Arts of Resistance by Alexander Moffat and Alan Riach sampler
Arts of Resistance is an original exploration that extends beyond the arts into the context of politics and political change. In three wide-ranging exchanges prompted by American blues singer Linda MacDonald-Lewis, artist Alexander Moffat and poet Alan Riach discuss cultural, political and artistic movements, the role of the artist in society and the effect of environment on artists from all disciplines.
Arts of Resistance is an original exploration that extends beyond the arts into the context of politics and political change. In three wide-ranging exchanges prompted by American blues singer Linda MacDonald-Lewis, artist Alexander Moffat and poet Alan Riach discuss cultural, political and artistic movements, the role of the artist in society and the effect of environment on artists from all disciplines.
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<strong>Arts</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Resistance</strong><br />
3.6 James MacIntosh Patrick<br />
1907–98<br />
The Tay Bridge from My Studio<br />
Window 1948<br />
76.2 x 101.6 cm<br />
McManus Galleries <strong>and</strong> Museum,<br />
Dundee (© The artist’s family)<br />
3.7 Stewart Carmichael<br />
1867–1950<br />
Self–Portrait in the Artist’s Studio<br />
1947<br />
51.1 x 61.2 cm<br />
McManus Galleries <strong>and</strong> Museum,<br />
Dundee<br />
3.8 David Foggie 1878–1948<br />
The Young Miner 1926<br />
76.2 x 64 cm<br />
Royal Scottish Academy (© The<br />
Executor <strong>of</strong> the late Mrs M.A. Foggie)<br />
3.9 James Pryde 1866–1941<br />
Lumber: A Silhouette 1921<br />
182.9 x 152.4 cm<br />
Scottish National Gallery <strong>of</strong><br />
Modern Art<br />
3.10 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat b.1943<br />
Muriel Spark 1984<br />
183 x 91.4 cm<br />
Scottish National Portrait Gallery<br />
(© The artist)<br />
3.11 William Crozier b.1933<br />
Burning Field, Essex 1960<br />
91.4 x 76.2 cm<br />
Scottish National Gallery <strong>of</strong><br />
Modern Art (© The artist)<br />
3.12 Pittendrigh MacGillivray<br />
1856–1938<br />
The Byron Statue c.1913<br />
Aberdeen Grammar School<br />
3.13 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat b.1943<br />
The Rock (The Radical Road),<br />
1989–90<br />
137 x 183 cm<br />
The Royal Scottish Academy<br />
(Diploma Collection) (© The artist)<br />
3.14 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> Nasmyth<br />
1778–1840<br />
Edinburgh from Princes Street<br />
with the commencement <strong>of</strong> the<br />
building <strong>of</strong> the Royal Institution<br />
1825<br />
122.5 x 165.5 cm<br />
National Gallery <strong>of</strong> Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
3.15 James Craig 1744–95<br />
Edinburgh New Town Street Plan<br />
1767<br />
National Library <strong>of</strong> Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
3.16 Muirhead Bone 1876–1953<br />
A Shipyard Scene with a Big<br />
Crane, 1917<br />
46.5 x 36.4 cm<br />
Hunterian Art Gallery, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Glasgow (© The Estate <strong>of</strong> Muirhead<br />
Bone) All rights reserved dacs<br />
2008<br />
3.17 Ian Fleming 1906–94<br />
Air-Raid Shelters in a Tenement<br />
Lane 1942<br />
14.9 x 21.3 cm<br />
Hunterian Art Gallery, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Glasgow (© The Fleming Family)<br />
3.18 John Quinton Pringle<br />
1864–1925<br />
Muslin Street, Bridgeton,<br />
Glasgow 1895–6<br />
35.9 x 41.2 cm<br />
City Art Centre, Edinburgh<br />
3.19 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat b.1943<br />
Berliners 2 1978<br />
119 x 188 cm<br />
Private Collection (© The artist)<br />
3.20 Bet Low 1924–2007<br />
Sauchiehall Street with Unity<br />
Theatre 1947<br />
78 x 48 cm<br />
Scottish Theatre Archives, Glasgow<br />
University Library (reproduced <strong>by</strong><br />
courtesy <strong>of</strong> the Trustees, Estate <strong>of</strong><br />
Bet Low)<br />
3.21 William Gillies 1898–1973<br />
Studio Window, Temple<br />
c.1970–73<br />
89.2 x 113.6 cm<br />
Royal Scottish Academy<br />
3.22 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat b.1943<br />
Norman MacCaig 1968<br />
122 x 91.5 cm<br />
Scottish National Portrait Gallery<br />
(© The artist)<br />
3.23 Michele Tripisciano<br />
1860–1913<br />
Giuseppi Belli Monument,<br />
Rome 1913<br />
Photograph <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat<br />
3.24 Walter Geikie 1745–1837<br />
I Can Whistle Fine, Now,<br />
Grannie 1831<br />
etching · 18 x 15.5 cm<br />
Royal Scottish Academy<br />
3.25 <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong> M<strong>of</strong>fat b.1943<br />
Robert Garioch 1978<br />
175 x 113 cm<br />
Scottish National Portrait Gallery<br />
(© The artist)<br />
3.26 Denis Peploe 1914–93<br />
Pote <strong>and</strong> Penter c.1946<br />
From Sydney Goodsir Smith,<br />
The Deevil’s Waltz 1946<br />
(reproduced <strong>by</strong> courtesy <strong>of</strong> Guy<br />
Peploe, The Scottish Gallery)<br />
3.27 Rendell Wells<br />
The Auk<br />
Frontispiece <strong>of</strong> Sydney Goodsir<br />
Smith’s Carotid Cornucopius.<br />
M. MacDonald, Edinburgh 1964<br />
3.28 Eduoardo Paolozzi 1924–2005<br />
The Doors <strong>of</strong> the Hunterian Art<br />
Gallery 1976–77<br />
360 x 410 cm<br />
Hunterian Art Gallery, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Glasgow (© Trustees <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Paolozzi Foundation Licensed <strong>by</strong><br />
dacs 2008)
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