Edwyn Collins
dal 14/4/2009 al 7/5/2009
Segnalato da
14/4/2009
Edwyn Collins
Centre for Contemporary Arts CCA, Glasgow
Re-learning to draw with his left hand, from October 2005 Collins has drawn one bird, studiously, every day, each titled and dated, and mapping this extraordinary process of recovery via art. In recent months, His exploration has expanded, and this new exhibition features a range of other portrayals of wildlife, from bats and bears to tigers and butterflies.
Following on from the extraordinary success and warm reception of Edwyn Collins’ debut solo art show, British Birdlife, at The Smithfield Gallery in October 2008, we are delighted to announce that a second exhibition has been confirmed. Edwyn Collins will now take his drawings home to Scotland, presenting Wildlife I, at the Intermedia Gallery this Spring. This work details an inspiring diary of recovery and a rediscovery of a love of illustrated wildlife.
Edwyn Collins’ legendary music history as one of the UK's most respected singer song-writers, runs from his early years as the founder of Glasgow’s acclaimed indie rock outfit Orange Juice in the late 1970s and early 1980s, to a long-standing solo career which continues into the present day, most recently releasing the solo album Home Again, on Heavenly Recordings.
Collins' creative output has not been confined to music however. The son of an art lecturer, Collins began sketching at school and later trained to be a draftsman. From the outset one theme demanded his attention: British Wildlife.
Whilst building his musical career, Collins harboured a private dream to revise and update the prints of Archibald Thorburn in Lord Lilford's ‘Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Isles’, first published c1880. The detailed draughtsmanship of each coloured plate fascinated Collins and encouraged him to replicate these images with outstanding precision. However, bird illustration soon became incompatible with the life of a successful pop star and the hobby wained.
Having suffered a life threatening brain hemorrhage in February 2005, Collins’ life was put on temporary hold. Affecting his main motor skills, speech and walking, the priorities of survival dominated the next period of his life. However, it was during the process of rehabilitation, and gradually regaining his abilities, that Collins again re-found his love of illustration. Whilst speech, playing music and mobility were taking their time to recover, Collins focused his attentions on art. Re-learning to draw with his left hand, from October 2005 Collins has drawn one bird, studiously, every day, each titled and dated, and mapping this extraordinary process of recovery via art. IN recent months, Collins’ exploration has expanded, and this new exhibition will also feature a range of other portrayals of wildlife, from bats and bears to tigers and butterflies.
Opening Wednesday 15 April 2009, 7-9pm
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Critical Applause 2: Emily Pethick
Thursday 16 April 2009
6:00pm : Free (ticketed)
Venue: CCA 4 (cinema)
Emily Pethick, former Director of Casco, Utrect and current Director of The Showroom, London presents a new body of research on Brazilian educationalist, Paulo Freire.
Critical Applause is a monthly series of talks and events aspiring to encourage ambitious and engaged discourse around contemporary art practice. Those invited to participate have been selected on the basis that their concerns articulate notions of critical engagement with contemporary conditions facing both artists as well as those working in a broader social context.
Rather than providing an overview of their practice to date, participants in the programme are encouraged to stage their contribution in a dynamic and spontaneous manner, eschewing any inherited notion of what an artist’s talk might be. For example, they could focus on a specific body of research or stage a performance or event. As well as being interested in expanded models for art practice, Critical Applause seeks alternative means for talking or thinking about art by means of productive engagement.
Emily Pethick is Director of The Showroom, London. From 2005 – 2008 she worked as the Director of Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, in Utrecht, the Netherlands. From 2003 – 2004 she was Curator at Cubitt, where she founded the ongoing annual self-publishing fair and touring archive Publish and Be Damned with Kit Hammonds. She has contributed to Frieze, dot dot dot, GAS, texte zur kunst, Artforum and Untitled. She is a member of the Afterall editorial board.
Future speakers in the series include:
14 May 2009, 7pm
Glasgow School of Art graduate, Tris Vonna Michell has shown at the Kunsthalle, Zurich; Witte de With, Holland and most recently at the Tate Triennial. This will be his first performance in Glasgow since his degree show in 2005.
18 June 2009, 7pm
Olivia Plender, an internationally renowned artist and former editor of Untitled magazine. Plender’s practice spans graphic novels, performance, installation and writing. She has recently had solo exhibitions in Art In General, New York and Maraboupark, Stockholm.
16 July 2009, 7pm
Internationally acclaimed artist Ryan Gander, returns with his first performance in Scotland since Becks Futures at CCA, 2005. His solo exhibition Heralded As The New Black at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and then South London Gallery was one of the most notable British shows of 2008.
13 August 2009, 7pm
Will Holder, editor for the journal F.R. David and recently featured in the ICA's pioneering Nought to Sixty programme with the event Bachelor Party, in celebration of what would have been Marcel Duchamps 121st birthday.
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Gallery Weekend
Thursday 16 April - Sunday 19 April 2009
CCA is participating in Gallery Weekend, a new initiative launched by arts organisations throughout the city, offering a busy weekend of arts and cultural events throughout the city this Spring.
Centre for Contemporary Arts CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Gallery Hours
Tue - Sat: 11am - 6pm