Location: The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum. Dates: Friday 7th July to Sunday 29th October 2017. Museography was a solo exhibition commissioned as part of a year-long programme marking the 150th Anniversary of The McManus, Dundee’s Art Gallery & … Continued
This blog was originally posted on the National Galleries for Scotland website during my exhibition ‘Jacobites by Name’ at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 14/11/15 – 28/3/16. ‘Jacobites by Name’ is a project which had been on my mind for some … Continued
‘Jacobites by Name’ was a solo exhibition of 27 new works by Calum Colvin at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (14 November 2015 – 27 March 2016), presented as an intervention within ‘Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the … Continued
An essay by Fiona Stafford, from The Magic Box publication, 2014.
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‘The Magic Box’ was a solo exhibition/installation/ public art project at Edinburgh Printmakers, commissioned by Edinburgh InternationalFestival (1 August – 6 September 2014). This composite archaeology of Colvin’s research engaged with aspects of history, creativity, performance, audience participation and public … Continued
This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in response to each work by ‘weel-kent’ Scots poet Rab Wilson. Colvin’s multi-referential artworks are concerned … Continued
A poem by Rab Wilson from the publication ‘Burnsiana’ by Luath Press. Poem read by Rab Wilson. Artwork by Calum Colvin. Animation by Mark Wallace.
Contemporary mixed media exhibition Solo show of recent work by Calum Colvin – Venue: Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayr, KA7 4PQ – Dates: 7 June – 15 September 2013 Calum Colvin’s blends – the photographic and the painterly, the traditional and … Continued