Tag: Public Art

Something Special This Way Comes

Post author By Katie Anderson
Post date October 26, 2012

Lisa Gallacher is an artist from Dumfries who has worked all over the UK and Europe since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art with an MFA in 2003. Since April, Lisa has been working on a project called TDRM: Dumfries, which has involved detailed research and making articles of bespoke clothing for ten local folk.

Lisa Gallacher – Queensberry Street Fabric

This has been a truly ambitious undertaking, with Lisa first designing and printing her own fabrics before turning them into new garments. This was the scene at the artist’s temporary studio in The Stove in the centre of Dumfries today:

We’d urge anyone with an interest in the arts and seeing an artist working at the top of their game to come along to the public event marking the project. NB: The garments will not be on show like this again… this is a once-only opportunity.

COME TO GREYFRIARS CHURCH, DUMFRIES… 7 pm on Wednesday, 7th November… FREE (and a glass of wine to boot)

Tags 2012, Fashion, Inbetween Dumfries, Lisa Gallacher, Public Art, Visual Art

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Mike Inglis: Work-in-Progress

Post author By Katie Anderson
Post date October 26, 2012

Those who follow the work of Mike Inglis will be very intrigued and excited to see the image below. Mike’s work is all about layers of exposure, and his relationship with public space is often a troubled one. There is an aspect of his work that involves the 3D assembly of very private shrine works. Mike has often talked about ways that he could bring this side of his work into the public domain alongside his paste-ups and graphic work. Maybe Dumfries is about to see something very significant in Scottish art history…

One of Scotland’s leading public/street artists, Mike has been researching ‘outsiders’ and ‘custodians’ in Dumfries since May 2012. He has worked with community groups and historical information ranging from the execution of nine women accused of witchcraft in 1659 to the groundbreaking therapeutic community at the former Crichton Hospital.

Mike’s work around Dumfries will include two ‘window shrines’ and six ‘paste-up street shrines’ – these will begin to appear in the town centre on 4th November and will be visible for as long as the good folk of Dumfropolis choose to leave them unmolested.

Find out more about Mike Inglis’ work here.