The Scottish Gallery - July 2019 Exhibitions

JULY EXHIBITIONS

EWAN MCCLURE

GRAVITY AND LIGHT catalogue available

We are delighted to host Ewan McClure’s first solo exhibition at The Scottish Gallery. He is a painter of prodigious talent using oil paint in the Scottish tradition of Belle Peinture, so well represented in our history by both Glasgow Boys and Scottish Colourists.

For subjects he chooses landscape, here of Sweden in particular: fresh, plein air studies; the figure: still, in movement, always psychologically animated, and still life/interior giving ample scope for original composition and play of light.

A fully illustrated catalogue introduces a new painter for whom the title genius seems quite appropriate.

To the casual observer, a still life painter’s workday involves a surprising amount of arbitrary juggling with bric-a-brac. But amid the trial-and error process of setting up; principles of harmony and order are dimly suggesting themselves to the painter – there to be obeyed or defied. As an idea finally crystallises, every passage of space and form is understood to relate to every other, and the channelled excitement of painting can begin.

IMAGE COVER: Still Life with Apparition • 2019 oil on board • 61 x 92 cm

IMAGE OPPOSITE: We Three • 2019 oil on board • 35 x 61 cm

Ewan McClure

29 June - 20 July 2019 • PRIVATE VIEW: 29 June 2019 • 11am - 1pm scottish-gallery.co.uk/ewanmcclure

IMAGE OPPOSITE: Borrowing the Studio, Broughton House 2019 • oil on board • 61 x 61 cm

IMAGE: Roses I • 2019 oil on board • 39 x 33 cm

VINTAGE AND CONTEMPORARY PRINTS CURATED BY TOMMY ZYW Printmaking in Britain underwent a revival at the turn of the 20th century the founding of the Society of Painters and Etchers in 1880 and the release of several publications by London art dealers was a driving force behind the growing popularity in print making. In recent times, printmaking in Scotland has flourished with the emergence of several independent studios which have included Harley Brothers, Glasgow and Edinburgh Print Studios, Peacocks and Graal Press.

This exhibition features prominent figures in Scottish and British printmaking with specific examples from contemporary artists.

William ARMOUR Wilhelmina BARNS-GRAHAM Elizabeth BLACKADDER D.Y. CAMERON Victoria CROWE Kate DOWNIE John DUNCAN Edward GAGE G.L. HUNTER Angie LEWIN Robert MACBRYDE Charles Hodge MACKIE James MCBEY Calum MCCLURE David MICHIE Frances WALKER James McNeill WHISTLER

IMAGE: Wilhelmina Barns-Graham • White Circle Series I • 2003 • screenprint • 58.3 x 57 cm

29 June - 20 July 2019 • PRIVATE VIEW: 29 June 2019 • 11am - 1pm scottish-gallery.co.uk/prints

JACQUELINE CULLEN

GALACTICA Jacqueline Cullen presents Galactica - a collection of wearable, sculptural jewellery in 18ct gold; combining materials such as Whitby jet, black diamonds and agate. With diverse inspiration ranging from thunderous skies to intergalactic space travel, colliding asteroids, comets and neon dust - cascades of tiny diamonds flow from hand carved fissures depicting these phenomenon.

Jacqueline specialises in contemporary Whitby jet and black diamond jewellery and has recently introduced an ethereal grey agate collection set with champagne, electric and ice blue diamonds.

Whitby jet is a 180 million year old naturally occurring black fossil which derives from the ancestor of the monkey puzzle tree (araucaria) found on the North East coast of England.

Whitby jet was made popular during the reign of Queen Victoria as it was used to signify mourning. Jacqueline’s supplier of jet lives in Whitby and abseils down the cliffs to access the ancient caves and Victorian crawl holes to collect the raw material.

IMAGE: Atomic Multi Cascade Earrings • 2019 hand carved Whitby jet, black diamonds, 18ct gold • D0.9-2.5 x L9 cm image: Shoot Solutions

29 June - 20 July 2019 • PRIVATE VIEW: 29 June 2019 • 11am - 1pm scottish-gallery.co.uk/galactica

JULIETTE BIGLEY

NEW MATERIAL PERSPECTIVES catalogue available The Scottish Gallery is delighted to present Juliette Bigley New Material Perspectives, which is a site specific exhibition in both the gallery and garden.

Focusing particularly on lines and thresholds, Juliette’s work is sculptural and often comprises groups of objects.

Base metals and precious metals are used to explore how we experience our emotional and physical place in the world.

Choosing the material for each piece is an essential part of my process as each metal has a different character that affects both the fabrication of the piece and the way in which the piece communicates.

Juliette Bigley

IMAGE: TABLE • 2018 • mixed metals including copper, nickel silver, gilding metal, brass & mild steel • H160 x W250 x D120 cm image: Nicola Tree

29 June - 20 July 2019 • PRIVATE VIEW: 29 June 2019 • 11am - 1pm scottish-gallery.co.uk/newmaterialperspectives

STAFF PICKS MONTHLY ONLINE EXHIBITION

Our staff picks are now a regular monthly feature on our website.

We want to allow as much access as possible to the wonderful works of art we hold in The Gallery that are not always on display. We think there is no better way than our team highlighting some of the special works of art we have.

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IMAGE: Clive Bowen • Black Lidded Storage Jar glazed earthware with a gold slip trail H52 x W36 cm (detail) • image: Drew Raitt

29 June - 20 July 2019 • PRIVATE VIEW: 29 June 2019 • 11am - 1pm scottish-gallery.co.uk/julystaffpicks

IMAGE: Kate Downie • The Winter Commute, Saturday 2014 • monotype and relief print • 57 x 76 cm

JULY EXHIBITIONS, PRIVATE VIEW, TALKS AND EVENTS

PRIVATE VIEW & MEET THE ARTISTS We are delighted that Ewan McClure, Jacqueline Cullen and Juliette Bigley will all be in attendance at our Private View. Please join us on: Saturday 29 June • 11.00am - 1.00pm (Gallery open until 4pm as usual) GALLERY TALK Ewan McClure in Conversation with Guy Peploe Saturday 6 July • 11.00am - 12noon • RSVP essential EXHIBITION TOURS A tour of Juliette Bigley’s exhibition New Material Perspectives and the Gallery Sculpture Garden Saturday 13 July • 10.30am - 11.15am • RSVP essential A tour and handling session of Jacqueline Cullen’s exhibition Galactica Saturday 13 July • 11.30am - 12noon • RSVP essential A tour of Vintage and Contempory Prints with Tommy Zyw Saturday 13 July • 2.00pm - 2.45pm • RSVP essential Don’t miss out on all our art news and events throughout the year. Please sign up to our digital news and events on our website: www.scottish-gallery.co.uk

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