In eager anticipation, I pick up Gerda Stevenson’s second volume of poetry, Quines. Stevenson is a prolific and multi-talented Scottish artist, renowned for her work as an actor, playwright, director, poet and singer-songwriter. This collection, published on International Women’s Day 2018, has been lauded by high-profile commentators, including Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Lesley Riddoch and Read More
‘It is monumental, more than the sum of its parts.’ (Christine De Luca) We are faced less with ‘how do you solve a problem like Maria?’, more how do you define a Titan like Paolozzi? If you can, how then do you celebrate his extraordinary legacy? Sculptor, collage-artist, printmaker, mosaicist, teacher. Collaborator with scientists. Activist. Read More
Over the last four decades Valerie Gillies has truly inhabited the Scottish and Irish landscapes; she draws from them a perpetual source of sustenance for her work. “The Cream of the Well” refers to the first sip taken at sunrise that was believed to have healing properties – a mystical quality which has a strong Read More
