29/11/2023
Following on from their spirited exhibition at the Art Pavilion Mile End, the Glasgow Girls came in today for our fortnightly artist talk. We were shown work made at various stages in the careers of Rosemary Beaton, Lesley Burr and our own Alison Harper. Their lives as artists encompassing teaching, travelling, motherhood and politics. The artists all possess their own unique traits and visual languages but there is a few threads running through the collective output of the group. An empathetic approach to depicting people and places and a genuine commitment to creativity is one of those threads, a vitality and a rebelliousness in the work is another. It was a pleasure to hear about what inspires them and the topics that are important to them. It was also very interesting to get some insights into the practical techniques used in their works. Resist much, obey little!
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As part of artist talk series led by .coombs
