A Conspiracy of Detail

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A Group Show featuring work by Pio Abad, Jonathan Baldock, Josh Blackwell, Jim Lambie, Hew Locke, Alex Pollard, Eva Rothschild, Karin Ruggaber and Renee So

Image: Pio Abad, ‘Oh! Oh! Oh! (A Universal History of Infamy)’ 2012

This summer the GSA will stage a group exhibition exploring adornment in contemporary practice. Featuring work by nine artists, including a new piece by Turner Prize nominee Jim Lambie, the exhibition will examine the cultural, social and material aspects of adornment, interrogating the status of detail and embellishment in the 21^st century. The exhibition will be staged in the highly detailed Mackintosh Museum at the heart of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s  art school building, which was influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement. A Conspiracy of Detail runs from 13 July – 29 Sept 2013.

Internationally-renowned fashion designer, Jonathan Saunders, to be honoured by the Glasgow School of Art.

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 “Everyone has their catwalk crushes, the designers they look forward to seeing season after season,

and for our money, Jonathan Saunders tops the list.”

Glamour Magazine.

GSA Textiles graduate, Jonathan Saunders, is to be awarded an Honorary D.Litt at the 2013 Graduation Ceremony it was announced today, 13 June 2013. An internationally-renowned designer, Saunders’ creations have been worn by high profile women the world over including Michelle Obama and actress Sienna Miller, and he famously dressed Beyoncé for the cover of the May 2013 issue of the style bible, Vogue.

Director of GSA appointed Trustee of The Tate Gallery

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Professor Seona Reid has been appointed a Trustee of The Tate Gallery it has been announced. The appointment, which was made by the Prime Minister, is for 4 years from May 2013. Professor Reid’s appointment to this prestigious role comes just a few months before she steps down after 14 successful years at the helm of the internationally renowned Glasgow School of Art.

2013 Degree Show unveiled

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Jade Starmore: The Museum of Forgotten costume which is featured on the GSA’s 2013 Degree Show publicity

****Award winning silversmiths****bubble gum jewellery****an austerity café****

an animated adaptation of Sacks’ The Man Who… (selected for a screening at EIFF)****

****a video portrait of Uptown Shufflers’ leader, Dave Wilson**** proposals for the regeneration of Saltcoats****cutting-edge medical design ****innovations to help blind and elderly people ****a complete home brew system and more.

 

Muriel Gray to be honoured by the GSA

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Muriel Gray

Author, broadcaster, businesswoman, sometime punk rock star and presenter of The Tube, Muriel Gray is to be recognised with an honorary Doctor of Letters by The Glasgow School of Art it was announced today, 31 May 2013. A graduate in Graphic Design and Illustration at the GSA, Gray has had a successful and high profile career with her intelligent, witty and often outspoken views on matters as wide ranging as politics, Munro Bagging, and being a Grumpy Old Woman making her one of the best known personalities in the UK media.

Mackintosh School of Architecture graduate is only UK winner of a prestigious Hunter Douglas Award at 2013 International Archiprix

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·         David O’Reilly’s, A Mausoleum for Vatnajokull, one of seven winning designs at 2013 International Archiprix

·         Latest Cohort of Stage 3, 4 and 5 Architecture students at the Mackintosh School of Architecture to show work at Degree Show from 8 – 15 June 2013.

 

David O’Reilly, A Mausoleum for Vatnajokull 1

David O’Reilly, a recent graduate from the Mackintosh School of Architecture (MSA) at the Glasgow School of Art, has won a prestigious Hunter Douglas Award at 2013 International Archiprix, it has been announced. Around 300 projects were submitted for International Archiprix 2013. David O’Reilly was one of only two UK representatives to make the 25-strong shortlist and is joined by graduates from China, Germany, Poland, Spain and Chile as award winners. The announcement was made by Architect, academic and a best-selling novelist Lesley Lokko and Aleksey Muratov editor-in-chief Project Russia Magazine of Archiprix International / the Hunter Douglas Award at the festive ceremony at the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

The First 300 Days of Glasgow School of Art in Singapore

THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART SINGAPORE PRESENTS

300 days since The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) started its historic initiative in Singapore. To celebrate this significant millstone, Glasgow School of Art Singapore will be presenting the work of its first 100 students at the Museum of Contemporary Arts [MOCA@Loewen]. The students will be showcasing their inspirational work, developed over their principal year. The work reflects the students’ innovation in the following creative disciplines – Interior Design, Photography, Illustration and Graphic Design.

 

 Caline Ng Kook Woon, Communication Design 2013 - ‘inevitable’