A MOBILE art gallery is teaming up with the Glasgow Women’s Library for a tour of Scotland.
The Travelling Gallery’s latest show is an exhibition of sculpture, writing and installations from Glasgow-based artist Lauren Printy Currie.
Its autumn 2017 tour will begin at the Glasgow Women’s Library on August 17 before moving on to the Edinburgh Art Festival from August 22-25 August, and then visiting venues the length and breadth of Scotland until November, including Orkney Isles, the Highlands and Dundee.
The exhibition derives from a residency Lauren completed at Glasgow Women’s Library, drawing material and inspiration from its collection and archive.
Travelling Gallery curator Claire Craig said: “Lauren Printy Currie is an exciting young artist whose investigative practice is perfectly suited to both Glasgow Women’s Library and Travelling Gallery’s unique and inspiring spaces.
“The artist has had the incredible opportunity to explore the rich resources and archive the library has to offer and produce an engaging and thought-provoking exhibition, considering feminist self-organising, experiences that have been marginalised, and the defining principles of creating a cultural archive.”
The exhibition and gallery are supported by Outset Scotland, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Adele Patrick, lifelong learning and creative development manager at Glasgow Women’s Library, said: “This opportunity to work with a remarkable artist, with the legendary Travelling Gallery, and to take GWL museum and archive on tour really is fulfilling a dream we have harboured for years.”
Full details of the tour can be found at www.travellinggallery.com
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