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Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene

Social Sculpture charts the emergence of performance and conceptual-related practice in Glasgow from the early 1970s onwards, covering both public institutions and grassroots arts initiatives, with an emphasis on artist-led projects and under-documented ephemeral projects and events. 2. Method Secondary research of existing texts on Glasgow, combined with extensive primary research, specifically observation and 60 elite interviews. To produce the 2010 revised edition of Social Sculpture, 20 additional interviews were carried out which formed the basis for a new 18 page chapter, “From Emergent to Established”, and significant revisions to both the Introduction and Conclusion of the book. In addition, 38 additional photographs were included in the expanded second edition, many of which were previously unseen. 3. Dissemination Published by Luath Press, Edinburgh and distributed internationally through Harper Collins to bookshops, and online retailers including Amazon (in contrast to the original 2003 edition published by STOPSTOP in a edition of 500). In relationship to Social Sculpture, Lowndes has appeared on Culture Café, (Radio Scotland, 2011), Newsnight (BBC Scotland, 2011), interviewed for The Guardian (2011), The Herald (2011) and The Sunday Herald (2011), appeared at Aye Write, Glasgow International Book Festival (2011), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (2011) and Edinburgh International Book Festival, August 2010. Articles related to Social Sculpture by Lowndes include “The Real Turner Prize Winner: This One’s for You, Glasgow”, The Guardian Online, 8th December 2010, “Slow Dazzle: A Brief Account of the Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene”, Glasgow: City Report, Spike Art Monthly (Spring 2011), “I Am the Space Where I Am: from Subversion to Citizenship”, PAR + RS (Public Art Scotland), March 2010, “Another world is possible”, Axis, April 2010, “Creative Scotland Or: The Lottery, The Funders and The People, Afterall Online January 2013, “Window shopping: Glasgow Art and the Politics of Display" (Nürnberg: Neues Museum, 2013).