Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen St, Edinburgh, EH2 1JD
Telephone 0131 6246 6200
7th - 30th August 2009
12 noon - 8pm Thurs- Sat, 12 noon - 5pm Sun, Tues, Wed, closed Mon
The Scottish National
Portrait Gallery will be given a radical makeover this summer, when a
group of young Scottish artists come together for Rough Cut Nation,
a unique, collaborative project that will
temporarily transform the Gallery's interior. Currently closed for a
major refurbishment, the building will re-open for three weeks in
August, to showcase a dramatically remixed version of Scottish history
that will be painted, pasted and projected directly
onto the Gallery's walls.
Artists involved in Rough Cut Nation will take as their starting point William Hole's original decorative
mural scheme, which fills the entrance hall with figures and events
from Scotland's past. They
will use the full armory of street-art techniques, including spray
paint, stencils, stickers, emulsion, rollers, brushes, pens, digital
projections and fly-posters to create a temporary, multilayered,
wall-based installation in the now empty Gallery space.
This dynamic collaboration will feature artwork and designs
from Elph, Fraser Gray, Kirsty Whiten, Mike Inglis, Peter Martin, Jason
Nelson, DUFI, Machism, Paco, Jo Basford, Janie Nicoll and Skint.
The press view is
being held as the work on the exhibition is completed to allow for
striking photographic and film opportunities of the artists at work.
In addition interview opportunities will be available.
For further information please contact the National Galleries of Scotland
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