Interviews
Have you ever wanted to explore the mind behind the masterpiece? Tormented or divinely inspired, The Skinny offers you a window into the minds of artists with interviews that delve into their practice and inspirations.
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InterviewsRobin Thomson: Ghost In The Machine
Robin Thomson takes us to the afterlife in his first ever solo show at Dundee's Generator Projects this month Read more »| 21 Sep 2010 -
InterviewsDavid Shrigley: A Catalogue of Ideas
Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people – normal(ish) people – actually love. He's made sculptures, music videos, drawings and books too numerous to count, and much more besides. He kindly made time to have a chat with The Skinny about his new anthology, What The Hell Are You Doing? Read more »| 30 Aug 2010 -
InterviewsUnion Terrace Gardens Debate Banks on Compromise
Public Consultation On The City Square Project To Be Completed This Week Read more »| 04 Mar 2010 -
InterviewsGood Wives, Warriors and Painters
Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell, aka Good Wives and Warriors, are a collaborative duo whose drawings and paintings have been lighting up galleries, shops and pages for the last few years. They’ve been insanely busy of late, appearing in Taschen books, painting on walls in Berlin and generally being globe-trotting international artists. This month sees them back in Glasgow for a show in Recoat, so The Skinny thought this would be the perfect time for a bit of a catch up Read more »| 25 Feb 2010 -
InterviewsTrouble in the Forest
Good art is usually divisive – it causes arguments, provokes feeling; it makes us think about the things that matter. It can cause tears, laughter, vi... Read more »| 24 Feb 2010 -
InterviewsGraffiti in Scotland: Inspiring Change
A new project sends artists into prisons to teach inmates how to paint with spray paint. The dailies have been up in arms at the plans, so we thought we'd see if there was any more to the story. Read more »| 30 Nov 2009
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InterviewsSaatchi New Sensations: A First Hand Account
A nation-wide talent search has brought us the new art stars as defined by Charles Saatchi. ECA graduate Richard Cook, one of the lucky few to make it to the live final, tells us what it was like to be in the eye of the storm. Read more »| 22 Oct 2009 -
Interviews
Alex Dordoy: Winner Takes All
A solo show in the Modern Institute at only 24? We take a tour around Alex Dordoy's new exhibition, barely concealing our envy. Read more »| 30 Sep 2009 -
InterviewsNine Trades of Dundee
It is a widely known yet little discussed fact that most art school graduates are going to end up working a job that has nothing to do with art. A new project in Dundee has taken this as a starting point, recruiting artists with other jobs to make work bringing the two sides of their lives together. One of those artists, Ben Robinson, describes the project. Read more »| 27 Aug 2009 -
InterviewsSecret Wars: Scotland v England
Secret Wars is fast becoming an international phenomenon, and this month sees the staging of the first match on Scottish soil. Originally touted as Scotland ... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
InterviewsA Wee Tasty Experiment
One weekend in April sees two unique events presenting alternative approaches to exhibiting art on consecutive nights in the good city of Glasgow. Rosamund West met up with the relevant masterminds to find out what to expect. Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
InterviewsNew beginnings: The Embassy and St Margaret's House
Rosamund West caught up with The Embassy's committee as they spent a pleasant Sunday afternoon in a cloud of dust, taking up the carpeting in their new gallery in the arts complex of St Margaret's House. Read more »| 02 Mar 2009 -
InterviewsSandy Christie - Local Hero
Paul Mitchell speaks to Sandy Christie, our Art Local Hero. Sandy presents an altrnative route for artists trying to disseminate their work to a wider audience, eschewing the traditionally proscribed avenues of gallery-approved selection in order to go it alone with a system of open submissions, self-publication and guerilla exhibiting. Read more »| 05 Sep 2008 -
InterviewsAsking For It
There has become something of a standard in the exhibiting of art made outwith the European tradition whereby the work of a variety of artists of common orig... Read more »| 23 Apr 2008 -
InterviewsOf Beasts and Machines
"I see myself as halfway between a writer and an artist"" Read more »| 05 Feb 2008