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PANDEMIC: A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Past viewing_room
23 May - 20 June 2021
  • PANDEMIC

    A PERSONAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19

    23 May - 20 June 2021

  • Pandemic

    A Personal Response to COVID-19

    Open 23 May - 20 June 2021

    Thurs - Sat 10am - 5pm, Sun 12 - 5pm

    RSA Lower Galleries

    Booking is essential and COVID-19 safety restrictions will be in place. Book your visit here.

     

    We are delighted to re-open with a Lower Galleries exhibition featuring a selection of work from seven winners of the RSA Pandemic Award, an award created in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in the summer of 2020 to assist artists with the creation of new work in these challenging times. 12 award winners each received a monetary award of £2,500 to research, develop and produce new work which reflected their personal response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

     

    This exhibition presents new work from Anthony Schrag, Chris Leslie and Alex Hayward. It also includes a selection of work from Sara Alonso, Blair McLaughlin, Ronald Binnie and Steven Grainger, previously included in our online exhibition Latitudes, shown physically in the gallery for the first time. In addition to this, documentation of work by Suzanne Anthony, Jack McCombe and Lily Macrae is available to view online.

     

    Colin R. Greenslade, RSA Director: The Pandemic Awards came at a crucial time in the early part of the first lockdown in 2020. The Royal Scottish Academy aimed to reach out to support artists through this difficult period and we were overwhelmed by the response. Selecting from the large volume of applicants was a difficult decision – individual stories included personal tragedies such as isolation and loss through to practical difficulties such as the closure of studio facilities.

     

    The works produced by the recipients record the period through their own stories and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything from sculpture and painting, through installation, performance and film – the resulting series of works are a poignant snapshot of a period of time which although currently still very much present, we hope to have left the worst of behind.

     

    I do hope that the selection shown here will assist us all to process these extraordinary and often terrible times which we have all experienced together and apart – a chronicle of a year of upheaval. However, there is also much here to celebrate and enjoy. It is most certainly life-affirming.

  • CHRIS LESLIE
    ZATVARANJE, 2020
    Film
    5 mins 59 secs [trailer 45 secs]
    4K / Colour / 16:9
     

    AN EMPTY CITY.

    APOPULATION IN HIDING.

    AN INVISIBLE ENEMY WHO SURROUNDS YOU.

    EVERYONE IS THE FRONT LINE.

    A TESTIMONY OF FEAR, SURVIVAL, HOPE.

     

    Trailer for a new short film from Chris Leslie filmed in Glasgow in April / May 2020 during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The full film can be viewed in the RSA gallery as part of the Pandemic exhibition. 

