The Common Guild

The Common Guild is a visual arts organisation in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 2006 and has commissioned two Turner Prize-nominated works: Duncan Campbell in 2014 and Janice Kerbel in 2015.

The Common Guild
Established2006
Location21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow, Scotland
DirectorKatrina Brown
CuratorKitty Anderson
Websitewww.thecommonguild.org.uk
Exhibition space at The Common Guild during Janice Kerbel's 'Notes from Sink' (2018), the last exhibition held at 21 Woodlands Terrace.

The Common Guild is located in a Victorian townhouse owned by Glasgow artist Douglas Gordon.[1] The building houses The Common Guild's offices, a library designed by artist Andrew Miller containing books belonging to Douglas Gordon,[2][3] and public event and exhibition spaces. In 2019, the event and exhibition spaces are due to close while the organisation continues its off-site project work and looks for a new permanent exhibition space.[4]

Exhibitions hosted by The Common Guild have included solo shows by Martin Creed,[5] Steven Claydon,[6] Roni Horn,[1] Tacita Dean,[7] Wolfgang Tillmans[8] and Roman Ondák;[9][10] and numerous group shows.[11][10]

Beyond their own gallery space, The Common Guild organise and curate exhibitions and art events such as 'the Persistence of Objects' at Lismore Castle Arts in 2015[12] and 'Scotland + Venice 2013' at the 55th Venice Biennale.[13]

Between 2008 and 2013, The Common Guild worked with Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) and Art Fund to build a new collection of international contemporary work for Glasgow including works by Emily Jacir, Matthew Buckingham and Lothar Baumgarten among others, many of which are regularly on display at GoMA.[14]

21 Woodlands Terrace provided a key location for the filming of Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour, a film in the BBC's Imagine series.[15]

Solo shows

Group Shows

Off-site Exhibitions

References
  1. "Home is where the art is - Katrina Brown review". www.scotsman.com.
  2. "The Common Guild Gallery Glasgow - Art The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  3. "Room for Reading - Programme - Common Guild". www.thecommonguild.org.uk.
  4. "Common Guild art gallery leaves its home in Douglas Gordon's house in Glasgow for fresh premises".
  5. "Visual Art: Martin Creed, Things, The Common Guild, 21 Woodlands Terrace, Glasgow". www.scotsman.com.
  6. "Steven Claydon: The Archipelago of Contented Peoples: Endurance Groups". The List. 17 May 2017.
  7. Higgins, Charlotte (30 November 2010). "Tacita Dean shines at Glasgow galleries" – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. "Wolfgang Tillmans @ The Common Guild - The Skinny". www.theskinny.co.uk.
  9. "About - Common Guild". www.thecommonguild.org.uk.
  10. "Media Release: A New Era for the Common Guild".
  11. "Slow Objects at the Common Guild". Apollo Magazine. 29 November 2017.
  12. Higgins, Charlotte (25 June 2015). "I say this with trepidation – it is surprisingly easy to get used to a butler - Charlotte Higgins" – via www.theguardian.com.
  13. "Preview of Scottish artists at Venice Biennale 2013 from The Common Guild". The List. 25 August 2013.
  14. Fund, Art. "Glasgow's contemporary art collection boosted by Art Fund International scheme". Art Fund.
  15. "BBC One - imagine..., Summer 2012, Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour". BBC.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.