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New Light on Mosaic
The expression ‘truth to
materials’ is normally associated with Henry Moore and the direct
carving movement, but George Garson, ex-head of mural design at
Glasgow School of Art , is not afraid to use it in the catalogue to
this show, currently at the Scott Gallery, Hawick.
In his 1979 mural for the
University of Glasgow’s Department of Geology, Garson sandwiched
fossils and semiprecious stones between courses of sandstone and
slate, and his pupil Dugald MacInnes has taken ‘truth to materials’
further by adding a degree in geology to his BA in art. In his
minimalist mosaics made from Scottish slate MacInnes brings the
earth’s natural treasures into the light, though other contributers
to this show – including an Italian contingent from Ravenna – take
the more orthodox view that light in mosaic comes from within.
Laura Gasgoine
Artists and Illustrators Magazine, October 2004
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