THE generation of award-winning Scottish contemporary artists, which led to the art scene of the nation's biggest city being dubbed the "Glasgow Miracle", is to be permanently celebrated at one of the country's most popular galleries.
Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will this week unveil a revamped series of exhibitions in its Glasgow Stories gallery, with a section dedicated to some of the artists who have helped transform the city into one of Europe's centres for contemporary art.
Rotating exhibitions will feature work from some of the artists who, generally after graduating from Glasgow School of Art (GSA), made a mark in the contemporary art world, leading to success in domestic and international shows as well as the prestigious Turner Prize.
Artists who will feature in the section on Glasgow's artistic renaissance will include Christine Borland, Martin Boyce, Ross Sinclair, Louise Hopkins, and David Shrigley. Others in the display will include Ken Currie and Alasdair Gray.
It will mark the first time Glasgow's impact on the contemporary art world has been celebrated in a permanent show at Kelvingrove.
Boyce won the Turner Prize in 2011, marking a remarkable run of Turner Prize successes for Scottish or Scottish-based artists since Douglas Gordon was the first Scot to win in 1996.
Martin Creed, who grew up in Lenzie, won in 2001 and Simon Starling, a GSA graduate, won in 2005, while Susan Philipsz, who is from Glasgow but trained in Dundee, won in 2010 and Richard Wright won in 2009.
The Turner Prize will be presented at the Tramway in Glasgow next year.
Helen Watkins, Glasgow Museums' research manager for history, who has overseen the revamp of the Glasgow Stories gallery, said: "We really wanted to acknowledge the reputation and the contribution that Glasgow has made to the contemporary art world in recent years.
"It has been a remarkable period of success and it is quite fitting that we mark it in the Glasgow Stories gallery at Kelvingrove - it will say a lot about the contemporary artists from the city and we hope to change the display quite regularly."
The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) and the Tramway are the usual homes for contemporary art in Glasgow, although Kelvingrove has hosted shows for the GI visual arts festival.
Councillor Archie Graham, chairman of Glasgow Life, which runs the city's museums and galleries, said: "Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular visitor attractions, with over one million people a year enjoying a collection that is considered to be among the finest in Europe. The works of Monet, Van Gogh and Matisse hang alongside modern masterpieces from Picasso and Dali."
He added: "Kelvingrove has always mixed the old with the new, playing host to exhibitions about the 19th-century painters known as the Glasgow Boys as well as contemporary artists.
"We are delighted to be able to share works from internationally renowned, living Scottish artists, some of whom continue to live in the city, with our many visitors.
"Displaying works by those such as Turner-prize winning artist Martin Boyce and undoubtedly one of the country's most sought-after textile designers, Jill Blackwood, is certain to encourage an even more diverse audience to come and enjoy the wonders of Kelvingrove."
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