Exhibitions

RSA Open 2005

3 - 21 December 2005 RSA Lower Galleries A compelling view of new paintings, prints, sculptures, new media and architecture from a cross section of leading artists and architects working in Scotland today. The works in the exhibition are selected by team of Academicians, this year led by Professor Will Maclean RSA. Come for the... Read more

Sea

21 October - 20 November 2005 For centuries artists have been inspired by the sea. A natural boundary and a vast, dangerous liquid world; fathomless, fruitful and awe-inspiring. This exhibition draws together the work of contemporary artists and a selection of artists from the archive of the Royal Scottish Academy, who have all been moved to... Read more

Looking West

15 August - 10 October 2005 The current display in the RSA Library is drawn from the Academy’s permanent collection. It explores the interest in the Celtic fringes of both Scotland and Brittany by Scottish artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The display includes paintings, drawings, illustrated books and photographs, and it ranges from lithographs... Read more

179th RSA Annual Exhibition

Festival Connections 13 August - 25 September 2005 A highlight of the exhibiting calendar in Scotland, the RSA Annual Exhibition showcases works from the length and breadth of Scotland and beyond, including a number of international exhibits. In 2004, the exhibition included works by Magnum photographer Eve Arnold, painters Craigie Aitchison, Peter Howson and Callum Innes and grandfather... Read more

Joyce W. Cairns RSA

Monoprints 22 July - 23 October 2005 Joyce Cairns’ home in the former fishing village of Footdee has been central to the development of her monoprints which form the first in our series of Friends’ Room exhibitions. In some of the works the sea forms a charged backdrop to the autobiographical fantasies where gulls, fish and cats... Read more

Euan Gray

Journey 27 May - 16 June 2005 Euan Gray was the 2004 recipient of the Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship. He used the opportunity to travel to the South Seas, following in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson. This exhibition will be Euan’s first solo show in Edinburgh. “Throughout his life Stevenson travelled continually. In the latter half... Read more

STOP LOOK LISTEN

28 April - 21 May 2005 Ziggy Campbell, Kev Sim, and Tommy Perman are FOUND. FOUND explore and remix elements of current cultural practice and popular art forms in their DJ-sets and sound installations and in visual art with a focus on graphic design formats, inventing techniques which result in spontaneous outcomes. They develop their work... Read more

The Body in the Library

George Donald RSA and Early Anatomists 11 April - 25 July 2005 The RSA Library Since the Renaissance the study of anatomy and the human figure has been the central element in an artist’s training. Although no longer a universal practice, George Donald RSA continues the tradition through his commitment to the teaching of figure painting through anatomy. In 2003, with the... Read more

NEW Architecture for Arts

25 March - 17 April 2005 A glimpse at a selection of the innovative projects for arts venues by architecture members of the Royal Scottish Academy. Some of the most prominent and high-profile new builds in Scotland today are for arts venues. Arts venues for the communities across the country, primarily specialising in cultural activities and... Read more

RSA Student Exhibition 2005

5 - 17 March 2005 The largest student show in the UK open to all final year and postgraduate students of the Scottish art and architecture schools. The show is a staple of the academic and exhibiting calendar and offers a glimpse of the emerging talent to be showcased at the degree shows later in... Read more