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2008 Maclaurin Galleries Exhibition Programme |
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Headway Ayrshire Headway Ayrshire is a charity established some 13 years ago that provides support, information and services to people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), their carers and families. Under the inspired tuition of George Epsworth, members are encouraged to experience and develop their creative skills. Eighteen exhibitors from the art group show a range of paintings in the Maclaurin Galleries. Scottish Bestiary In mediaeval times most book collections or libraries included one or more Bestiaries, illuminated manuscripts, which contained descriptions and illustrations of mythical monsters and more agreeable beasts. In 1986, the Paragon Press devised and published in portfolio form a modern bestiary with text by the Orkney poet, George Mackay Brown, illustrated by seven Scottish artists, namely Peter Howson, June Redfern, Steven Campbell, Jack Knox, Adrian Wiszniewski, Bruce McLean and John Bellany. The exhibition is a chance to view the etchings and lithographs created for this 20th century Scottish Bestiary. David Croft-Smith David Croft-Smith was involved in theatre design and production for many years. He studied at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield in Arbroath, and since then he has had many exhibitions in the UK and abroad, and his work is held in various private and public collections, including Kelvingrove Gallery. During his years in art education and theatre production, he developed an interest in sailing, and on retiring spent 10 years cruising the Mediterranean, visiting many of the classical sights from Spain to Turkey. This exhibition in the Maclaurin Galleries shows one side of his eclectic artistic output. Ayr Art Circle 2008 Members of Ayr Art Circle will present their annual art exhibition in the Maclaurin Galleries, exhibiting a wide range of styles and subject matter, from still life, landscape and figurative studies in oil, watercolour and mixed media. George Wyllie It is 40 years since George Wyllie first exhibited in public in Ayrshire at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine in 1968. Periodically, this Scottish artist and sculptor of international renown has exhibited at the Maclaurin Galleries, and the gallery welcomes his return to present a selection of work from his private collection in galleries three and four. Jacki Parry Jacki Parry is known internationally for her work as a printmaker, papermaker and sculptor. Her work was featured in the inaugural loan exhibition from Glasgow Museums that opened the Maclaurin Galleries in June 1976. Her etching, “Cloud Moving”, was one of the first purchases made for the Maclaurin Collection. Jacki will present a new body of work in galleries one and two. Ayr Sketch Club 2008 Founded in 1901, members of Ayr Sketch Club show work in their annual exhibition in the Maclaurin galleries. Subject matter varies from local land and seascapes to portrait and still life studies, often executed in oil, watercolour, acrylic and pastel. The exhibition features a wide range of painting styles and use of colour, from delicate watercolour scenes to works displaying bold, bright colours and textures. The Maclaurin Collection – 25 Years 2008 marks 25 years of the Maclaurin Collection. The first public showing of the initial collection was in December 1983, although works had been collected before then. From the early days, due to the foresight and diligence of the Purchasing Committee, the collection acquired works by significant contemporary artists of the 20th century, including Patrick Heron, Bridget Riley and several of the prominent figures in Scottish Art, such as Alan Davie and John Bellany. Three special exhibitions in the summer will highlight the range of works in the collection, showing paintings and sculpture by Scottish, British and European artists. Maclaurin Collection 1 Maclaurin Collection 2 Maclaurin Collection 3 In addition, a selection of works from the fine art collection of South Ayrshire Council will be shown, including paintings by two of the Scottish Colourists, J. D. Fergusson and Leslie Hunter. South by South West The third Future Museum exhibition, South by South West will tell the story of art in the South West area, from 1780 to present day, predominately through the fine art collections held in Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. The exhibition will be shown simultaneously over three venues, from June to September, highlighting works by artists who originated from Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway, or who were inspired by the region. The Maclaurin Galleries will show the first period, 1780-1880, looking at themes of landscape, portraiture, industry, Robert Burns, the Scottish domestic interior and the Pre-Raphaelite connection with Penkill Castle at Old Dailly, and featuring work by such artists as, Horatio McCulloch, David Octavius Hill, the Faed family, William Bell Scott and Arthur Hughes. The second period 1880-1940 will be shown at the Tolbooth, Kirkcudbright (June/July), later moving to Gracefield Arts Centre in Dumfries (August/September). This exhibition will feature the Glasgow Boys and the landscape of Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire as inspirational place, with reference to the artistic community of Kirkcudbright. The third period 1940-2008 will be shown at the Dick Institute in Kilmarnock. This will concentrate on work produced in the 20th century on the themes of Scottish Renaissance, the Edinburgh and Glasgow schools, painting in the landscape tradition, and the human condition. A “new visions” section will look at work in different media, from photography and video to sculpture and landscape art. Three new commissions will form part of the new visions theme created by artists, Rodderick Buchanan, Graham Fagen and Kathleen Mackay. Save the Children 2008 A month later than usual, the Ayr and District Branch of Save the Children presents another open exhibition at the Maclaurin Galleries of art by professional and amateur artists from Ayrshire and beyond, featuring a diverse range of subject matter to suit all tastes and pockets. The main sponsor of the exhibition is McMillan Kilpatrick Solicitors and Estate Agents, Ayr. |
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