Ross Sinclair
Sinclair combines wit and wisdom to relate his work to public space,
not simply in terms of its architecture or geography, but also to its
history, social function and contemporary reality. The print he has produced
for the Cove Park Portfolio is both celebratory and critical. It combines
text, colour and graphics to test notions of identity and questions the notion
of truth in life and art itself. In it, he reworks part of a neon light
installation commissioned for Glasgow's Radiance Festival of Light in 2005.
This work was located on the façade of the City Chambers local government
building and sought to question the presumptions of national, local,
international and personal identity. Sinclair's print uses his recurrent
'Real Life' slogan, a key element in his recent solo exhibitions Real
Life Paintings, at CCA for Glasgow International and at Galerie
KnapperBaumgarten, Stockholm, Sweden, both 2006. Sinclair
is currently exhibiting in Aberdeen Art Gallery in Ross
Sinclair versus Sir Edwin Landseer by independent curator
Craig Richardson, and was awarded the Scottish Arts
Council's prestigious Creative Scotland Award in January 2007.