A number of significant public artworks, commissioned by a range of organisations, exist within Glasgow city centre. For the research phase of this project we have selected 6 artworks which we feel are significant for a variety of reasons: the context, commissioning history, or how the resulting artwork fits within the artist's wider practice. We have researched the artworks and issues around them, and commissioned texts by local and international writers with the aim of reappraising these pieces and allowing their significance to reach a wider audience.
The Artworks
- Ian Hamilton Finlay: Bridge Piers, 1990, Broomielaw, Glasgow (text by Graham Fagen)
- Niki de Saint Phalle: Tympanum, 1996, GoMA, Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow (text by Ben Harman)
- Douglas Gordon: Empire, 1998, Tontine Lane (moved from Brunswick Lane) (text by Caoimhin MacGiolla Leith)
- Graham Fagen: Where the Heart Is, 1999-01, Royston Road Parks (text by David Harding)
- Christine Borland: To Be Set and Sown in the Garden, 2002, Glasgow University (text by Dominic Paterson)
- Toby Paterson: Poised Array, 2007, BBC Scotland Headquarters (text by Sam Gathercole)