Posts by Patricia
Stigmart10 Video
View Fiona Robertson interview in Stigmart10 Videofocus.
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Bad Spells The title ‘Bad Spells’ is a reference to the work of the playwrite and theorist Antonin Artaud.The text is an extract from ‘50 ways to assassinate magic’ a group of drawings and a text by Artaud made during his travels in Ireland and subsequent incarceration in 1937/48. Artaud referred to some of his…
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This book was made in conjunction with the Exhibition Gasbag where I showed 100 small drawings and 10 of the larger (63 x 105cm) composite drawings shown below. Each larger portrayed an archetipal institution such as ‘The Family’ and ‘The Gym’, ‘The Art School’ all with comic and grotesque undertones. The drawing based on an…
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Watercolours
Watercolours The watercolours are more akin to drawing than painting. They are made usually in relation to pen and ink drawings, sometimes a series emerge from one drawing. Others are purely subliminal and a response to the process of paint spilling on the paper or to the colour. Often the motifs are carried throughout different…
Read MoreBeggars Teeth
About the Project Beggars teeth is a collective art project involving the artists Fiona Robertson, Steven Anderson and Carrie Skinner. The project culminates in a series of events including Painting, Performance and Discussion held at the in Glasgow Project Room 29.04.17 – 06.05.17. The title – Beggars Teeth – is taken from a quote by…
Read MoreGreen head
Green Head (2014,digital 6mins 20) Synopsis The action in the film revolves around a large pagan-like head covered in grass set within the post-industrial cityscape. The monologue ’50 ways to murder magic’ (Antonin Artaud 1947) running in the background, is audible intermittently. There are 3 performers 2 disguised in elaborate costumes, representing various incarnations of…
Read MoreBad Spells
“Bad Spells” is an Artist’s Book comprising of 77 drawings.The Book was launched at The Old Hairdressers,Glasgow 3 December 2014. An exhibition of the drawings were on display at the event.
Read MoreThe Green Man
The Green Man in the Necropolis is part of an ongoing project and the 3rd grass head sculpture I have made. My intention was to build a large sculpture situated within and created out of the existing urban landscape: a large pagan-like head covered in grass, which would ideally be situated in a public site…
Read MoreFallgame
fallingame (2013 digital 4min 58 sec) A group of children play on the hillside they appear to participating in a ritual or dance. The illusion almost collapses as the children begin to laugh and their positions falter. The introduction of the masks generates an occult or mythical dimension revealing a darker parallel world. There is…
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