Sunday 28th June 2015
A morning in Edinburgh and a whirlwind tour of two exhibitions before
heading through to AC/DC concert in Glasgow!
Summerhall
A quirky old building that still retains many original features of its former life as the
Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies with laboratories, dissection rooms etc!
It is now a creative hub for the arts.
Installation piece on front of building by Mexican artist Antonio 'O' Connell
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Inside the building the title of the main show was 'OUTSIDE-IN '
with numerous artists collectively exhibiting in a wide range of media.
With to many to mention, I`ve selected a few of my favourites
(or maybe most memorable)!
This was a short film by Henry Coombes titled
'Two Discs and a Zed'
'The film presents two main sets: the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh
and a mountainous landscape somewhere in the Highlands.
The first serves as the stage for the wanderings of a wolf, while the second hosts a
caveman sculptor played by Coombes, along with a cavewoman who entombs his body in plaster.
In both scenarios things seem out of place: a savage creature in a museum,
and a self-conscious artist in the Iron Age.
A very thought provoking piece-to view follow link below
'Leviathan'
David Faithfull
 His works are inspired and relate to Inch Kenneth, a remote island of the western shores of Mull. Through photography, drawing, sculpture and artists books he investigates and documents its infamous connection to the Milford sisters and the conspiracy theorists blaming underwater military testing for the deaths of whales around the area but he is ultimately taken with the beauty of the island itself. As part of his exhibition he had covered a window with red film and titled it 'Dystopia', I`m not quite sure about the choice of title as I found the effect curiously fascinating rather than oppressive? What do you think? 
Summerhall as an excellant website where you can find out more
about the artists, exhibitions and events there.
Also as part of the Edinburgh International Magic Festival,, Italian photographer
Barbra Scerbo was exhibiting her 'Illusion' works here.
These were a collection of optical illusion images, the idea is
centered on what she can see behind the model (and its all real, no photoshop!)
To see some more of her works follow link below
City Art Centre
The interior of this building is in stark contrast to the 'higgeldy piggeldy' rooms of
the Summerhall with four floors of open plan gallery space.
The current exhibition is 'Scottish Art: People, Places, Ideas'
with each floor exploring one of four key areas; people, landscape, still life and abstraction.
This was a very large collection that expanded over 250 yrs of Scottish artists.
It was wonderful to see the variety of artist styles and the different medias used.
I took loads of photos and when I looked over them again these were the artworks
I liked in particular!
Stephen Collingboure, Cloud Howe (1981-4),
welded steel sculpture representing abstract landscape
Alice Hannigan, West (1991), tapestry (wool) inspired
by her interest in Christopher Columbus.
William Johnstone, Wonton (1979), oil on canvas, the title
makes reference to one of the principal gods of Germanic mythology.
Ron O'Donnell, Still Life is Alive and Kicking (1986),
photographic print that plays with the viewers expectations
of still life genre- just brilliant!!
All in all an inspiring morning that finished up with lunch in an Italian-
a bowl of pasta and a bottle of beer before heading to Glasgow!
AC/DC
Hampden Park
  
AWESOME BAND
AWESOME ATMOSPHERE
what can I say it was just
AWESOME!!
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