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Fruitmarket Gallery: Lucy Skaer - 17 May 2008 to 9 July 2008 Current Exhibition |
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Lucy Skaer Exhibition 17 May � 9 July This exhibition is an opportunity to see work by one of Scotland�s most promising young artists, whose large-scale drawings, sculpture and film are beginning to bring her international attention and acclaim. The exhibition features newly commissioned work for The Fruitmarket Gallery, in the context of Skaer�s practice as it has developed since 2001. Skaer makes drawings, sculptures and films, often combining them in installations of all three. Her work has its origin in found images � photographs from newspapers and books, pictures sourced from the internet, paintings and sculptures by other artists � which the artist works and reworks, transforming them while retaining a sense of their original meaning and physical form. She has spoken about wanting her work to operate as �a portal into a space beyond comprehension�, about �playing around with what can and can�t be represented, making a seemingly easy jumping-off point into something beyond the system being used to represent it�. Often beautiful, always formally and conceptually intriguing, Skaer�s work pits representation and recognition against abstraction and ambiguity. This exhibition is the most substantial presentation of Skaer�s practice to date and will feature a new work specially commissioned for The Fruitmarket Gallery. This work is a primarily sculptural installation circling around the medieval imagery of the Danse Macabre or Dance of Death. It is an extension of the idea of imprisoning imagery within form. Both formally and conceptually intriguing, Skaer�s work makes it�s meaning with a compelling force. Notes to editors Lucy Skaer was born in Cambridge in 1975 and trained in the Environmental Art Department of the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1997. She was one of the six artists who represented Scotland at the 2007 Venice Biennale. Skaer also creates public interventions and is a founding member of the artists� collaborative group, Henry VII�s Wives. The Fruitmarket Gallery is a not-for-profit organisation and a Scottish Charity (registration number SC005576), programming national, international and touring exhibitions by leading artists and emerging talent. The Gallery is �Foundation Funded� by the Scottish Arts Council for up to 70% of its running costs and must fundraise to support its world-class exhibitions, education and publishing programmes. The Fruitmarket Gallery is a company limited by guarantee, registered in Scotland No. 87888 and registered as a Scottish Charity No. SC 005576. VAT No. 398 2504 21. Registered Office: 45 Market Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DF In May and June The Fruitmarket Gallery offers a series of contextual talks and events exploring the work of Lucy Skaer. Before Pollock: Abstraction as Meaning in Celtic and Pictish art Wednesday 28 May 2008, 6.30pm. Free Heather Pulliam, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Edinburgh, examines aesthetic links between artworks such as the Book of Kells and the abstract expressionist work of Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman. The Corpse in Contemporary Art Wednesday 11 June 2008, 6.30pm. Free Tiffany Jenkins from the Institute of Ideas will explore the role of the corpse and body parts in the work of Lucy Skaer, Christine Borland, and Teresa Margolis. Artist�s Talk: Lucy Skaer Wednesday 18 June 2008, 6.30pm. Free Lucy Skaer in conversation with Fiona Bradley, Director, The Fruitmarket Gallery. Louise Welsh The Tyrant�s Reach Wednesday 25 June 2008, 6.30pm. Free Louise Welsh, bestselling author of The Cutting Room and Tamburlaine Must Die, explores Nosferatu, Bluebeard, Byronic heroes and trapped women in relation to Lucy Skaer�s work. Tours �Ways of Seeing� Gallery Tour Thursday 5 June 2008, 11.30am�1.30pm Tour at The Fruitmarket Gallery for visitors over 60. School and Group Tours The Fruitmarket Gallery can provide short tours for primary schools, secondary schools, children�s groups, youth groups, adult community groups, colleges and universities. Workshops Practical Drawing Workshop Saturday May 31 2008, 11am�4pm 16 places for 13�17 year olds Artist Alice Betts leads a drawing workshop giving young people the opportunity to extend their drawing practice and try out new techniques. Opt in for Art, is the Gallery�s programme of activity for children and young people aged 7�18 years. To book for these events contact The Fruitmarket Gallery bookshop on 0131 226 8181, [email protected] For all media enquiries contacr Louise Anderson Press and Marketing Manager P 0131 226 8182 E [email protected] |
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