October 2020

The Spooks come out at Night

A hint of being haunted by Toulouse-Lautrec perhaps? This image featured as the poster in 1979 for the Gray’s Sketch Club. The Gray’s School of Art graduate organisation regularly exhibited in the Aberdeen City Art Gallery. Trust those Artists to make an exhibition of themselves. @artukdotorg,@RGULibrary @rguartandheritage @UniMuseumsScot @MuseumsGalScot #MuseumAtHome

The Spooks come out at Night

For a moment we thought we may be having a John Hurt / Alien Facehugger breaking through helmet visor moment but this fantastic object was created in 1987. The white stoneware vessel was created by Gray’s School of Art alumnus Julian Smith. The stoneware base was firstly thrown and then altered. Following this Julian appliedContinue reading “The Spooks come out at Night”

The Spooks come out at Night

Anna Gray created this haunting image titled One which was part of her final year show at Gray’s School of Art in 2016. The Artist was awarded an RGU Purchase Award for her large two metre tall Contemporary Art Practice digital work on paper. Statement from the Artist A being that is not human, suchContinue reading “The Spooks come out at Night”

The Spooks come out at Night

There is something quite edgy about this print by Gray’s School of Art staff member Michael Agnew RSA. We love the jagged marks and forms of the work created by the Artist when he studied at Gray’s School of Art. A student composition full of spirit shall we say… Created in 1992 Images of decayingContinue reading “The Spooks come out at Night”

The Spooks come out at Night

Psycho KillerQu’est-ce que c’est ? Today we are thinking of the Creepy and the Spooky for our engagement with the Art UK national Halloween theme and #OnlineArtExchange We have selected this image because sometimes we are frightened, not by seeing the monster, but by imagining the monster which lurks behind that curtain or in theContinue reading “The Spooks come out at Night”

The Spooks come out at Night

Who could this shadowy mysterious figure in this Hitchcockian never ending staircase be? This small print by Sarah Connolly was created in 2006 and was part of the Portfolio Print Project which was set up and run by the Printmaking Department at Gray’s School of Art. These annual sets of portfolios were produced in conjunctionContinue reading “The Spooks come out at Night”