Most ex-printmakers like us seldom see our old work getting the
light of day, though of course in many private houses it's probably
being enjoyed daily - in fact a buyer of one of my degree show
prints from 1991 recently contacted me about buying another print
24 years later - and with a his (slightly) healthier bank
balance!
So it was my good fortune to drop by GOMA
(Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow) to see 'Ripples in the
Pond' a group show including two prints from 1992 by us -
that's three years before we even started collaborating as
Somewhere!
It's a fascinating show as it's conceived as a conversation
between works by women on paper and moving image and was generated
by partners Modern Edinburgh Film School, along with LUX Scotland
and Glasgow Women’s Library. There is a screening room along with
lots of very diverse pieces.
Our two small prints were created at Edinburgh Printmakers
Workshop, a wonderful place where we both worked at one point,
and they then we acquired by Glasgow City Council
(I can't remember how) and until now have lived in a planchest in
storage, so it's great to see them again and to know that they have
interested someone enough to draw them out into the public eye
again.
And on a library table in the show, there is a copy of the
lovely 'Guide to
Somewhere' produced for last years show in Kettles Yard!
AND the show runs until April 2016 - so no excuses if you are in
town!
More
about the show can be found here.
Posted Wednesday 17th June, 2015 at 3:04 pm by Karen