The Vigorous Imagination
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the ground-breaking exhibition 鈥楾he
Vigorous Imagination: New Scottish Art鈥� presented at the Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art in 1987 as the lead Edinburgh International Festival art
exhibition.
It showcased the work of 17 young artists who were making waves on the
international art scene. These included the 鈥楴ew Glasgow Boys鈥�: Steven Campbell,
Peter Howson, Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski; sculptor David Mach;
photographer-installations artists Calum Colvin and Ron O鈥橠onnell, and painters
Sam Ainsley, Philip Braham, Stephen Conroy, Gwen Hardie, Ian Hughes, Keith
McIntyre, June Redfern, Mario Rossi, Joseph Urie & Kate Whiteford. It was a
proud pronouncement that visual art in Scotland was vibrant, intelligent and in
touch with the zeitgeist which swept across Europe during the 1980s. Since then,
many of the artists have become household names.
This group came to influence the wider artistic landscape in Scotland and
beyond and The Vigorous Imagination helped to pave the way for the current crop
of international artists whose fame attests to the vibrancy of Glasgow as a
pivotal centre for contemporary art.
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the ground-breaking exhibition 鈥楾he
Vigorous Imagination: New Scottish Art鈥� presented at the Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art in 1987 as the lead Edinburgh International Festival art
exhibition.
It showcased the work of 17 young artists who were making waves on the
international art scene. These included the 鈥楴ew Glasgow Boys鈥�: Steven Campbell,
Peter Howson, Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski; sculptor David Mach;
photographer-installations artists Calum Colvin and Ron O鈥橠onnell, and painters
Sam Ainsley, Philip Braham, Stephen Conroy, Gwen Hardie, Ian Hughes, Keith
McIntyre, June Redfern, Mario Rossi, Joseph Urie & Kate Whiteford. It was a
proud pronouncement that visual art in Scotland was vibrant, intelligent and in
touch with the zeitgeist which swept across Europe during the 1980s. Since then,
many of the artists have become household names.
This group came to influence the wider artistic landscape in Scotland and
beyond and The Vigorous Imagination helped to pave the way for the current crop
of international artists whose fame attests to the vibrancy of Glasgow as a
pivotal centre for contemporary art.
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