'Beacon Arts Centre's 2025 exhibition programme guarantees the presentation of exciting and diverse work by local, national and international artists. During the summer we will be having an Open Exhibition providing the opportunity for anyone living in Inverclyde to have their artwork exhibited. Dates will be announced soon.' - Fraser Taylor, Guest Curator
by Garth Ivan
On display 11 Jan - 15 Feb 2025
Garth Ivan’s solo show at the Beacon is broken into two halves: The Artists & Craftsmen of Inverclyde - a photographic portrait series of the wide-ranging creative talent found here, and The Liturgy of the Moons - a large scale photo project merging fashion and celestial mythology…
The Artists & Craftsmen of Inverclyde focuses on capturing dear friends, studio mates, and people Garth admires who were willing to trust him and step in front of the camera in an effort to try and offer a glimpse into the wide-ranging talent that exists here.
The Liturgy of The Moons started out as a small poem - imagining the moons of the solar system as royalty locked in a grand ballroom for aeons, with no where to go, and nothing to do but dance and gossip…. In it is everything Garth loves about photography… the fantastic and the mysterious, fashion and form, invitation and rejection.
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At Beacon Arts Centre we host a constantly changing programme of inspiring and thought-provoking exhibitions in our light and airy upstairs gallery space. Guest Curator Fraser Taylor presents a year-round programme by local, national and international artists – some exclusive to the Beacon.
Fraser studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art. His internationally exhibited work includes large-scale sculptural installations, set design, print media, filmmaking and painting. From 2001 to 2017 he was a Visiting Artist and Adjunct Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 2017 was awarded an Honorary Professorship from Glasgow School of Art.
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