Louise Gibson: Beachheads

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop 7–10 Aug, 13–17 Aug, 20–24 Aug, 27–30 Aug
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Beachheads unfolds as a series of monumental sculptures crafted from discarded industrial and household materials that speak eloquently of the excesses and wastefulness of contemporary consumer culture.

The works draw attention to our complicity in the relentless cycles of production and disposal — and the environmental and social consequences they entail.

Each work appears as a series of dualities — waste and renewal, domestic and industrial, hard and soft, interior and exterior, moving fluidly between states, embodying both energies at once.

Visitors can also join Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for the opening event for Louise Gibson: Beachheads as part of EAF’s Leith Day, from 7—9pm…

Beachheads unfolds as a series of monumental sculptures crafted from discarded industrial and household materials that speak eloquently of the excesses and wastefulness of contemporary consumer culture.

The works draw attention to our complicity in the relentless cycles of production and disposal — and the environmental and social consequences they entail.

Each work appears as a series of dualities — waste and renewal, domestic and industrial, hard and soft, interior and exterior, moving fluidly between states, embodying both energies at once.

Visitors can also join Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop for the opening event for Louise Gibson: Beachheads as part of EAF’s Leith Day, from 7—9pm on 9 August.

Events Programme

See more from Louise Gibson in:
Leith Day at various venues, East to Leith

Supported by The Henry Moore Foundation, Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.

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