STEVEN APPLEBY AT THE SCOTTISH GALLERY
2 MARCH – 2 APRIL 2011
AWARD WINNING CARTOONIST TO HAVE BOOK SIGNING ON 5 MARCH
The Scottish Gallery will host 'Islands' by Steven Appleby; an exhibition of illustration, publications, cartoons and animation from 2 March – 2 April 2011. There will be a special book signing on Saturday 5th March with 'Steven Appleby coffee' being served. For the period of the exhibition the gallery will also be selling Steven’s books and mugs as well as a limited edition tote bag that he has designed to accompany the exhibition. These original cartoons are priced at around £500.
Steven has created cartoon strips for many newspapers including The Guardian,
The Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Die Zeit, The Sunday Telegraph and The Observer. His other works include the animated television series Captain Star; the musical play Crocs In Frocks (with Teresa Early and Roger Gosling); about 18 books, including Mr Concerned’s Talking Book of Home Therapy and Jim – the Nine Lives Of A Dysfunctional Cat; the series, Steven Appleby’s Normal Life, for BBC Radio 4, as well as paintings, prints, ceramics and one-man exhibitions.
Steven is currently drawing the cartoon strip Loomus for The Guardian; working on The Coffee Table Book Of Doom (with Art Lester); making an art installation;
writing his first novel and contributing to a series of animated films (made by Linda McCarthy of Tiny Elephants Ltd) based on his cartoon strip Small Birds Singing.
There will be a book signing and opportunity to meet Steven from 11am-1pm on Saturday 5 March.
Also exhibiting at this time are new works from Geoff Uglow called Letters From Barra, the product of six winter weeks spent in the Outer Hebrides.
The Scottish Gallery opening hours are:-
Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Scottish Gallery is at 16 Dundas Street, Edinburgh EH3 6HZ (0131 558 1200)
The Scottish Gallery is Scotland’s oldest and largest private art gallery, originally opened as Aitken Dott in 1842 and changing to The Scottish Gallery in 1897.
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