A Guide To: Sacred and Profane

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Fig.i Calum ColvinThe Death of Venus, 1986 ‘Sacred and Profane’ 1998, was an exhibition of eight large-scale photographic artworks commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland. The works are investigations of well known paintings in the collection such as Titian, Rubens … Continued

A Guide To: Natural Magic

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 ‘Natural Magic’ was a 2009 AHRC sponsored project ( AHRC Research Leave Award 2007) relating to stereoscopic photography in collaboration with Professor Nicholas Wade, a visual psychologist at the University of Dundee.  The project is an interdisciplinary investigation into two-dimensional and … Continued

A Guide to: Burnsiana

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A miscellany of contextual information on the images and related ruminations. Dirt and Deity This work entitled ‘Dirt & Deity’ is based on a Silhouette, or shade by John Miers, cut in 1787 when the poet was 35 years old. … Continued

A Guide to: Jacobites by Name

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A guide to the works as displayed in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 14/11/15 – 28/3/16 exhibition/intervention Jacobites by Name, which was installed within the permanent display Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.  … Continued

Calum Colvin celebrated in new book

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https://www.dundee.ac.uk/stories/calum-colvin-celebrated-new-book The new book, published by Luath Press, was described as “brilliant” by Scottish sculptor and installation artist David Mach, who added, “It’s rare to find an artist that gives you history, myth, comedy, tragedy, pathos and drama all at … Continued

The Castle Mills EPScope, April 2019

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The EPScope (2019), is a site-specific public artwork by Colvin, in collaboration with architects Suzy O’Leary and Peter Smith of Paige Park Architects. It was commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers, and funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, as a permanent installation integral to the fabric of Edinburgh Printmakers’ new £12.3m new location in the old North British Rubber Company (NBRC) Headquarters at Castle Mills in Edinburgh, a 2000m2 ‘at risk’ building of significant industrial heritage value.

Portrait of Hugh MacDiarmid 2017

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Galleries/Venues: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art 1540 to Now, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Dates: RSA Ages of Wonder Edinburgh, 4 November 2017 – 7 January 2018 / RSA Annual Exhibition 2018, 5 May 2018 – 6 June 2018 This project … Continued

Portrait of Michael Marra 2017

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“In 2017 Colvin completed his second study of the Dundee-based singer and songwriter, the Portrait of Michael Marra. When Colvin came to reflect upon the qualities of his subject, he gathered together the public and the private Marra in a paean … Continued