Sometimes you get fed up sitting in front of the computer, well quite often actually! and you feel in need of seeing some exhibitions. So have been into Edinburgh to see Peter Howson at the City Arts Centre and Douglas Gordon at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Both are ex graduates of Glasgow School of Art and they were a few years ahead of me- I only graduated in 2001 ( as a very mature student).
In fact all the major exhibitions taking place at the moment in Scotland are ex GSA students – Christine Borland ( Turner Prize runner up) has just opened at the Fruitmarket gallery in Edinburgh and David Shrigley at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Dundee. Must be something in the Glasgow air….
Found Howson's exhibition stimulating and it was great to look at paintings and drawings again. Douglas Gordon? well I am not so sure. Have seen all the work except the elephant piece which is magnificent, before.
When you are dealing with digital conceptual work it does raise the question: do you really need a huge gallery to show it? why not show it on the internet?
Just discovered lots of Peter Howson's paintings on e-bay!….