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    • Anthony Schrag Rhyme, 2020 Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall Printed Zine and QR code A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Rhyme, 2020
      Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall
      Printed Zine and QR code
      A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
    • Anthony Schrag Stacked, 2020 Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall Printed Zine and QR code A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Stacked, 2020
      Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall
      Printed Zine and QR code
      A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
    • Anthony Schrag Absence I, 2020 Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall Printed Zine and QR code A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Absence I, 2020
      Authors: Anthony Schrag, Alice Finbow and Matthew Halsall
      Printed Zine and QR code
      A5, 30 pages, 120 x 75 cm
    • Anthony Schrag Absence II, 2020 Duratrans print and lightbox 34 x 23 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Absence II, 2020
      Duratrans print and lightbox
      34 x 23 cm
      £ 1,000.00
    • Anthony Schrag Comfort, 2020 Duratrans print and lightbox  34 x 23 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Comfort, 2020
      Duratrans print and lightbox 
      34 x 23 cm
      £ 1,000.00
    • Anthony Schrag Things Fall Apart, 2020 Inflatable Sculpture 250 x 250 x 250 cm
      Anthony Schrag
      Things Fall Apart, 2020
      Inflatable Sculpture
      250 x 250 x 250 cm
      £ 500.00
    • Anthony Schrag Work/Life Balance (Daily Performances), 2020 Digital Documentation 23 x 14 cm electronic photo frame. 
      Anthony Schrag
      Work/Life Balance (Daily Performances), 2020
      Digital Documentation
      23 x 14 cm electronic photo frame. 
    • Alex Hayward 1. BIGGER THAN JESUS - The Fool on the Hill, The Beatles, 1967, 2020 Pencil crayon, gouache and ink on paper Image size: 38 x 63 cm Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      Alex Hayward
      1. BIGGER THAN JESUS - The Fool on the Hill, The Beatles, 1967, 2020
      Pencil crayon, gouache and ink on paper
      Image size: 38 x 63 cm
      Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      £ 975.00
    • Alex Hayward 2. STEPPING THROUGH THE VOID - Space Oddity, David Bowie, 1969, 2020 Gouache and pencil crayon on paper Image size: 38 x 63 cm Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      Alex Hayward
      2. STEPPING THROUGH THE VOID - Space Oddity, David Bowie, 1969, 2020
      Gouache and pencil crayon on paper
      Image size: 38 x 63 cm
      Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      £ 975.00
    • Alex Hayward 3. CAVALIERS FOR CROMWELL (PETER IN TWO POSITIONS) - Oliver’s Army, Elvis Costello, 1979, 2020 Gouache, pencil crayon and collage on paper Image size: 38 x 63 cm Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      Alex Hayward
      3. CAVALIERS FOR CROMWELL (PETER IN TWO POSITIONS) - Oliver’s Army, Elvis Costello, 1979, 2020
      Gouache, pencil crayon and collage on paper
      Image size: 38 x 63 cm
      Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      £ 975.00
    • Alex Hayward 4. ZOOM! - Take On Me, A-ha, 1985, 2020 Pencil crayon, gouache and ink on paper Image size: 38 x 63 cm Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      Alex Hayward
      4. ZOOM! - Take On Me, A-ha, 1985, 2020
      Pencil crayon, gouache and ink on paper
      Image size: 38 x 63 cm
      Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
    • Alex Hayward 5. THE BIRDS WERE FLOWN (WENDY GAVE PETER A KISS) - These Are The Days Of Our Lives, Queen, 1991, 2020 Gouache and collage on paper Image size: 38 x 63 cm Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
      Alex Hayward
      5. THE BIRDS WERE FLOWN (WENDY GAVE PETER A KISS) - These Are The Days Of Our Lives, Queen, 1991, 2020
      Gouache and collage on paper
      Image size: 38 x 63 cm
      Frame size: 59 x 83 cm
    • Alex Hayward FIG LEAVES ON THE FLOOR (THINGUMMYJIG!), 2020 Gouache on paper Image size: 20 x 40 cm Frame size: 38.5 x 57.5 com
      Alex Hayward
      FIG LEAVES ON THE FLOOR (THINGUMMYJIG!), 2020
      Gouache on paper
      Image size: 20 x 40 cm
      Frame size: 38.5 x 57.5 com
      £ 1,350.00
    • Alex Hayward THE IVY THAT CLINGS TO THE WALL (Picnic on a Volcano) , 2020 Gouache and pencil crayon on paper Image size: 28 x 60 cm Frame size: 47.5 x 77.5 cm
      Alex Hayward
