ALEC FINLAY (TEXT) ALEXANDER MARIS (PHOTOGRAPHY): TOWERS THAT FLOWER

Cultural Politics
Vol.6, Number 1, March 2010

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ALEXANDER MARIS DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A “POST-URBAN” ARTIST. HE STUDIED AT GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART (1977–81) AND THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART (1985–87), AND IS CURRENTLY BASED IN GLASGOW. RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE THERE IS NO ROAD (THE ROAD IS MADE BY WALKING) CURATED BY STEVEN BODE, LABORAL CENTRO DE ARTE Y CREACIÓN INDUSTRIAL, GIJON, SPAIN (2009); AND SOMETIMES MAKING SOMETHING LEADS TO NOTHING, INGLEBY GALLERY, EDINBURGH (2009).

ALEC FINLAY IS AN ARTIST, POET, AND PUBLISHER BASED IN NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. ALEC HAS BEEN ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (GATESHEAD) AND YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK (WEST BRETTON). HE WAS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT NAREC (THE NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CENTRE, BLYTH) FROM 2007 TO 2009. RECENT EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE HOME TO A KING (3) AT GEORGE SQUARE GARDENS, EDINBURGH (2009); AND YOU’LL HAVE HAD YOUR TEA? H.I.C.A., LOCH RUTHVEN (2009). PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE MESOSTIC REMEDY (MORNING STAR, 2009); AND MESOSTIC INTERLEAVED (MORNING STAR, 2009).

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Photography
Untitled
Scroby Sands
Eppleton
Kielder Observatory (space arcs / time bends / light eclipses; text by Alec Finlay)
Horsey Mill
Whitelee