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Work + Play, Bruce Gernand and Anderson Inge

29 Jan - -12 March

Bruce and Anderson have a ong involvemnet with one another's work and their show at the RBS was an explorationof the resonances and divergences between theri sculptural practices.

Individually and jointly authored works were shown. Architectural iconography in some of the sculptures is complemented by the ornate Victorian interior of the RBS Gallery; the wooden paneling, ornate plasterwork ceiling and deflt tiled fireplaces. The physical processes of making sculpture are integral to theri work conceptually and physically. Materials include - cast iron, bronze, cast aluminium, concrete, ceramics and wood and their sculptures examine the 'sculptor at work'.

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RBS Annual 2004

Ekkehard Altenburger, Paul Aston, Jay Battle, Elna Bennett, Nicola Buxton, Angela Conner, Chris Dunseath, Alexandra Harley,Koichi Ishino, Diane Maclean, Rob Olins, William Pye, Simon Raynes, Colin Reid, Marie Therese Ross, Brian Taylor, Almuth Tebbenhoff, Guy Thomas, Robert Worley.

1 Apri - 14 May

Monsters and ghoulish faces greet the visitor to the 5th Annual RBS sculptors group show. Rob Worley’s ‘Big Red One’, a 3-dimensional incarnation of a child’s monster drawing in vivid scarlet satin stands guard in the gallery entrance while Brian Taylor’s ‘portrait of Lily Pier’ seems to twist away in horror to face it’s partner in Taylor’s ‘Sally’.

The wooden panelling surrounding the Salon space of the Gallery is reflected in the polished mirror steel surfaces of Diane Maclean’s massive eye-like ‘Optic’. Koichi Ishino’s ’Cloud’ quietly reflects the ornate leaded windows and changing skies throughout the day, as does William Pye’s 3m tall stainless steel and water piece ‘Offspring’ on the external sculpture forecourt. Guy Thomas’ ‘Cathedral’ is a stunning and elegant bronze work incorporating a cast twisting bramble branch complete with blackberries. Rob Olins ‘Ell III’ illuminates the space adjoining the two rooms and casts light upon Colin Reid’s glass work.

Ekkehard Altenburger’s meticulously carved marble work ‘Close up on Pattern’ reintroduces’ the vibrant colour of so many pieces in this show to the back gallery; reiterated in the painted and gilded surfaces of Marie-Therese Ross’ ‘Girl with yo-yo’ and ‘Music Lesson’ and the inflorescence of Paul Aston’s ‘From the barracks to staple edge’.

Almuth Tebbenhoff’s gilded steel ‘Crater’ is installed low down in the very corner of the Gallery and partnered with Tebbenhoff’s fired clay ‘Where to from here?’ high on a plinth. Chris Dunseath’s ‘Cherry Reflection’, Alexandra Harley’s ‘Cynn’ and Elona Bennett’s ‘Thinking of shells’ use wood in vastly contrasting ways; utilising both carving and construction to push the boundaries of this traditional material.

Traditional sculptors’ materials limestone and iron are combined in Jay Battle’s simple yet graceful work; a grace that is reiterated in Angela Conner’s brass ‘Corona’. No less poised is Simon Raine’s beautifully crafted shelf installation, ‘Some things for Bill Burke’, holding a series of five uncanny wooden assembled objects that are deeply familiar in scale and format yet remain strange and unidentifiable.

Nicola Buxton’s fragile wax suitcase bursting with mysterious branches, rods and ladders ‘I took the path less travelled by’ seems to summarise the visitor’s journey through this exhibition; at once reassuringly familiar yet accompanied by an increasing sense that all is not quite as it should be. The show takes on a life of its own.

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Slight Incredulities,Kurt Johannessen and Roddy Bell

3 June - 16 July

Kurt will transform the entire space of the studio gallery, filtering the natural light of the space with ‘eyelid red’. A voice will describe in great detail the sensation of closing one’s eyes and opening them again; a universal human reaction that is taken for granted and forgotten as a daily function, yet when isolated and examined in this way becomes an absorbing event. Pairs of glasses will be handed to visitors with which to view the installation. Kurt will also be producing an edition of 400 artist’s books as part of the show.

Roddy’s 9 year old son will practice his piano in a projected film in the Salon; his back to the room yet perfectly at ease within the space’s domestic interior. Intermittently, he will pause, turn and gesture towards the simply made boat-like objects on the floor of the gallery and their sails then begin to move hesitantly - under the breeze from tiny fans - towards a flickering flame in the fireplace.

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Undergrowth , Sally Underwood

5 August - 17 September

Undergrowth is an installation of converging and diverging trains of thought, reflecting Sally Underwood’s desire to complicate and expand her subject matter, rather than looking for conclusions and simplifications. In spite of this, she returns to a number of themes including impotence, pity, failed aspiration, simultaneous calamities as well as the possibility of redemption and repair.

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Bursary Exhibition 2004

11 June - 4 July 2003

Tine Bech, Sidney Brouet, Jenny Dunseath, Brigitte Jurack, Alastair Mackie, Claire Morgan, Sunghoon Son, Akiko & Masako Takada, Keri Townsend, Mhairi Vari.

New works by the ten selected 2004 RBS Bursary award winners will be showcased. A broad spectrum of sculptural disciplines and uses of materials are examined in this exhibition of the best of emerging sculptural talent in the UK.

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