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  • [Synonym] session: 5 words

    [Synonym] session: 5 words

    With a very successful first [synonym] session we wanted to use this space to share the amazing creativity that came out of the writing session. To kick-off this event we decided to use Tramway, Glasgow, where we responded to Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran’s exhibition ‘Idols of Mud and Water’. Analysis, evaluation and critique of Nithiyendran’s artwork Read more

  • RESPONSE: HEADS NOR TAIL(S) MELLA SHAW’S sOUNDING LINE

    RESPONSE: HEADS NOR TAIL(S) MELLA SHAW’S sOUNDING LINE

    As contemporary art continues to transform into conduits of critically constructed stories and revelations regarding this noticeably ephemeral globe and its inhabitants – art proceeds to creatively transform the elements around us including those that would be considered rare or impossible to obtain. Edinburgh-based ceramicist, Mella Shaw, for Sounding-Line has produced a rare combined medium Read more

  • Response: Foreign Objects by rowan walker

    Response: Foreign Objects by rowan walker

    The stark entrance of the downstairs basement, the long corridor with clinical white light shadowing the floor from adjacent rooms. The history steeped in the walls of this 19th-century veterinary teaching hospital, Summerhall, Edinburgh, the exhibition ’Foreign Objects’ by artist Rowan Walker, as a part of ‘FORM: A season of exhibitions by female contemporary sculptors’ Read more

  • Studio chats : Nishi Chodimella

    Studio chats : Nishi Chodimella

    It is 1pm on December 4th and GalBag are in the studio of the interdisciplinary artist Nishi Chodimella. The location is Edinburgh College of Art, to reach the studio space one must access the lobby, gawk and walk through The Sculpture Court, nip through Corridor C30 connecting to Stairwell 6. The incline is breathy and Read more

  • Ethereal & Ephemeral: A Response to Beagles & Ramsay’s NHOTB & RAD

    Ethereal & Ephemeral: A Response to Beagles & Ramsay’s NHOTB & RAD

    I’m a bit late to the party, considering I had visited the NHOTB & RAD exhibition in the early days of it opening to the public. Although time has gone by, I am still left with the vivid memory and feeling of the environment Beagles and Ramsay built within the walls of Glasgow’s Gallery of Read more

  • Review: Pathfoot – University of Stirling art collection

    Review: Pathfoot – University of Stirling art collection

    A hidden gem, with a rich history and a diverse collection that continues to grow, the Pathfoot Art Collection at the University of Stirling is certainly an interesting art hub. Mixing academia with art, 60s architecture with outside sculptural curation, modern with contemporary, I was thrilled to delve into this space further with Deputy of Read more