In The Shadow of the Hand

New work by Sarah Forrest and Virginia Hutchison

20th April - 7th May 2012
Mon - Sun 10am - 5pm, Thurs 10am - 7pm

Opening Saturday 21sy April 5pm - 8pm

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Closing event and performance Mon 7th May, 7pm -9pm

In the Shadow of the Hand

In the Shadow of the Hand is a collaborative project that brings together the practices of Sarah Forrest and Virginia Hutchison. It reflects on processes of evaluation and critique and the development of artistic practice in response to this.

In the Shadow of the Hand sees the artists individually making objects, developed in response to their on-going discourse. These objects are cast in lead and exchanged. Once exchanged the lead objects are melted down to their liquid form and recast into lead letters with the artists responding - using text as they see fit - to the other’s object. It is an objective call inviting its subjective response.

This process, whereby the quantity of lead letters will be determined by the object that has been melted, creates a direct correlation between the object and its corresponding text. This text may take the form of a critique of the others work but equally it may take shape as an invented history or explanation for the objects presence. In the Shadow of the Hand looks to the relationship between an art object and its accompanying text, be this interpretive or explanatory, and aims to question the structures that we have in place within an artistic discourse. Evaluation itself becomes the subject of critique and is measured by the continuation of the process. This proposal is a punctuation mark to each of the artists’ work that allows them to explore the boundaries of interpretation and the ambiguous nature of assessment.

Bringing texts produced in the lead up to the exhibition into conversation with each other, Forrest and Hutchison will present a recital echoing the call and response that is the foundation of this project.

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Art Lending Library

A project by Market Gallery and Walker & Bromwich
Located in the Mitchell library

The Art Lending Library is a mobile structure housing a diverse collection of artworks that can be enjoyed in your own home.

Friday 20 April – Monday 12 May
Opening Times 
Monday – Sunday
11am – 5pm 
Tuesday and Thursday 11am – 8pm
Glasgow Room 
The Mitchell Library,
North Street
Glasgow
G3 7DN

Opening parade,
Friday 20th, 11am George square
Opening drinks reception,
Saturday 21st, 2pm - 5pm.

Full details on the Art Lending Library and the catalogue of works on offer is available at
www.artlendinglibrary.org.uk

Check out Market Gallery's GI 2012 project, Art Lending Library on The Culture Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dp0JUyygJc

**** Art Lending Library Parade *****

Friday 20th April
Location George Square - Mitchell Library
Muster at 10:30am, parade starts at 11am

To celebrate the opening of the Festival and the Art Lending Library project, Walker & Bromwich will lead a Parade through the streets of Glasgow.

The parade will begin with the handover of artworks in George Square from 11am. Walker & Bromwich have created a bespoke mobile structure to hold the diverse collection of works available through the Art Lending Library. This structure will travel through the streets of Glasgow towards the Mitchell Library, where it will be installed for the duration of the the Festival. Musicians, Art Lending Librarians and Artists carrying artworks will animate the route with a carnival atmosphere and visitors to the Festival are welcome to join the parade before loaning out a piece of artwork for up to three days.