Marc Jennings, Rosalind Lawless, Bruce McLean, Barbara Rae, Philip Reeves, Alasdair Wallace and Adrian Wiszniewski.
To coincide with Contemporary Monotypes, the print studio is running a special marathon printmaking event, the Monathon, next Saturday (June 25). On this day, the printmaking workshop will be a hive of activity with allocated slots for artists producing monoprints. The event is free and is open to the public to drop in and watch. There will also be an opportunity to buy the works hot off the press.
Artists taking part in the Monathon workshop event include Ashley Cook, Elspeth Lamb, Alasdair Wallace, Ian McNicol and June Carey to name just a few.
Alasdair Wallace, who is primarily known as a painters explains: “I found the process interesting, a bit like painting in slow motion or at some sort of remove. You don't see what you've done exactly until it comes through the press. You learn to anticipate but there is still an exciting element of surprise. It made me think more consciously about my painting process and how to translate it.”
The Northern Renaissance: Dürer to Holbein
The Queen’s Gallery
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh  
0131 556 5100
www.royalcollection.org.uk                                                             
Until January 15, 2012
Apollo & Diana by Lucas Cranach the Elder



Following on from the opening of the Dürer’s Fame exhibition in the basement of the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh, this exhibition continues the theme of celebrating the Renaissance in northern Europe.
The counterpart to the revolution in art and scholarship that took place in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries, this period was dominated by the intense rivalry between the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor, the kings of France and Henry VIII of England.  
Political ambitions were mirrored by fierce competition between rulers to attract the best artists to their courts, among them Lucas Cranach the Elder, François Clouet, Leonardo da Vinci and Hans Holbein the Younger.
While monarchs vied for territorial power, reformers questioned the central tenets of Christian faith and scholars sought greater understanding of their world. At the heart of this new thinking was the challenge to the teachings of the Catholic Church initiated by Martin Luther.  
Artists responded by turning from emotive devotional subject-matter to portraiture and mythology, producing works of startling ingenuity, beauty and superb technical skill. 
Examples by the great masters Hans Memling, Quinten Massys and Albrecht Dürer are among over 100 paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, miniatures and sculpture now on display until early next year at The Queen’s Gallery in the majestic setting of the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
On show here are works such as François Clouet’s Charles IX King of France as a Boy, (c.1561) and Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Apollo and Diana (c.1526) as well as his Judgement of Paris (c.1530–35). 
As the Dürer’s Fame exhibition also makes clear, the invention of the printing press in Germany around 1450, opened up the another world to the ordinary man in the street.
In this exhibition this idea is expanded upon and there are examples here of prints by Hans Holbein the Younger and Dürer.

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