Mr Laurence Figgis
Mr Laurence Figgis
- Lecturer
- Job Title
- Lecturer
- School or Academic Area
- School of Fine Art
- School or Academic Area Supervised for
- School of Fine Art
- L.Figgis@gsa.ac.uk
- Professional Address
- 167 Renfrew Street Glasgow G3 6RQ
- Country
- UK
Biography
Laurence Figgis is an artist, writer and lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies at the Glasgow School of Art. He has previously exhibited work both locally and internationally in solo and group exhibitions.
He makes paintings and drawings (that often convey literary narratives), alongside works of poetry, fiction and art writing. His accompanying research into art-writing practice, narrative painting, literary fiction and narrative cinema explores how the aesthetic forms through which stories are conveyed shape our understanding and enjoyment of particular narratives. His work has often focused on the way that fairy tales transform and exaggerate reality.
Research Interests
-Ekphrasis
-Surrealist art (history and analysis)
-Collage as methodology in fiction and painting
-Folk and fairy-tale studies
-Aesthetics and politics of kitsch
PGR Supervision Interests
-Surrealist art (history and analysis)
-Collage as methodology in fiction and painting
-Folk and fairy-tale studies
-Aesthetics and politics of kitsch
Current PGR Students
Ruorong Ni: A Visual Exploration of the New Weird and Surrealism
Rosie Dahlstrom: An Ancient Face: The Uses of Beauty From Amarna to the Present Day
Former PGR Students
Sin Park: Being-with the Painting Process: An Exploration of “Spacing” in Painting and Writing.
Cate Smith: Translation as a Methodology within an Expanded Painting Practice.
Teaching
School of Fine Art, Fine Art Critical Studies, Lecturer
Latest Additions
- Figgis, Laurence (2025) 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods': A Surrealist Awakening (Article). Scottish Society for Art History Newsletter (78).
- Jackson, Deborah, Hodson, Elizabeth, Robertson, Fiona, Topping, Jane, Hannah, Michelle and Figgis, Laurence (2024) Class Matters: Exhibition. Annex Gallery, Stow Building, Glasgow School of Art, 29 Apr-21 May 2024
- Figgis, Laurence (2022) Paintings for 'Red Gym'.
- Figgis, Laurence (2017) 'Bad Retail': A romantic fiction. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, 10 (1). pp. 5-26. ISSN 1753-5190
- Figgis, Laurence (2017) Laurence Figgis: (After) After. Blenheim Walk Gallery, Leeds Arts University, 11 August - 29 September 2017
- Figgis, Laurence (2016) Review of Katy Dove at Talbot Rice Gallery. In: Katy Dove. Dundee Contemporary Arts in partnership with High Life Highland, Dundee, pp. 85-87. ISBN 978-0-9927095-4-9
- Figgis, Laurence (2016) Human Shaped. Sculpture and Design, Glasgow, 08-25 April 2016
- Figgis, Laurence (2015) ANYKENT. The Briggait, Glasgow, 18th September - 20th November 2015
- Figgis, Laurence (2015) Oh My Have. 1 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, 30th March - 19th April 2015
- Figgis, Laurence (2014) Blonda (scarf design commissioned by Briggs and Cole).
