Month: May 2014Page 1 of 2

Jason Dee – Pursuit of a Shadow

Pursuit of a Shadow is on until the 5th of July at the Talbot Rice Gallery. Having never seen Jason Dee‘s work before I was completely won over…

Norman McLaren – Hand-made Cinema

Hand-made Cinema is on until the 5th of July at the Talbot Rice Gallery, and part of the McLaren 2014 celebrations which takes place at various venues until…

The Palace of Forgetting

Robert Powell graduated with an MA in Fine Art June 2008 from the ECA, I remember the quirky demonic drawings and was pleased to see them in the Scottish National…

In Fine Style

In Fine Style : The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion  is  on at the Queens Gallery Holyrood Palace until the 20th of July. Comprising of portraiture, original clothing, textiles,…

Warhol MOOC – part 2

My 2nd coursework for the Coursera Warhol MOOC being run by Edinburgh University – Coca Cola Bottles (210), 1962 Andy Warhol was researching the concepts behind American celebrity…

Journey to… Kinnoull Hill

Kinnoull Hill on the outskirts of Perth has amazing views along the Tay Estuary. Kinnoull Hill, with its trees, was gifted to the Town Council of Perth by…

Journey to… Schloss Lustheim

Schloss Lustheim was commissioned around 1684 by Maximilian II Emanuel for his wife, the Austrian princess Maria Antonia. Designed by Enrico Zuccalli to be the focal point of…

Warhol MOOC – part 1

My coursework for the Coursera Warhol MOOC being run by Edinburgh University – Inspired by Warhol’s “The Brooklyn Bridge” (1983) and the 4 panel red, white and blue…

Richard Foster – Modern

Modern is on at the Ingleby Gallery from the 3rd of May until the 21st of June. Richard Foster draws from vintage snapshots and his own photographs to…