2013 Annual Exhibition
1 – 24 March 2013 RSA Lower Galleries Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm Sun 12 pm – 5 pm Welcome to Visual Arts Scotland 2013, held this year in the more intimate downstairs space of The Royal Scottish Academy. Our aim remains to promote the quality and diversity of contemporary fine and applied arts in Scotland, giving them an equal platform. We hope you find much of interest and...
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VAS Annual Open Exhibition 2012 Sat 4th February – Thurs 1st March RSA Upper Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh The President and Council of VAS are pleased to present the 2012 Annual Open Exhibition of visual and applied arts in the RSA’s prestigious upper galleries. This year we encouraged works on an ambitious scale to reflect the grandeur of this space, and the artists responded...
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Jessica Harrison; ‘Touchstones’ This installation comprises of a series of stone sculptures exhibited alongside video documentation of the making process. Starting with a hand-sized ball of soft clay, the subject (a different person for each sculpture) works blindly; pushing, folding, manipulating the clay and the felt space. The video footage shows the subject’s face during this...
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VAS Annual Open Exhibition 2011 Sat 5th February – Thurs 3rd March RSA Upper Galleries, The Mound, Edinburgh In 2011 Visual Arts Scotland’s Annual Exhibition was held in the beautiful, spacious upper galleries of the Royal Scottish Academy, which we shared with the SSA. The show continued our proud tradition to exhibit the best of the applied arts alongside fine art, celebrating...
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2010 saw the turn of VAS to be allocated the downstairs galleries, we went from last year’s three floors to three small rooms while our submissions remained at almost 700 works! This, while exciting, set us an enormous challenge in selecting and hanging a cohesive exhibition that reflected the rich diversity of disciplines we are so proud to represent. We were particularly pleased to...
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In 2009 the VAS Annual Open Exhibition was be held for the first time in the City Art Centre. This move brought about a wonderful serendipity; the city art collection is housed there and amongst its treasures are works by distinguished past members. To mark the occasion the 300 works, selected from an open submission of over 700 entries, was enhanced with works from the City of Edinburgh’s...
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