What to see at Edinburgh Art Festival 2023, championing women and queer artists, whether exploring Scottish bogland on film or casting hedonism in ceramic
Looking at colonial issues is Barbadian-Scottish artist-on-the-rise Alberta Whittle’s exhibition ‘Create Dangerously’, at Modern One. Her largest show to date, it looks at issues of race and identity through the mediums of tapestry, film, photography, print and mixed media.Also looking at these themes is Australian artist Keg de Souza, in her sensory and thoughtful show ‘Shipping Roots’, the culmination of a residency at Inverleith House in Edinburgh’s Botanical Gardens.
‘These stories contain knowledge that future artists, writers, students, and young queer people will hopefully find as vital, funny, fascinating and moving as I have/do,’ he explained. ‘As assured as I am in recording histories, I am sensitive to how that information enters different spheres and the politics engaged in it becoming material for an artwork. I want my work to articulate its material’s complexity – and opacity, if necessary.
As McAleese looks to the future of the festival, she wants to build up a longer-term commissioning side and deepen partnerships locally and internationally, building on the long history of the festival with a concrete curatorial focus that extends bridges and supports Scottish artists at a time when resources are being cut. Next year should be interesting…Wallpaper* Newsletter
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