Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library in glazed ceramic.
21 x 10cm.
“It’s the most famous art school building in Britain. It’s also the masterpiece of Mackintosh. It’s a double tragedy. I was very excited when I received the box of charcoal. I had an idea almost immediately of making an urn. Memorialising or celebrating the difficulty - honoring the wound - it’s something I try to do. ”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on canvas.
130 x 160cm.
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library
and Perspex box.
25 x 100 x 50cm.
“My reaction to The Glasgow School of Art fire was sadness. The work is a memorial to a great building.”
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library cast in bronze.
32 x 22 x 8cm.
“The idea of so many artists, a collective support, was something that I was extremely happy to be a part of. My piece has a kind of religious, or at least a devotional gesture, to it. And when I looked at the pieces of wood, I moved them slightly and realised that it was, indeed, a cross. Regarding the material and the process – I wanted to use extreme heat in order to make something that would not burn - therefore, the bronze.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library.
29.6 x 21cm
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library, acrylic and nails in Perspex box.
141 x 83 x 10.5cm.
Charcoal from the Mackintosh
Library and latex on paper.
111x76.5cm.
“We live in the darkness of the body – part of all darkness, but felt. ”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
57 x 76.4cm.
“The Library was talismanic for the School. And for the culture of all British art schools. The grief at losing it was felt by all of us. It’s a great idea to use the charcoal of a burnt art school as a drawing material to make art, and fund the rebuilding. Charcoal represents a rite of passage from school to art school. It’s a perfect cycle, the phoenix rising from the ashes.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
57 x 76.4cm.
Oil and nail on charred wood from the Mackintosh Library.
7 x 27 x 7cm.
Inkjet graphite and charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
57.7 x 71cm.
“Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the Library at Glasgow School of Art, both before and after the fire (his cravat is drawn in charcoal from the burnt Library).”
Felt pen on papier mâché mounted on panel.
50 x 40cm.
In collaboration with Shinichi Shioyasu, Masahiko Sakamoto, Kazuo Haruki & Akira Kosaka.
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library and Japanese Urushi lacquer, in artist’s frame.
112 x 52.5cm.
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
55.9 x 76.2cm.
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
92.5 x 79.5cm.
“I was struck with sadness about the fire. I agreed to take part in the project although charcoal drawings are quite alien to me. It's my first since art school. The title 'O.M.C' signifies 'One Mackintosh Chair', which is a semi-ironic reference to that well-known early work of mine. So, potentially, the charcoal used in the drawing is the remains of the chair being depicted.”
Found drawing, chalk and charred wood from the Mackintosh Library.
40 x 20 x 32cm.
“The piece of charcoal I received looked like a mountain peak. I decided it was such a beautiful object that I didn't really want to destroy it. I thought of grounding it up and making pigment, which I've done many times with various things. But I thought I'd combine it with other elements. A piece of nature, a piece of culture and something in between – which is perhaps what art is. As a group of artists, we’ve all made a small contribution to a bigger whole.”
Oil & charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on canvas.
46 x 46cm.
“I cried when I heard of the fire. The Glasgow School of Art has a particular hold over those who studied there, not only through its remarkable physical presence, but also as an idea. The idea of creativity coming from the wreckage resonated with me. I delicately shaved small slivers from the charred wood and ground them to a powder mixed with Payne’s Grey and Burnt Sienna oil colour, creating a particularly intense black. It’s a darkness which is hard to define.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library and chalk on archival giclée print.
75.2 x 66cm.
“It was a sad day to see this incredible part of Scotland's history being destroyed. My work deals with memory, so to use a relic to raise money, and rebuild a school for artists to go on to create for generations, was very inspiring. My piece of charcoal is a very beautiful object derived from something so devastating. I loved all the different details and colour across it's surface. At first I couldn't bring myself to use it because it had so much power. So, I photographed it, then used the photographs to create an abstract photograph. Then, I used the raw charcoal to write over and over, directly onto the photograph. I was drawn to the quote by Alasdair Gray "Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation." That's what I wrote - until the charcoal broke down.”
Wood, metal and charred wood from the Mackintosh Library.
71.8 x 40 x 30cm.
“I was in Paris when I had heard the news about the fire. I sat in shock, with tears in my eyes, at the sight of the flames ripping through the roof, and thick black smoke engulfing that so familiar building. Perhaps the most shocking thing about the image was its inevitability.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on cardboard.
42 x 59cm.
“Receiving the box was quite upsetting, like receiving the ashes of a dead friend. The charcoal was softer than I’m used to, it was hard to get an edge. As I drew, it released the smell of the fire.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library and graphite on paper.
74 x 101.7cm.
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library, steel and copper.
15.5 x 133 x 14cm.
Charred wood from the Mackintosh Library, Styrodur, miniature figurine, string and label on wood.
14 x 29.5 x 29.5cm.
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library on paper.
150.5 x 151.5cm.
“It was a very beautiful idea to try turn the ashes into a new hope. It's a poetic idea inside a tragic situation. Good art often comes from adversity. The piece is a spontaneous drawing of a detail of the Dappled Light of the Sun, which to many is reminiscent of fire. The tetrahedron was the symbol of fire to the ancient Greeks.”
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library, damaged lithograph from the Library, fire-damaged student union poster, fire-damaged poster for Art School club, bamboo, metal and cotton thread.
130 x 4 x 4cm.
Charcoal from the Mackintosh Library, pencil and colour pencil on paper.
66.5 x 37.8cm
