Royal Scottish Academy exhibition: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now

Work by John Duncan titled, Ivory, Apes and Peacocks

Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now

 Royal Scottish Academy building on The Mound, Edinburgh

 4th November 2017 - 7th January 2018

Dr Tom Normand, Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History, has been involved in the production and curation of the exhibition ‘Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now’.

Featuring over 400 objects many of which
have rarely been seen in public

A thematic review of the various collections held by the academy, the exhibition has been some three years in the planning. It promises to be a major review of the Scottish art world featuring over 400 objects many of which have rarely been seen in public. The exhibition will include over 450 works by over 270 artists and architects, from the masterpiece ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ painted by Jacopo Bassano of 1540, to recent Diploma Works by Callum Innes and Alison Watt, and works commissioned for and during the exhibition by Calum Colvin, Kenny Hunter and Richard Murphy

To complement the exhibition Dr Normand has edited a book of original essays on the academy and its history. This publication, featuring new essays from academics, scholars, curators and artists, will be a significant contribution to scholarship on Scotland’s visual culture. Dr Normand is an Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy.

For further details: http://www.royalscottishacademy.org/exhibitions/ages-of-wonder/

Exhibition supported by: Museums Galleries Scotland, The Morton Charitable Trust, The Pilgrim Trust
Sponsored by: Lyon & Turnbull

In addition:

COLLECTING WITHIN ACADEMIES 

The RSA Sir William Gillies Bequest Lecture 2017 

Friday, 3 November 2017 15:00 to 16:30pm 

Hawthornden Lecture Theatre
The Mound
Edinburgh

Tickets free but must be booked BOOK HERE 

This symposium will be a rare opportunity to hear a discussion by the Presidents of all four British national academies: the Royal Scottish Academy, the Royal Academy in London, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin and the Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast, on collecting and how this is reflected within the various institutions.

Joining the discussion will be David R. Brigham, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, to which the RSA’s second President, John Watson Gordon, was awarded Honorary Membership and which is the oldest academy in America.

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Pop Paolozzi! A series of prints based on the life and work of Edinburgh’s most renowned transnational artist

Transnationalizing Modern Languages: Mobility, Identity and Translation in Modern Italian Cultures

The Proctor, Professor Lorna Milne, will formally welcome pupils from Drummond Community High School, who produced artwork for this exhibition based on the work of Paolozzi.

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is one of the UK’s most outstanding modern artists. Born in Leith, the son of first generation Italian migrants, Paolozzi was interned in 1940 when Italy entered WW2. He later studied art in Edinburgh and London before moving to Paris. He established a reputation on a global scale as sculptor and major figure in the Pop Art movement.

The work that will be on display has been produced by S1 pupils at Drummond Community High School, Edinburgh, very close to where Paolozzi grew up. The pupils researched Paolozzi’s own transnational experience to produce prints expressive of both his Italian-Scots childhood and fascination with the modern, mechanical world. The eight prints in the exhibition were created by the artists at Edinburgh Printmakers, sponsored by SNIPEF (Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers Association), whose main office is close to the school. The exhibition is the first public event of the AHRC-funded research project exploring Italian culture outside Italy in a transnational frame.

Today! 27 May, 12 - 1.30pm, Arts Lecture Theatre Foyer. All welcome!