Season 3 Episode 6: GoMA at 25 with Sorcha Dallas Gray and Rhona Warwick

Glasgow Museums Podcast

This podcast episode with Sorcha Dallas Gray custodian of the Alasdair Gray Archive and Rhona Warwick Paterson, an artist|writer based in Glasgow, and GoMA's associate artist (2019 -2022) was recorded in the Alasdair Gray Archive. A focus for the conversation was the ‘Domestic Bliss’ exhibition currently on in GoMA and featuring works from Alasdair’s City Recorder series, but also thinking about the relationship of how Alasdair worked in his home, how artists work and also the determination of making and living as an artist in the city. 00:00 – 03:00 Introductions 03:00 – 15:42 Memories of GoMA opening in 1996, but also talking about Glasgow as a place to study art and how that links to Alasdair Gray’s Lanark. 15:45 – 26:40 Alasdair Gray – City Recorder, collections and archives 26: 40 – 49:45 Generosity, living life as an artist and the importance of creativity in our lives. 49:45 – 58:30 The role of the table in Domestic Bliss and for collaborations with artists LINKS: Alasdair Gray Archive https://linktr.ee/thealasdairgrayarchive Rhona Warwick Paterson https://galleryofmodernart.blog/rhona-warwick-paterson-associate-artist/ Domestic Bliss https://galleryofmodernart.blog/portfolio/domestic-bliss/