Visions for the Future IV Graham Fagen / Victoria Morton Initiated by The Fruitmarket Gallery in 1999, "Visions for the Future" is a project to commission and present work by Scotland's leading young artists. Six exhibitions have shown in the series to date, featuring work by Ross Sinclair, Martin Boyce, Anne Bevan, Graeme Todd, Annette Heyer and Steve Hollingsworth. The latest artists to be commissioned, Graham Fagen and Victoria Morton, were selected following consultation with artists, curators and a wide range of people involved in the visual arts in Scotland. Graham Fagen was born in Glasgow in 1966. His work revolves around the way contemporary identity, and its associated myths and fictions, can be expressed and interrogated. Working with video, photography and installation, Fagen uses a particular combination of sculpture and language to explore the matrix of personal and cultural influences that impinge on the individual. His work at first may seem fictional but, on closer examination, actually deals with social, cultural and historical accuracies. For "Visions for the Future" Fagen has produced three new series of work. The free-standing constructed installation and video work "Radio Roselle" examines connections between Scotland and Jamaica, fusing the traditional music of Scotland with historical reggae songs to form the narrative for an installation examining cultural identity. Fagen's proposal also contains a sculptural element in the form of a bronze cast of a rose bush. The original bush is part of a public art project to develop two new parks along the Royston Road, Glasgow. For this project Fagen bought the right to name a rose. Influenced by Burns, and his use of the rose as a symbol, he decided that the rose should be called "Where The Heart Is". This name also has connotations of belonging, as in the phrase "home is where the heart is". Born in Glasgow in 1971, Victoria Morton has produced a new series of paintings that vary from the intimate to the large scale. She describes her work as based on an interest in the historical development of painting, coupled with ia desire to locate existential experiencei. She regards these new works as arrangements of conscious and unconscious thought and action – "inner landscapes" that can also include ideas and influences from contemporary life. Morton's installation in the upper gallery combines painting, sculpture and elements of sound. "Broadly speaking", she says, "my aim is to represent and situate an experience of the space of the body. The viewer becomes the figure in the painting; the centre of perception. The paintings will form the centre-piece of the exhibition, and provide a context for the other more experimental elements, namely sculpture and music." Supported by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Henry Moore Foundation and the Robertson Trust. Ausstellungsdauer: 30.11.2002 - 11.1.2003 Oeffnungszeiten: Mo-So 10 - 19 Uhr The Fruitmarket Gallery 45 Market Street Edinburgh, EH1 1DF Telefon: +44 131 225 2383 Fax +44 131 220 3130 www.fruitmarket.co.uk |
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