Exhibitions

Survey

10 November - 18 October 2007 SURVEY is one of a series of projects marking the 20th Anniversary of the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) and is curated by RSA Programme Director Colin Greenslade. Mindful of the activities and achievements of the past two decades, the exhibition focuses on the new era ahead of the Edinburgh Sculpture... Read more

Highland

View and Visons 8 October 2007 - 28 January 2008 RSA Library Highland: Views and Visions from the RSA Permanent Collection A specially curated exhibition of works from the prestigious RSA Collection with a particular focus on the Highlands. This selection of paintings, sketches, etchings, photographs and artist’s books are displayed in the RSA Library and will be open every... Read more

Edinburgh Printmakers at the RSA

8 October - 15 December 2007 RSA Friends Room Exhibition Celebrating 40 years of the Edinburgh Printmaker’s Workshop. Featuring a selection of prints produced at Edinburgh Printmakers over the past 40 years in collaboration with RSA Academicians and Award Winners. Artists include John Bellany, Frank Pottinger, Alan Davie, Paul Furneaux, Eddie Summerton and Jessica Harrison. Established... Read more

Victoria Crowe RSA OBE

Plant Memory 5 October - 5 November 2007 The works in this exhibition took seed from a conversation between Victoria Crowe and Professor David Ingram of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge (and formerly Regius Professor of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh) whilst she painted his portrait. Talk turned to a new body of collaborative research concerning the use of... Read more

Nick Waring

Encounters 18 August 2007 - 30 March 2008 Friends Room Corridor Installation viewing by appointment only From 16th August, RSA Kinross Scholar Nick Waring will be undertaking a walking journey from Scotland to Florence. Along the way he will be encountering peoples from all walks of life and, as part of the project, will record the names of... Read more

Ian McCulloch

Recycled Lives 3 August - 30 September 2007 RSA Finlay Room Paintings, Prints, Ceramics and Constructions 1997-2007 A curated exhibition from the studio of Ian McCulloch looking at the development and reworking of recurring themes in a career spanning some 40 years. Throughout this time his creative vision has stayed as clear as it was in the early... Read more

The Curious Eye

14 July - 27 September 2007 RSA Friends Room & Library Artists are naturally curious and, in all cultures since cave painting, curiosity about the natural world has been a springing point for the creative imagination. ‘Truth to Nature’ was one of Durer’s driving principles, and many Renaissance artists were in the fore front of new... Read more

As Others See Us

Portraits from the Highlands 30 June - 29 July 2007 RSA Finlay Room A touring exhibition in partnership with Highland Council Exhibitions Unit & Highland 2007 Continuing with the theme of Highland Culture in 2007, As Others See Us celebrates the long tradition of artist's portraiture by artists whose work has specific links with the Highlands. Twelve artists have been... Read more

Highland

Views and Visions 5 May - 9 July 2007 RSA Library Highland: a definition: [Relating to]…the mountainous district of Scotland lying north and west of a line drawn approximately from Dumbarton to Ballater and thence to Nairn, and enclosing the territory formerly occupied by the clans and speaking the Gaelic language; extended to mean the inhabitants of this region.... Read more

RSA Annual Exhibition 2007

5 May - 20 June 2007 Admission £4/£2 concession (Under 12s free) The RSA 181st Annual Exhibition is a highlight of the exhibiting calendar for artists, architects and members of the public. The exhibition showcases the best of both established and emerging artists selected from across the country, presenting a comprehensive cross section of contemporary art... Read more

David Martin - The Cusp of Change

A Journey Through the Middle East 16 March - 15 April 2007 RSA ALASTAIR SALVESEN SCHOLARSHIP EXHIBITION David Martin - The Cusp of Change: A Journey Through the Middle East RSA Gallery 9 This exhibition is by David Martin, who won the 2006 RSA Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship. David (age 30) is from, and based in, Edinburgh and graduated with an MA... Read more

Darkspace

1 - 11 March 2007 RSA Finlay Room Emerging fine-art film makers in Scotland who push the boundaries of convention by employing the latest technologies…. DARKSPACE will be the second presentation of new film works by recent graduates from the Scottish art schools. It is intended that DARKSPACE highlight the quality and breadth of practice... Read more

Body Parts 3

23 - 25 February 2007 RSA Lower Galleries In collaboration with The Society of Scottish Artists Following the success of Body Parts 2004 & 2005, the Royal Scottish Academy and the Society of Scottish Artists have once again come together to produce Body Parts 3 – a long weekend celebrating the diversity of performance art... Read more

RSA Student Exhibition 2007

10 - 25 February 2007 31st Annual RSA Student Exhibition This is the largest student exhibition in the UK and is open to all final year and postgraduate students from the main schools of art and architecture in Scotland. With all 12 RSA Galleries dedicated to showcasing the breadth of new talent and over £9,000... Read more

Paul Furneaux RSA

Japenese Woodblock Prints on Paper 20 January - 31 March 2007 RSA Friends Room “The black and white works in this exhibition combine relatively new technology in printing and ancient Japanese traditional techniques. In the works I have manipulated photographs on the computer and printed them with an ink jet printer. These have been overprinted /supplemented using techniques involving printing with... Read more

In Residence

9 - 28 January 2007 RSA Gallery 9 Miranda Blennerhasset | Julia Douglas | Catriona Grant Examining the work of the three artists who have completed Royal Scottish Academy Residencies at Hospitalfield House, Arbroath during 2006. A ‘works in progress’ exhibition, this presentation explores the research process towards the formulation of new works. Each year... Read more