Issue 5
art-scot 5 features Douglas Erskine incisively examining Neil Dallas Brown's challenging paintings; Jane Hunter talking to Roger Spence about chance, choice, and confluence; Jane Adamson tracking down murals and their origins in the Edwin Austin Abbey Trust; James Marshall Dickson reflecting on life in Lochgelly, steam engines, and decay; and Robert McGilvray launching our new rapid read, The Sketch.
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Jane Hunter has moved to Bute, and she's constantly re-setting co-ordinates to map nature and emotion. She's got a solo exhibition in Tighnabruaich.
Neil Dallas Brown: Douglas Erskine examines the work of Neil Dallas Brown, and faces up to nudity, sexual provocation, and animals
James Marshall Dickson: Roger Spence meets James Marshall Dickson in Lochgelly and talks about industrial heritage, steam engines and the need for magnifying glasses
The Sketch takes the form of a rapid Q&A, and the painter, Robert McGilvray, long-time public and contemporary art champion in Dundee, is first up
Jane Adamson turns detective and follows the trail of the Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Trust in Scotland - reporting on the origins and the current state.