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Fell

Alex Allan

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Fell

Alex Allan

Reference

SAS0001_005

Year

2020

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 45
Length: 40
Depth: 10

Materials

Concrete

Current Location

Artist's studio.

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  • Indoors
  • Outdoors
  • Floor-based
  • Freestanding
  • On a plinth
  • In a case

Background, history, commissioner of the work

This work was a material and process investigation which was made during the production of a larger public sculpture for Midlothian Council. The work was made in response to a local coal seam.

Thematic/contextual information

The work was a material exploration and test-run for a larger public work that now sits outside Danderhall Community Hub. The aptly named coal seam, The Beefie, which runs underneath Midlothian, was streaked with layers of white stone, resembling a choice cut of beef. This geological phenomenon is hinted at here using pigmented concrete.

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Pass

Alex Allan

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Pass

Alex Allan

Reference

SAS0001_004

Year

2020

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 40
Length: 40
Depth: 10

Materials

Concrete

Current Location

Artist's studio.

Suitable Locations for the Work

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors
  • Floor-based
  • Freestanding
  • On a plinth
  • In a case

Background, history, commissioner of the work

Produced during a public sculpture commission for Midlothian Council, in response to a local coal seam.

Thematic/contextual information

The work was a material exploration and test-run for a larger public work that now sits outside Danderhall Community Hub. The aptly named coal seam, The Beefie, which runs underneath Midlothian, was streaked with layers of white stone, resembling a choice cut of beef. This geological phenomenon is hinted at here using pigmented concrete.

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Concrete & 2 x 25mm rebar

Steve Hines

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Concrete & 2 x 25mm rebar

Steve Hines

Reference

SAS0138_002

Year

2018

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 75
Length: 57
Depth: 55

Materials

Cast concrete with 2 x 25mm diameter reinforced steel bar.

Current Location

Artists studio

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Background, history, commissioner of the work

The work was completely self-initiated. I am constantly drawn to nature & I enjoy escaping to high, wild places - (I have completed long distance walks in The Himalaya, to Everest Base Camp, a Tour du Mont Blanc in the Alps, an Alta Via 1 in The Dolomites, then various walks around/near The Matterhorn along with The Pennine Way in the UK etc). Glimpses & sightings of Ibex have fed into the inspiration for this work leading to research into the shape and gracefulness of the Impala.

Thematic/contextual information

I admire the materials I use here - concrete and Rebar and I have strived to find a way to celebrate them, to highlight their organic qualities and show the gracefulness through the curves and strength inherent in them. I have attempted to marry my love of nature with my professional interest in abstraction. Like nature the work looks different from multiple angles

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Nothing Wrong Is With Me

Dylan Esposito

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Nothing Wrong Is With Me

Dylan Esposito

Reference

SAS0117_002

Year

2020

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 175
Length: 33
Depth: 30

Materials

Found kitchen cabinet, scrim, plaster, concrete, wax, pigment & painted steel.

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Background, history, commissioner of the work

The work was previously exhibited in the group show 'Like a Biennale', Civic House, Glasgow, January 2020.

Thematic/contextual information

My work often critiques the utopian visions of architecture & design, exploring the mistranslation between their ideas & realities. 'Nothing Wrong Is With Me' elevates a found kitchen cabinet that has been concealed in pink plaster & concrete. The work plays with ideas of value, functionality & 'masking', which is a widely shared autistic experience where people suppress the visual signs of their autism and imitate behaviours to conform to social 'norms'.

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Rebus

William Braithwaite

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Rebus

William Braithwaite

Reference

SAS0096_002

Year

2020

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 30
Length: 20
Depth: 10

Materials

Concrete, Recycled Stone

Suitable Locations for the Work

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  • Floor-based
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Background, history, commissioner of the work

Intermediate Interactions, The Foundry Gallery, London, 2020

Thematic/contextual information

The work explores the relationship of art and architecture. Rebus utilises repetitive shapes and forms that have geometric and linear values. Using concrete asks questions about the relationship of architecture and sculpture. The mundane colour of the material allows the viewer can pay more attention to the form and structure of the work. The works almost appropriate different architectural and other functional objects and combine them together to create a hybrid.

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Concretion

William Braithwaite

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Concretion

William Braithwaite

Reference

SAS0096_003

Year

2019

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 210
Length: 105
Depth: 40

Materials

Concrete, Steel, Copper, Recycled Stone

Suitable Locations for the Work

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors
  • Floor-based
  • Freestanding

Background, history, commissioner of the work

Gilbert Bayes Award Show, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, 2019 OPEN VAS+SSA, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2019

Thematic/contextual information

Braithwaite’s practice explores the constant exploration of repetition, process and formation. ‘Concretion’ series explores the boundary between sculpture and architecture, particularly Modernism and Brutalism. The large scale and complex nature of the sculptures allows for an exchange between viewer and work.

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Whatever there is in the landscape emerges if we just sit still

Morag Smith

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Whatever there is in the landscape emerges if we just sit still

Morag Smith

Reference

SAS0081_001

Dimensions (cm)

Height: 33
Length: 28
Depth: 28

Materials

Concrete and Resin

Current Location

WASPS Studios, Nairn

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  • Indoors
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  • Freestanding

About the Artwork

The central theme in this work is an exploration of place, with the place being the Highlands and Islands. An exploration of memory through minimal formal means.

Background, history, commissioner of the work

The central theme in this work is an exploration of place with the place being the Highlands and Islands. I began an exploration of this via memory which allowed a looking back into childhood from an adult perspective. These memories were then brought back into the present and through process forms and ideas began to emerge. Layers of depth and meaning were revealed from the past and present which led to these finished pieces as a purely formal response with attention on form and colour hinting at the influence of minimalism.

Thematic/contextual information

I continue to explore questions around the importance of memory and its links to place. Why for example do I not feel this same sense of attachment to East Lothian where I was brought up? What was it from my formative years that brought me to a sense of place for the Highlands and Islands? How does this influence my attraction to other landscapes out with this area? Why do I feel moved to respond in the abstract? Through further reading and study on these questions I gain deeper understanding of the drivers in my practice, which adds into the process within my work.

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