Category: Art
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The light shifts in the Inner Hebrides
My artist’s eye marvels at how the light constantly shifts across the tableau in the the Lochs of the Inner Hebrides. A plein-air painter’s nightmare, the effect of light on the sea and the landscape can change in the instance of a shutter click, making it even challenging for photographers, especially when on board a…
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Sculpture: Queen Victoria and St Elvis
A life sized sculpture of Elvis Presley projects towards visitors in the gallery on the first floor of the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, while on the ground floor, Queen Victoria presides over the East Wing. One hundred and eight years elapsed between Francis Williamson’s beautifully detailed refined marble rendition of Her Majesty and Sean…
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Art, Artefact, or Design?
: Art, Artefact, or Design? In the East Wing of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum I tilted my iPhone upwards to capture the floating heads suspended from the ceiling. I wasn’t alone. Have you noticed how tourists and visitors always take photos of the same things? Clearly these faces suspended above the exhibits…
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Banksy: from Kirkwall to Glasgow
I am one for letting journeys unfold, as planning ahead is not my forte. Sometimes one experience segues into another, like when I managed to get a ticket to the Cut and Run Exhibition at the Glasgow GoMA. This exhibition is probably the closest Banksy will come to doing a retrospective and sharing something of…
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Neue Museum Berlin
Paradoxically, I didn’t photograph the most famous exhibit of the Neue Museum. Like the Mona Lisa, Queen Nefertiti has her own special room, a space that has a beauty in itself. The artistry of this bust is unsurpassable, with fine sculpting that is befitting of the Queen’s delicate fine boned face. What did the artist…
ART by Jude Tulloch 