Portrait of a Gallery - The Scottish Gallery

Bruce McLean (b.1944)
New Acquisitions 1991 screenprint (ed. 2/300) 15 x 21 cms
McLean attended the Glasgow School of Art from 1961-1963 and then St Martin’s for a further three years,
studying under Anthony Caro. He emerged as one of the most influential multi-disciplinarian artists of
his generation and latterly at the Slade School as a hugely influential figure on the emerging generation
of YBAs. For his Edinburgh Festival exhibition in 1986 he produced screenprints, poster paintings on
photographic paper, monotypes, ceramic bowls and plates (off which we banqueted after the PV) and
enormous paintings whose arrival at 94 George Street necessitated the removal of the front door jamb,
courtesy of our framer Terry McCue up a ladder with a saw. He also conducted two performances: one at
George Street, and a second at The Fruitmarket Gallery, to a packed and enthralled Festival audience.
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