ART&RESEARCH

Public Art Resource+Research Scotland

Public Art Resource+Research Scotland (PAR+RS) is a new initiative that aims to promote excellence and innovation within public art

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Leonhart Fuchs De Historia Stirpium

To celebrate the completion of Christine Borland's 'To be Set and Sown in the Garden' 2002, based upon the design of a medieval physic garden, Glasgow University published on line, Leonhart Fuchs' De historia stirpium commentarii insignes (or, Notable commentaries on the history of plants) which was first published in 1542. A massive, folio volume, this landmark work describes in Latin some 497 plants, and is illustrated by over 500 superb woodcuts based upon first-hand observation.

Cath Keay – 1000 Tides

Cath will be running a casting project with our first year students early next month. keep an eye on the blog and our Flickr site for images from the project.

Cath Keay’s doctoral project builds on her previous, long-running work on bees and wax sculpture to investigate ways in which art and the natural world can interact, exploring dynamic natural processes that can influence the final form of a sculpture. Keay’s sculptural works provide a basis for animal colonisation in natural environments (a wax architectural sculpture in a beehive; terracotta text sculptures in the sea); over time it is possible to investigate the way in which these animal forms adapt to and alter the artworks, creating beauty in nature’s response to human intervention. Her work highlights the role of nature as collaborator in the creation of the artistic product.