Progressive Transformation

An exhibition of work by 22 artists, a culmination of a year long project curated by Lois Carson & Moira Third

Preview – Saturday 6th December, 12 – 5pm
Open – Sunday 7th – 14th December 12 – 5pm
Closed Mondays & Tuesdays
Venue – Limousine Bull Project Space.

An artwork can exist as the material form of an idea or concept, but what happens when the work is removed from its original context? How do we, as artists derive meaning from something which has become dislocated and must stand alone? The notion that the object once deconstructed, can then become a brief or starting point for a new piece of work is at the core of this project, embracing the traditional concept of collaboration by implementing a journey of transformation from an idea to object and object to idea.

The project involved 22 artists from both urban and rural locations in Scotland and a few from further a field. The collaboration began with the two curators exchanging objects, these objects evolved by using the project title as a starting point, and completed within a designated time frame of two weeks. This work then passes on by post, anonymously and without documentation to the next artist in the chain (of which there are two). The work was then deconstructed by the artist in a search for meaning and concept and from these findings the artist in turn produced a work as a response. This work was then forwarded anonymously to the next designated artist again without documentation and the process repeated.