Ed kluz architecture of the enlightenment 29th november 24th december 2014

Ed Kluz Architecture of the Enlightenment 29th November - 24th December 2014

ARCHITECTURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT - MAP KEY

1 - ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, CHARLOTTE SQUARE

8 - DRUMMOND PLACE

2- MORAY PLACE

9 - THE REGISTER OFFICE

3 - THE ROYAL CIRCUS

10 - PLAYFAIR’S MONUMENT AND THE OBSERVATORY, CALTON HILL

4 - ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH

11 - THE NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALTON HILL

5 - THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND

12 - THE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL

6 - THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY

13 - ROYAL TERRACE

7 - ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, GEORGE STREET

ED KLUZ Architecture of the Enlightenment In this latest series of collages Ed Kluz explores the unique topography and architecture of Edinburgh’s New Town.

Built during the late 18th and early 19th centuries as a counterpart to the overcrowded and squalid living conditions of the medieval city which clustered around the castle, the New town expressed the highest values of the Enlightenment age. An ordered grid system of streets and public squares, punctuated by grand circuses and crescents emulating the cities of classical antiquity. The gracious and palatial new residences which lined the streets were to house a burgeoning upper class society in an architectural splendour only seen in the major European cities of the time.

However international in it’s appearance the New Town is unmistakably Scottish in feel. The canyon like streets of grey stone wind up steeply inclined hills revealing and concealing dynamic city scapes and frame glimpsed views of the surrounding hills. Is is almost as though the architecture of the New Town somehow echoes and augments the monumental crags and hills which give the city its unique rugged topography.

Cover image: ‘St Andrew’s Church, George Street, 1829’, 2014, paper collage & mixed media, 24.5 x 34.7 cms Left image: Ed Kluz in his studio, Brighton, image credit: Alun Callender

1. ‘St George’s Church, Charlotte Square’, 2014 Paper collage and mixed media 25.5 x 34.7 cms £595

2. ‘Moray Place’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 60 x 120 cms £2750

3. ‘The Royal Circus’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 60 x 120 cms £27500

4. ‘St Stephen’s Church’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 20 x 30 cms £495

5. ‘The National Gallery of Scotland’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 20 x 30 cms £495

6. ‘The Royal Scottish Academy, 1829’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 65 x 80 cms £1950

7. ‘St Andrew’s Church, George Street, 1829’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 24.5 x 34.7 cms £595

8. ‘Drummond Place’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 33 x 43 cms £745

9. ‘The Register Office’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 20 x 30 cms £495

10. ‘Playfair’s Monument and the Observatory, Calton Hill’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 24.5 x 34.7 cms £595

11. ‘The National Monument, Calton Hill’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 25.5 x 34.7 cms £595

12. ‘The Royal High School’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 20 x 30 cms £495

13. ‘Royal Terrace’, 2014 Paper collage & mixed media 33 x 43 cms £745

BIOGRAPHY Ed Kluz is an artist, illustrator and printmaker. His work explores contemporary perceptions of the past through the reimagining of historic landscapes, buildings and objects. The spirit of early Romanticism, the Picturesque movement and antiquarian topographical engravings underpin his approach to image making. He has a particular interest in the eccentric, uncanny and overlooked - follies, lost country houses and ruins provide a constant source of inspiration.

As a designer and illustrator Ed has recieved commissions from the V&A, The Folio Society, Faber, John Murray publishers and St Jude’s fabrics.

Ed was born in 1980 and grew up in Swaledale, North Yorkshire. He studied fine art at the Winchester School of Art between 1999 - 2002. He now lives in East Sussex.

Left image: Ed Kluz’ studio, Brighton.