Mick McGraw artist's lunchtime talk on Zoom, Weds 31st July 12.45 - 1.15, link to join below.
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McGraw lives and works between Argyll and Glasgow.
He is the Programme Leader for the Master of Letters in Fine Art Practice Programme (MLitt) at Glasgow School of Art.
Using printmaking, photography, sculpture and artist bookworks, his practice investigates issues related to land use, focussing on our industrial/social integration with land/space. This investigation is linked to an extensive analysis of social, political and historical findings allied, and at times, in opposition to, technological acceleration and advancement.
Mick will talk about his two new artists' books which are currently on display in his solo show at Bower Ashton Library:
Lilia
The Roman occupation of the UK and Scotland has intrigued me for many years, particularly their ingenuity in infrastructure and the defensive mechanisms they employed.
Bang, bang, you’re dead
Another war, different technology, same outcome. More media information and de-sensitisation of the viewer, where we are slowly subjected to witness the atrocities of war, death, displacement, famine. The title comes from children’s games when I was growing up, 70s TV showing a mixture of Cold War news and cowboy films.
The exhibition is open to the public Monday – Friday 9am - 5pm, until Tuesday 3rd September 2024. For more information visit: https://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/mickmcgraw/
Mick's website can be found at: https://www.mickmcgraw.com
Recording of lecture on zoom-
https://uwe-ac-uk.zoom.us/rec/share/KnMwU_ntbFTMHz3qVhVAJUbq8juwrio3FC4ex-QgUoOLn_aTuTYkBLCC7wK0wWLI._udqF1J2FPUFSKhx
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