      THE IVY THAT CLINGS TO THE WALL (Picnic on a Volcano) , 2020
      Gouache and pencil crayon on paper
      Image size: 28 x 60 cm
      Frame size: 47.5 x 77.5 cm
      £ 1,850.00
    • Suzanne Anthony Poise, 2021 Mixed media 400 x 180 x 150 cm
      Suzanne Anthony
      Poise, 2021
      Mixed media
      400 x 180 x 150 cm
    • Suzanne Anthony Sprawl, 2021 Mixed media 155 x 380 x 420 cm
      Suzanne Anthony
      Sprawl, 2021
      Mixed media
      155 x 380 x 420 cm
    • Suzanne Anthony Bulge, 2021 Mixed media 175 x 160 x 160 cm
      Suzanne Anthony
      Bulge, 2021
      Mixed media
      175 x 160 x 160 cm
    • Jack McCombe Repetitions of a Maker: Felix Namque (anon.), 2020 6-channel digital audio installation Digital speakers, mild-steel, gypsum plaster, plasterboard, metal stud work, chipboard, castor wheels. Each structure 250 x 123 x 80 cm
      Jack McCombe
      Repetitions of a Maker: Felix Namque (anon.), 2020
      6-channel digital audio installation
      Digital speakers, mild-steel, gypsum plaster, plasterboard, metal stud work, chipboard, castor wheels.
      Each structure 250 x 123 x 80 cm
    • Jack McCombe Render the Moment (Break with the Earth): Tulip (anon.), 2020 Glass, soil, plaster, chipboard, reproduced watercolour painting, digital enlarger, site lamp.
      Jack McCombe
      Render the Moment (Break with the Earth): Tulip (anon.), 2020
      Glass, soil, plaster, chipboard, reproduced watercolour painting, digital enlarger, site lamp.
    • Steven Grainger Untitled I, 2020 Fabric, plywood, wooden dowel, cardboard tube and paint 68 x 23 x 122 cm
      Steven Grainger
      Untitled I, 2020
      Fabric, plywood, wooden dowel, cardboard tube and paint
      68 x 23 x 122 cm
      £ 1,950.00
    • Steven Grainger Boy with a Basket of Fruit, 2020 Paper, acetate and oil stick 35 x 23 cm
      Steven Grainger
      Boy with a Basket of Fruit, 2020
      Paper, acetate and oil stick
      35 x 23 cm
      £ 700.00
    • Steven Grainger Untitled II, 2020 Fabric, plywood, wooden dowel, cardboard tube and paint 47 x 23 x 220 cm
      Steven Grainger
      Untitled II, 2020
      Fabric, plywood, wooden dowel, cardboard tube and paint
      47 x 23 x 220 cm
      £ 1,950.00
    • Blair McLaughlin Venus, 2020 Oil on canvas 160 x 260 cm
      Blair McLaughlin
      Venus, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      160 x 260 cm
      £ 7,500.00
    • Blair McLaughlin A Bullet Never Lies, It Always Tells the Truth, 2020 Oil on canvas 160 x 260 cm
      Blair McLaughlin
      A Bullet Never Lies, It Always Tells the Truth, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      160 x 260 cm
      £ 7,500.00
    • Blair McLaughlin I'm Afraid, 2020 Oil on canvas 160 x 200 cm
      Blair McLaughlin
      I'm Afraid, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      160 x 200 cm
      £ 7,500.00
    • Blair McLaughlin Isolation Painting, 2020 Oil on canvas 100 x 160 cm
      Blair McLaughlin
      Isolation Painting, 2020
      Oil on canvas
      100 x 160 cm
      £ 3,500.00
  • Lily Macrae
    Rule of Six , 2020
    Oil on canvas
    150 x 300 cm
    • Sara Alonso Your Sigh Migrated to The North, 2020 Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper, entombed on beeswax. Collage and assemblage on found object. 192 x 170 x 50 cm
      Sara Alonso
      Your Sigh Migrated to The North, 2020
      Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper, entombed on beeswax. Collage and assemblage on found object.
      192 x 170 x 50 cm
    • Sara Alonso Your Sigh Migrated to the North - Print, 2020 Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper 130 x 110 cm Variable edition of 6
      Sara Alonso
      Your Sigh Migrated to the North - Print, 2020
      Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper
      130 x 110 cm
      Variable edition of 6
      £ 2,000.00
    • Sara Alonso A Cry For Your Nonexistent Grave, 2020 Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper, entombed on beeswax. Collage and assemblage on found object. 140 x 92 x 21 cm
      Sara Alonso
      A Cry For Your Nonexistent Grave, 2020
      Toned cyanotype print on Arches paper, entombed on beeswax. Collage and assemblage on found object.
      140 x 92 x 21 cm
  • Ronald Binnie
    Zoonosis - Wild/Domestic/Transmission/Human, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    Total: 300 x 400 cm; each: 100 x 150 cm
    £ 4,000.00
  • VISIT THE ARTIST PAGES TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WORKS AND EXHIBITORS.

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