At a time of year when one can easily feel overwhelmed by the volume of marketing hoopla surrounding cultural events in the capital, it comes as a pleasure to find the modest virtues of patience and quiet concentration in an exhibition on Howe Street.
Working Collective artists Marion Barron, Sheila Chapman, Trevor Davies and Ruth Thomas return to the basement Edinburgh Ski Club with new works, following the success of last year’s inaugural group show New Lines in the same venue.
The choice of works shown here owes much to the limited competence of the Spurtle photographer, so limited in fact that for the time being Barron’s work is omitted altogether. We will make good that absence as soon as possible.
In the meantime, enjoy Chapman’s understatedly vibrant plant forms (above right) and Davies’ elusive, evanescent planes below.
Ruth Thomas’ exploration of intertidal foreshores are endlessly fascinating ...
... and now, belatedly, a glimpse of Marion Barron's subtly charming 'Study for Grid 2'. Barron's work, she says, is inspired by 'buildings – the empty spaces, the detailed fabric of buildings and the random features and surfaces to be found there'.
