Events and exhibitions at Talbot Rice Gallery
Talbot Rice Gallery are hosting a number of exciting upcoming events alongside their current exhibitions.
Current Exhibitions
Alison Turnbull
Alison Turnbull’s contemporary abstract paintings, from star charts and architectural plans, distil colour, rhythm and pattern to create images of startling clarity. They stress the inherent aesthetic qualities of information, otherwise presumed to have a purely functional quality, while demonstrating how the process of painting can record analytical and intuitive relationships.
James Cumming
Including rarely seen works this exhibition celebrates the achievements of James Cumming (1922-1991) RSA, RSW. In addition to paintings from every decade of his career, sketchbooks and preparatory materials reflect the level of research and design that enriched his work.
Upcoming Events
Curators Talk - Dr Joanna Soden and Sandy Wood on James CummingThursday 29 March 2012, 1pm -
2pmCurators of the RSA Collection Dr Joanna Sodden and Sandy Wood will join Talbot Rice Gallery’s Principal Curator Pat Fisher to explore the life and works of James Cumming. A significant number of the works in the James Cumming exhibition were gifted to the RSA by the artist’s family.
This is a free event, please book a place by contacting:
0131 6502210 or info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk
Artists Talk - Alison Turnbull and Ross Birrell in conversationThursday 26 April 2012, 6pm -
8pmTo coincide with the publication of the exhibition catalogue Alison Turnbull will discuss her work with artist, writer and lecturer Ross Birrell. Following the talk there will be an opportunity to have a glass of wine and purchase catalogues to be signed by the artist.
This is a free event, please book a place by contacting: 0131 6502210 or info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk
Lecture - Professor Chris Breward / The Power of British Art and DesignWednesday 2 May 2012, 5pm -
6pmFor 2012s Friends of Talbot Rice Gallery Annual Memorial Lecture, Professor Chris Breward will reflect on curating the V&A’s major exhibition for the 2012 Olympic Season: British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age. The lecture will focus on the challenges raised by the project and suggest ways in which the British Art and Design College has been a key influence on how our culture has developed over the past six decades.
This is a free event, please book a place by contacting: 0131 6502210 or info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk
This article was published on Nov 23, 2012
