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Best of Degree Show: Rosanna Lee
Rosanna Lee arranges and manipulates objects in order to create abstract sculptural compositions that draw attention to the detail and formal qualities of the materials and their dialogue with the architectural features of the site. She explores how sculpture can be understood in terms of the human body, gesturing towards the possibility for the work…
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Best of Degree Show: Euphrosyne Andrews
The power of form standing alone as an artwork is and idea key to Euphrosyne Andrews’ practice. Her work is concerned with the history of ornament, it’s circulation in relation to the multiple and the domestic connotations of ornamentation resulting from the materials that are commonly associated with it. Printmaking processes underpin her work, exploiting the traditional relationship…
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Best of Degree Show: Evie Cooper
Evie Cooper’s work comes from the process of walking and exploring the Ayrshire countryside to encourage thought, using photography and drawing as her main means of recording these journeys. Later on she think about her experiences, and condenses them into her studio work. Thus begins the process of abstraction, taking from walks and breaking down the experiences to push…
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Best of Degree Show: Maria Cesa
Over the years, Maria Cesa has focused on exploring the theme of portraiture within a contemporary context. Throughout her time at The Glasgow School of Art, Cesa’s body of work was made up of mostly acrylic and oil; however during her final year at GSA she began to move towards collage in order to abstract her pieces further. Using personal photographs as a source, Cesa experiments with…
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Best of Degree Show: Edyta Majewska
Edyta Majewska portrays her personal background through her practice. Her multi-media presentation allows viewers to step into a discourse with her work and helps them relate and perhaps examine their own problems. She believes that the opportunity to study at Glasgow School of Art has helped her to produce works at a professional level and…
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Best of Degree Show: Sara Moustafa
Sara Moustafa uses the language of colour characteristically through material investigations. External space is referenced through a visual archive in the medium of photography and reflected in a process of material studies. Strange Familiarity, the work displayed at Six Foot Gallery, is a black and yellow colour study which aims to subtly challenge the viewer. This…
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Best of Degree Show: Anna Thomson
After four years studying at Glasgow School of Art Anna Thomson finds herself most attuned to the instinctive process of drawing and painting. Her works are raw and visceral and she uses the immediate nature of drawing to explore her subconscious and perception of self. Thomson considers the body as the centre from which experiences…
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Best of Degree Show: Mhairi MacLeod
Mhairi MacLeod’s work is informed by her frustration at the portrayal of the female form in traditional fine art practice. She feels that women have been presented in a way that makes male dominance and female subordination seem attractive. This has caused MacLeod to challenge this traditional view of acceptable art in her own conceptual art practice. During her time at…
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Best Of Degree Show 2015
From 10/07/2015 Six Foot Gallery will be displaying promising emerging talent from around Glasgow and Scotland. The team have scouted the best of 2015’s art school graduates and have brought them together for the annual Best of Degree Show exhibition. This provides the perfect opportunity to see an array of fantastic works incorporating an array of…
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‘In Yer Face’ Exhibition
In June 2015, ‘Six Foot Gallery’ will be featuring an exhibition titled ‘In Yer Face’ which will repel yet still draw in its audience. It is officially confirmed that three artists will be featuring their work which will be Jenny Robertson, Yasmin Soliman and Cameron Wallace. Starting with the work that is to be featured…
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