Claire Barclay
Barclay was one of three artists representing Scotland in the exhibition Zenomap at the
Venice Biennial in 2003 and was selected for British Art Show 6 in 2006. She evolves her work
in a highly instinctive and experimental way, and is well-known for her carefully composed sculptural
installations that adopt methods used in weaving, wood turning, ceramics and print, to create
a refined vocabulary of forms. Her new screenprint for the Cove Park Portfolio uses a spontaneous,
hands-on process of cutting paper shapes to make the screens with which to print each layer of colour.
The overall composition is vibrant and conceals within it abstracted illustrations of moving scissor
blades, the very tool used to produce the shapes. The print relates back to her sculptural
practice and her previous use of hand-printed fabrics as sculptural components. Barclay's
recent solo exhibitions include The Station, Bristol, 2006 (commissioned for British Art Show 6),
Foul Play, doggerfisher, Edinburgh, 2005, Silver Gilt, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, 2005
and Half-light at Art Now, Tate Britain in 2004. She recently exhibited a two-person show with Tobias Buche
at Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany 'Faint On The Right Side' in 2007.