Making Of It - Hanging

Here are some pics of the hanging of The Making Of It.

This shows the venue itself, just of Brunswick Street. It is a nice place to exhibit, just down a vennel and just off Leith Walk itself. The space was pretty huge which was useful to accommodate all the artists involved! The space is run by an advertising agency in the building in the background, they were very helpful with all aspects of the show.

Myself and Scott discussing hanging.

 Scott painting the wall as part of the installation of his painting.

Allan doing his thing... Allan is going to paint his picture throughout the exhibition resulting in a sort of 'performance' throughout the exhibition. If you go in on the opening the painting will have altered by the end of the exhibition. He got stuck in straight after hanging to get a head start.

And Augustus' work being set up

The exhibition opens on the 16th of June from 6pm till 9pm and is open everyday thereafter until the Thursday the 28th for Leith Late.

Scratching the Surface... Part 2!

The second part of our exhibition Scratching the Surface took place at the Arts Complex in St Margarets House, near Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh. This exhibition showcased smaller works (in the case of Allan and Scott) compared to the last exhibition.

I used it as an opportunity to show works on copper previously exhibited, as well as a new painting on copper.

A view of one of the walls showing works by (from left to right) Allan, Scott, Allan, me, Scott and Allan. The works by Allan are mostly watercolour on prints and Scotts are acrylic on canvas. My painting is oil and enamel on copper. The size of the space was unexpected however it did give us an opportunity to spread the work out more.

A view of the wall on which I hung my copper pieces with a work by Allan (far left) and works by Scott (second from right) and Allan (far right).

Another shot of the space with my works and various works by Allan, Scott and myself.

Works by Allan (far left), myself, Scott, Allan and Scott again (far right).

Various works by Allan and Scott on the walls of the gallery. The space was both interesting and tricky in displaying art works as it had been previously an office, therefore the walls were both long and very bitty.

Works by Scott (left), Allan (middle) and Scott (right).

The main space of the gallery which was very light, being on the third floor.

Another shot of the works by Scott (left), Allan (middle) and Scott (right).

Scratching the Surface

Images of my recent exhibition at the Patriothall Gallery in Stockbridge, Edinburgh entitled 'Scratching the Surface'

This is a body of work I produced for the exhibition, a series of 22 small scale works on wood. Each looked at the city from the often distorting and surprising angle of looking upwards. I used a variety of Media on each, individual images can be seen on my new website soon to be updated (links to which will be posted on here).

An image showing two works I made (Left and Centre) using copper leaf and patenation with various chemicals as well as oil paint and spray paint. The work to the right is by Allan Robertson, a fellow exhibitor (more of whose work can be seen at http://www.allanjrobertson.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/).

A view of the second room of the exhibition showing works by Allan Robertson (two paintings on the right) and Scott McCracken.

Two paintings by Scott McCracken (more of whose work can be seen on his website at http://www.scottmccracken.co.uk/)

A view of the main room of the gallery showing the view opposite my own paintings.

The exhibition was a great success, as the first one I have had since coming back from Germany and graduating. I hope to produce more works for a joint/collaborative show coming up in November as well as Scratching the Surface Part two at the end of March.

EXHIBITION : Patriothall/Arts Com?lex

I am having an exhibition in two parts, at the Patriothall Gallery in Stockbridge, Edinburgh. The first part will show new paintings, the second part in the Arts Com?lex near Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh will showcase drawings and studies.

Exhibition Statement : 

Scratching the Surface is an exhibition of work by three Edinburgh based artists presented in two parts. These exhibitions bring together Scott McCracken, Andrew Smith and Allan Robertson who all work within the medium of painting.  Each artist has his own motivations and observations, but they are united in their appreciation and practice of paint’s materiality and the possibilities of painting as a contemporary medium.  The first exhibition will be hosted at the Patriothall Gallery in Stockbridge and will show recent paintings by the artists.  The second exhibition will take place at Arts Complex at St Margarets House and will showcase recent drawings, prints and smaller works.

Artists Statement:

Andrew Smith's recent work has been a continuing evolution of previous years' paintings looking at the city in the context of civil liberties and notions of how society is sculpted. Andrew's paintings are representations that are realistic, blending into abstracted forms of the city from the distorted perspectives. I am interested in the strata of society, how this is manifested, be it visually or in a more subtle manner and questioning it through a visual means. The human environment, that is to say one that humans have specifically and systematically sculpted, has been a particularly strong theme that permeates through my work. What interests me about these environments is both their psychological effect and the social/ideological issues that they establish as well as the layers of history they reflect.


~~~ Look forward to seeing you there!

Colonel Mustard

Hello!

Here's some pics of the Colonel Mustard show at the Scottish Arts Club.

The wall my framed prints were hung on.. hanging all 8 as a set worked out well I used the similar idea I had used in an exhibition previously in the year. The prints were all based on small drawings I had done of elements of architecture and the city. Some were transposing drawings into print form and using the textures of soft ground as well as elements of chance to create textures, some were made up on the plate using imaginary elements I drew automatically.

Other works hung, including Catriona Simpson, Scott McCracken & Allan Robertson. The club's decor and atmosphere are very traditional however they let us hang there!

Another view of the framed prints. Titled 'Concrete Geometry' as a set

View along the wall of the club opposite my works, with paintings by Scott McCracken and Allan Robertson.

The chairs in the club are quite peculiar... The artists enjoying some drinks

Colonel Mustard!

Hello!

I have an exhibition currently on at the Scottish Arts Club on Rutland Square called 'Colonel Mustards Tea Party'. It showcases new, old and degree show work by 5 artists.

The show runs until the 20th of July, please do try to get along!

I am exhibiting with fellow artists Scott McCracken, Catriona Reid, Allan Robertson and Catriona Simpson.

(Contact Details)

Scottish Arts Club,

24 Rutland Square,

Edinburgh EH1 2BW

Tel: (0) 131 229 8157