Signs: ideas and imagined circumstances is a new exhibition by Scottish artist and designer Jimmy Cosgrove which presents new work alongside a selection of past works spanning some fifty years of a vibrant career in the visual arts. The exhibition will take place in the Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover. Curated by Alison Harley & Fraser Taylor (The Textile Collective) in conversation with Louise Briggs (Arts & Heritage Officer, Studio Pavilion, House for an Art Lover), the exhibition provides an insight into the diversity of Cosgrove’s practice that reflects his curiosity in the exploration of ideas.
The exhibition will include examples of significant collaborations undertaken with fellow artists, Ian Breakwell,
Bruce Lacey and Zandra Rhodes and during innovative events such as Glasgow School of Art Activities Week.
The context within which Cosgrove has practised from the late sixties as an artist and designer will be also explored in the exhibition through his use of image-making, primarily through silk screen-printing, ceramics and glass.
As an educator Jimmy Cosgrove made a major contribution to the art community as a prominent member of Glasgow School of Art staff, firstly as a Lecturer in Textile Design with Head of Textiles, Robert Stewart, and then as Head Department for Printed Textiles, before being appointed Deputy Director of the Glasgow School of Art.
Looking for Signs: ideas and imagined circumstances
A solo exhibition by Jimmy Cosgrove
28 July – 16 September 2018
Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover Bellahouston Park
10 Dumbreck Road
Glasgow
G41 5BW
E: arts@houseforanartlover.co.uk
T: 0141 427 9557
Gallery Open: 11am – 4pm Tuesday – Sunday. Closed Mondays
Entry free
