24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
Gateway to Over 3,000 UK museums, galleries and heritage attractions
Skip to navigation
Scottish Artists Bring Venice Biennale Home To Edinburgh
By 24 Hour Museum Staff
07/12/2005
Image: Shows a photo of a sculpture of a stick figure on all fours on a plinth.
A Routine Sequence of External Actions by Joanne Tatham and Tom O'Sullivan, 2005.
The artists who created Scotland’s contribution to the 2005 Venice Biennale have come home.
Alex Pollard, Cathy Wilkes, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan are back in Scotland where they are showing new work until March 5 2006 at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
The exhibition has been curated by Jason E Bowman and Rachel Bradley, the same team behind the display at the 51st Venice Biennale, in collaboration with gallery staff.
This new work has been made possible thanks to support from the Esmée Fairburn Foundation and the Foyle Foundation.
Wall Drawing by Alex Pollard, 2005.
"Scotland’s presentation at the Venice Biennale demonstrated the vibrancy of Scottish contemporary art on the world stage," explained Scottish Arts Council Chairman Richard Holloway.
"The homecoming of these artists’ work creates an opportunity for the people of Scotland to see what we presented to the world audience together with additional new work by the artists," he added. "I would encourage everyone to see this exhibition."
The first Venice Biennale took place in 1895 and ever since, the festival of art has placed itself in the front line of the avant-garde. It aims to promote new artistic trends and includes an International Film Festival, International Architecture Exhibition, Festival of Contemporary Music, theatre, dance and of course the International Art Exhibition.
Artists based in Scotland have been exhibiting there since 1897. In 1978 Scottish artist Mark Boyle represented Britain and since then David Mach, Douglas Gordon, Christine Borland and Roderick Buchanan, among others, have participated.
She's Pregnant Again by Cathy Wilkes, 2005.
Each artist that presented work this year is based in Glasgow and all of them have worked and exhibited across Scotland, as well as internationally.
For the latest stage of their Venice project, they’ve built upon their original work to create new pieces in a variety of media.
Alex Pollard has created a sculpture-based installation, while Cathy Wilkes has also produced a new installation.
Wilkes’ work has come to be known for it's fragile and deeply considered nature and her piece on show in Edinburgh reflects both visual meaning and lived experience. She is also exhibiting a video installation.
A Routine Sequence of External Actions by Joanne Tatham and Tom O'Sullivan, 2005.
Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan, who work collaboratively, have extended their recent practice that has seen them repeat and recycle certain motifs.
According to the exhibition literature this repetition has created something of a vocabulary, or grammar, with a system of rules and devices prescribing the work. With this system in place the artists consider how contemporary art functions in the different contexts it occupies.
To help visitors navigate their way through the work on show, guides will be offering introductory tours on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the exhibition.
There will also be a series of lectures during which each artist will talk about his or her work.
A further two special lectures have been organised with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute and will be given by Maria de Corral, co-curator of the 2005 Venice Biennale, and Enzo di Martino, author of A History of the Venice Biennale 1895-2005.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (National Galleries of Scotland)
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art , Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR, Lothian, Scotland
Open: Mon-Sat 1000-1700
Sun 1400-1700
Related Articles
News In Brief - Museums, Galleries And Heritage News
Tracey Emin - 20 Years - At Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
Maternity In Art At The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
News In Brief - Week Ending April 20 2008
Richard Long At Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art
News In Brief - Week Ending August 19 2007
News In Brief - Week Ending March 18 2007
E-news registration
E-mail story to a friend
Tell us what you think
Black Watch Museum Appeal Seeks To Raise £3million
News In Brief - Museums, Galleries And Heritage News
Newly-Accredited Medical College Invests In Mysterious Portrait
Photos Of WWII Codecrackers Go On Sale At Bletchley Park
Painting Returns To Queen Victoria's Dressing Room After 166-Year Absence
Cartoon Awards Ceremony Celebrates UK's Top Scribblers At Mall Galleries
Made08 - The Brighton Craft Fair 2008
Library Thief To Be Sentenced At Wood Green Crown Court Today
New Look For The Relaunched Garden Museum In Lambeth
Write Queer London Competition Holds Inspiration Day At The British Museum
Downs House Darwin Discovery Project Wins Funding Go-Ahead
British Museum Gets Set For Historic Egyptian Tomb Gallery
Stunning Wedgwood Relaunch Celebrates Potteries Heritage
Library Bid To Save Earliest Surviving Score Of Opera In English Language
Ryedale Folk Museum Lands Significant Harrison Collection
Portable Antiquities Scheme Is Fit For Purpose Say MLA
Leading Academics Call For Art Funding Support In Wake Of Titian Pledge
Glasgow Police Museum Edges Closer To A New Home
Search this site
Home Page
News Page
Exhibition Page
What's On
Trails Page
Website of the Week
Letters Page
Welsh Home
Graphical Version
Copyright © 24 Hour Museum
Information published here was believed to be correct at the time it was prepared. Welsh language pages developed with CYMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government.