A new site-specific work by GSA graduate Mick Peter, created in partnership with young people on GSA’s Widening Participation programme, announced
Specially commissioned work from GSA graduates Torsten Lauschmann and Susanne Nørregård Nielsen in the Reid Building
Also on show during GI site-specific work, Dance Number, by GSA graduate Louise Hopkins commissioned as part of the restoration of the Mackintosh Building
The Glasgow School of Art’s full GI 2018 programme was confirmed today, Tuesday 13 February 2018. Special commissions from three GSA MFA graduates will be part of the 8th edition of the acclaimed festival. A new work by Mick Peter created by in partnership with young people on GSA’s Widening Participation programme will be part of the Director’s Programme. Meanwhile, new work specially commissioned by the GSA from Torsten Lauschmann will be on show in the Reid Gallery as part of Supported Programme and specially commissioned work by and Susanne Nørregård Nielsen will be on show in the Reid corridor as part of the wider programme for GI.
Mick Peter: The Regenerators.
Dalmarnock Gas Purifier 10 April – 7 May 2018
Images: Work created during a programme of workshops led by Mick Peter and supported by Sally Hackett, Gudrun Soley Sigurdardottir and the GSA’s Widening Participation team; some of the young people on a site visit to the Gas Purifier shed
Mick Peter’s work will be installed on the empty façade of the historic Dalmarnock Gas Purifier shed in the East End of Glasgow. Together with young people from across the West of Scotland Peter is creating a 76m long ‘billboard’ depicting crumbling buildings from different eras, including a medieval castle, tenement housing as well as modern flats in the process of being demolished in in drawings which are reminiscent of a newspaper strip cartoon,. The work will also see a solitary piece of ‘public sculpture’ wheeled out ceremoniously each day before being returned to its lockup behind the newly drawn façade. The project invites us to consider hoardings that surround building sites across the city, Glasgow’s architectural history and the loaded nature of the transformation of its industrial built heritage. The young people’s participation in the project is being led by a core curatorial group of students engaging with the GSA’s Widening Participation and Associate Student programme activities. They have been involved in creative workshops on the GSA campus since December 2017.
Torsten Lauschmann: War of the Corners
Reid Gallery, 20 April – 7 May 2018
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Image: Torsten Lauschmann – BEND (2014) |
Part of Glasgow International Supported Programme, this is a new solo commission of audio-visual and sculptural works by Glasgow-based GSA MFA graduate Torsten Lauschmann. It takes its title from a war of words that broke out in 18thcentury Paris when an elitist French opera had to make way for a sudden wave of populist Italian opera.
At a time when populist and nationalist vocabularies have again re-surfaced, Lauschmann offers a series of ambitious new works that interact with and reframe references and resources from high and low culture, drawing together abstraction, humour, politics and art.
Susanne Nørregård Nielsen: Pencil to Paper
Reid Corridor, 20 April – 7 May 2018
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Image: Susanne Nørregård Nielsen - Self Portrait in Suprematist Dress (2004) |
As part of the Glasgow International's 2018 Across the City programe, this exhibition features new work by GSA alumna Susanne Nørregård Nielsen. The playful interdisciplinary work responds to Sophie Taeuber-Arp's (1889-1943) text 'Remarks on Instruction in Ornamental Design' (1922) to form the foundation for a series of drawings on paper.
Sophie Taeuber-Arp is one of the pioneers of abstract art along with Piet Mondrian and Kasimir Malevich. Sophie Taeuber-Arp taught Textile Design at the Trade School Zurich, Department for Applied Art in the first part of her career. In this text from 1922, Sophie Taeuber-Arp shows how to develop textile design, but at the same time gives us insight into her use of form, rhythm, line and colour in her artistic oeuvre
“The GSA’s Widening Participation team works with young people from across the west of Scotland enabling them to access a broad range of creative opportunities. We are delighted that their project with GSA MFA graduate, Mick Peter, will be part of the 2018 GI Festival especially in this Year of Young People,” says Professor Tom Inns, Director of The Glasgow School of Art. "The GSA is particularly pleased that the young people’s contribution will be part of a broad programme of GSA projects featured in GI alongside major new commissions from GSA alumni Torsten Lauschmann and Susanne Nørregård Nielsen."
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| Image: Louise Hopkins Dance Number |
During GI visitors will also have the opportunity to see Louise Hopkins Dance Number. A 2.5m high and 12.2m long digital print on metal, Dance Number, was specially commissioned by the GSA from the acclaimed artist and MFA graduate. The piece which reflects on the restoration of the Mackintosh Building is the artist’s largest work to date.
For Hopkins the outdoor space in which the work is sited is both paradoxical and potent with its contrast between the historic building and a modern building site, and between the public face of the restoration and the hidden nature of what is happening in the Building. She was struck by the juncture between the early 20th century building and the 21st century objects and processes used in the restoration process, and was particularly drawn to both the grid created by the scaffolding and the colours, structure and different qualities of surrounding signage - road signs, pedestrian barriers, contractor signs - which are an integral part of the restoration.
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Listings
20 April – 7 May 2018
Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art, 162 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RF
10am – 5pm daily. Open until 8pm on Thursdays.
GI 2018 at the GSA: Torsten Lauschmann War of the Corners
Specially commissioned by the GSA for GI 2018, the exhibition features new audio-visual and sculptural works by Glasgow-based GSA MFA graduate Torsten Lauschmann. It takes its title from a war of words that broke out in 18th century Paris when an elitist French opera had to make way for a sudden wave of populist Italian opera.
Entry free
20 April – 7 May 2018
Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art, 162 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G3 6RF
10am – 5pm daily. Open until 8pm on Thursdays.
GI 2018 at the GSA: Susanne Nørregård Nielsen: Pencil to Paper
As part of the Glasgow International's Across the City programe, this exhibition features new work specially commissioned by GSA from alumna Susanne Nørregård Nielsen. The playful interdisciplinary work responds to Sophie Taeuber-Arp's (1889-1943) text 'Remarks on Instruction in Ornamental Design' (1922) to form the foundation for a series of drawings on paper.
Entry free
Notes for Editors
Mick Peter: The Regenerators. has been commissioned by Glasgow International, Year of Young People 2018 and Festival 2018 - the cultural programme of the Glasgow 2018 European Championship
· Louise Hopkins and Susanne Nørregård Nielsen are artists and part-time lecturer in the GSA’s School of Fine Art
Stiftung Arp e.V. in Berlin has awarded Nielsen a Fellowship to develop the drawings and archive research on Sophie Taeuber-Arp which she will take up after GI exhibition.