Past Exhibitions
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Guilding the Summertown
New Paintings and Objects by Eddie Summerton and Derrick Guild 26 November - 19 December 2004 New Paintings and Objects by Eddie Summerton ARSA and Derrick Guild An investigation and exploration of images and ideas running concurrently through the paintings of Edward Summerton ARSA and Derrick Guild which will culminate in a limited-edition artist’s publication. Art historical references will blend with popular and domestic images highlighting... Read more -
New Associates 2004
6 November - 19 December 2004 An exhibition of recent works by New Associates of the Royal Scottish Academy. Featuring John Byrne, Calum Colvin, Jo Ganter, Marian Leven, Sandy Moffat, Gordon Munro and Michael Visocchi. Read more -
In Residence
RSA Residencies at Hospitalfield 6 - 21 November 2004 Artists: Nicky Bird, Adrian Lear, Emily Speed Sir Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield House, Arbroath, has been of primary importance to the development of Scottish Art throughout the 20th Century. Left to the Hospitalfield Trust as an art school and to further the development and support of art in Scotland,... Read more -
BLIND SIGHT
14 - 30 October 2004 25 Scottish artists. 25 Finnish artists. 50 CD covers. 50 sound works. 3 compilation CDs. 1 Book. An exploration of the study of the relationship between visual art and sound within the format of the CD. The audio pieces are installed as a jukebox presentation and cover songs, sounds, stories,... Read more -
DARKSPACE
Projects + Progress 1 - 10 October 2004 EXHIBITING ARTISTS Lucy Christian, Sarah McDonald, Thomas O'Malley, Nadja Schrade, Maria Young Challenging, engaging, shocking, diverse, beautiful, moving, and exciting……. The RSA is excited to be presenting, for the first time ever, new film works by fine art graduates from the Scottish Colleges of Art! This ground-breaking show comes as... Read more -
DEMARCO ARCHIVE
Scottish Artists 3 - 26 September 2004 The Demarco Archive is a comprehensive record of continuous contemporary (collaborative) practice during the second half of the 20th Century and continuing into the 21st. Before The Richard Demarco Gallery opened in 1967 there was no venue to see avant-garde art in Edinburgh or indeed in Scotland. Demarco brought artists... Read more -
RSA Collection at Other Venues: David Foggie
The Painters' Painter 27 August - 15 October 2004 The Royal Scottish Academy is lending three pieces from its collection to David Foggie – The Painters’ Painter exhibition in Dundee. Foggie’s striking Diploma Work ‘Woman with Clasped Hands’, ‘The Young Miner’ and ‘Study’ can all be viewed at this important exhibition looking at the work of David Foggie RSA.... Read more -
RSA Reading Room
5 - 29 August 2004 Sense of Place – Artists Books A selection of books which communicate our environment - historical and current, rural and urban, local and international. Some touch upon national cultural identity and our experience of the cultural identity of others. Some look at the presence/absence of nature around us and some... Read more -
Alec Finlay
Your Name Here: Byames 5 - 29 August 2004 Alec Finlay has a long history of collaboration with artists, writers and the public through his work as a publisher and his series of postcard projects. This exhibition is a tongue-in-cheek selection of ‘bynames’ for artists and writers made into cloth strips and exhibited upon handkerchief squares presented on ironing... Read more -
Delia Baillie
Solid Ground 4 June - 15 July 2004 The Royal Scottish Academy is pleased to present the long-awaited solo show by Delia Baillie who travelled to the United States in 2003 with £10,000 funding from the Alastair Salvesen Travel Scholarship. Delia travelled to the United States to study seismic activity and naturally occurring seismic patterning on the West... Read more -
178th RSA Annual Exhibition 2004
3 April - 20 May 2004 Admission £4/£2 concession (under 12s free) Season ticket £8/£4 concession EDINBURGH’S VERY OWN ART FAIR! A CATHEDRAL OF ART! Covering all twelve galleries of the newly refurbished Royal Scottish Academy building, this exhibition showcases the immense range of works being made by national and international artists. Paintings, prints, sculpture and... Read more -
RSA Student Exhibition 2004
21 February - 1 March 2004 The largest student show in the UK open, to all final year and postgraduate students of the Scottish art and architecture schools. This show has become a staple of the academic and exhibiting calendar and offers a glimpse of the emerging talent to be showcased at the degree shows later... Read more