A group show curated by Robert Montgomery & Martin J Tickner at GALLERY46 featuring international artists JOHN AYSCOUGH, MAGGIE HILLS, ROBERT MONTGOMERY & ELAINE SPEIRS. Featuring sculpture/installation, painting, mixed media and drawing this group show is a paean to four artists and their continuing individual practice - over time from a place where they once were to where they are now.
“Those art school years are so vivid it seems like yesterday and I can still taste the exact air of those moments”
Robert Montgomery
In 1992 Robert Montgomery, Elaine Speirs and John Ayscough took over the Sculpture Court at Edinburgh College of Art for the exhibition 'Towards An Expanded Poetics'. To secure the exhibition they pretended to be fully "grown up" artists- submitting their work without revealing they were still students at the college. More than 30 years later they are re-united for the exhibition 'ART SCHOOL' along with their friend Maggie Hills, which marks decades of friendship between the artists and a camaraderie that is still strong and very much alive today. This exhibition is a fascinating look at the work of four artists who went to college together and formed creative bonds that last a lifetime.
'ART SCHOOL'
A short Essay by Robert Montgomery
2023
