Sandy to speak at J D Fergusson day event at the Hunterian Art Gallery, 26 November

Colour, rhythm and form: John Duncan Fergusson in France and Scotland

DAY EVENT

Saturday 26 November 2011
10.00am – 4.00pm
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery
Fee £24.00*
(*Special concession fee of £14 for full-time GU students)


This one-day symposium has been organised to coincide with the Hunterian Art Gal-
lery's autumn exhibition, 'Colour, Rhythm and Form: J D Fergusson and France'
which will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the Scottish Colourist John
Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961). Bringing together the expertise of leading research-
ers, this symposium will examine Fergusson's contribution to art in Britain and
France, his artistic legacy and his wide-ranging cultural links with contemporary literature, music and dance. Professor Alan Riach, Alexander Moffat, Dr Laurence
Grove, Jenny Kinnear and Sarah Skinner will be among the guest speakers at this
special event. Please note there will be a special concession fee of £14 for full-time
GU students.

Exhibition making as Activism – Whose Politics?

Taking place during the Frieze Art Fair, Frieze Talks was a daily programme of keynote lectures, panel debates and discussions presented by Frieze Foundation and programmed by the editors of frieze magazine.

Exhibition making as Activism – Whose Politics?

12pm, Sunday 17 October

A myriad of approaches are taken by artists, writers and curators whose work responds to complex social issues and political situations. To what extent do the political and personal intersect? Can art be effective activism and vice versa?

* Jeremy Deller (Artist, UK)
* Galit Eilat (Writer, Curator and Founding Director of The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel)
* Emily Roysdon (Artist and Writer, USA)
* Chair: Negar Azimi (Senior Editor, Bidoun magazine)

The talks can be listened to or downloaded from the following website:

http://www.friezefoundation.org/talks/

Guantanamera goes to Gothenburg

David Harding and Ross Birrell will be showing Guantanamera at Valand School of Fine Art, University of Gothenburg in October 2010.

There will be a screening, lecture and talk on 15th October 2010.

David attends Gasworks talk at GSS

Yesterday David attended the talk by Catalina Lozano (Residencies Co-ordinator Gasworks Gallery London) about the Gasworks Residency Programme and their principle based on hosting as opposed to commissioning and curating.

Gasworks hosts up to twelve residencies a year, encouraging the exchange of ideas between international and local practitioners.

About Gasworks
...
Established in 1994, Gasworks is a contemporary art organisation based in South London, housing twelve artists' studios and offering a programme of exhibitions and events, artists’ residencies, international fellowships and educational projects.

Biography

Catalina Lozano holds an MA from Goldsmiths College, and is a PhD candidate at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. She works as Residencies Coordinator at Gasworks, London where she curates a programme of artists’ residencies and outreach activities for artists based outside the UK. She is involved in various curatorial projects at Gasworks and independently.

Tatton Park Biennial Curator's Talk

Yesterday David attended the Tatton Park Biennial Curators' Talk at Glasgow Sculpture Studios.

Sandy talking at The Sorbonne

Sandy will be giving a talk in the History of Art Department, The Sorbonne, Paris on Thursday 6 May.

The students have already worked on extracts from the book "Arts of Resistance - Poems,
Portraits and Landscapes of Modern Scotland" by Alan Riach and Sandy Moffat.

Sandy will concentrate on the Modern Movement in Scotland...from Mackintosh and the Colourists to the New Image painters and Douglas Gordon. He will make a few references to his own work as well.

David attending talk at the BBC on Monday 26th April

On Monday 26 April at 6.30pm David will be attending the talk at the BBC.

BBC Radio Scotland presenter Clare English will be in conversation with Katrina Brown, director of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, and award-winning and internationally renowned artist Ross Sinclair, in the foyer of BBC Scotland's headquarters at Pacific Quay.

Clare's guests will discuss their work, this year's festival theme of past, present and future and Glasgow's changing reputation as a centre for visual arts over the last 20 years.

David to talk at DCA on Tuesday 27th April

David will talk at the event below

Artist Placement Group - Legacy and Reflection

Tuesday 27 April

Meeting Room

As part of a series of seminars that will explore different aspects of art practice and research, this event focuses on the legacy and work of Artist Placement Group which was set up by Barbara Steveni and the late John Latham in 1966.

Speakers include Barbara Steveni, David Harding and Professor Stephen Partridge (Dean of Research, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design).

Places are free, but please book in advance by calling Box Office on 01382 909 900 or visiting in person.

This event is a collaboration between Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Visual Research Centre and Dundee Contemporary Arts.

For further information on this event, e-mail exhibitions@dundee.ac.uk or phone 01382 385330

Time: 2 - 5pm

Price: FREE