The Edinburgh Reporter October 2022

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Vibrant works of art

First UK solo show for artist Hannah Lim staged in the capital

Neil Hanna

Tribute to

the works

of Dorothy

Hogg MBE

By OLIVIA THOMAS

EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS opens the first

solo exhibition in Scotland by emerging

Singaporean-British artist Hannah Lim,

whose vibrant artworks have captured the

attention of audiences worldwide, ahead of

further shows in New York and Milan later

this year. The London based artist is working

in printmaking for the first time as she

continues her exploration of East and South

East Asian culture and its appropriation for

Western audiences.

Speaking on her work artist Hannah Lim

said: “As a person of mixed Singaporean and

British heritage both my research and practice

has come to engage with the colonial

connotations of the relationship between the

East and the West. These connotations are most

evident in themes such as Orientalism and its

relationship to Chinoiserie, an 18th century

aesthetic trend in which elements of Chinese

design were recreated in relation to European

aesthetics and tastes.

“I attempt to re-imagine and reclaim ideas

and designs associated with Chinoiserie, which

have in the past had problematic colonial

undertones. Cultural designs are shared as

opposed to appropriated, it is no longer about

one culture being moulded to the demands

of another.

I’m intrigued by the crossover of ideas,

creatures and anthropomorphism that exists in

these Chinese and Medieval bestiaries. There’s

something intriguing about this shared desire

to understand and give meaning to these real

and imagined ‘beasts’.

This whole avenue of research ultimately

evolved from exploring my Chinese-

Singaporean family’s relationship with

Christianity and how that has impacted my

understanding and exposure to certain aspects

of Chinese culture, overtime it has evolved into

something more playful and peculiar.”

Hannah Lim Ornamental Mythologies at

Edinburgh Printmakers, Castle Mills,

1 Dundee Street EH3 9FP

Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 6pm

edinburghprintmakers.co.uk

CELEBRATING EDINBURGH

6 - 29 OCTOBER

Scottish Art Club

24 Rutland Square EH1 2BW

THIS EXHIBITION presents work

by Laura Gressani, John Heywood,

Cat Outram & Kelly Stewart inspired

by Edinburgh. The four artists are

printmakers and have consistently

found inspiration in the City’s

architecture and landscapes.

The exhibition offers a tour of the

City as much as a tour of the various

printmaking techniques they use,

including: etching, screenprinting,

lithography and monoprinting.

The exhibition also includes some

original drawings.

Kelly Stewart was attracted to

Edinburgh by its architecture and she

delights in depicting the different

“villages” of Edinburgh with their

particular styles. She presents

screenprints and original drawings.

Cat Outram has lived in Edinburgh

most of her life and has made the

City her main source of inspiration.

Her etchings sometimes present the

City as it sits in the surrounding

landscape, other times drilling down

to the domestic view from her window.

John Heywood has been a

printmaker for over 40 years,

specialising in etching. He believes that

etching helps him to capture the mood

and texture of the City.

Laura Gressani likes the contrast

between the formal architecture of the

New Town and the pockets of nature

within it, using monoprinting and

etching to capture it.

The exhibition is open to the public

Tuesday to Saturday 10.30am to 4.30pm.

http://www.scottishartsclub.com

Take a grand

tour with the

Scottish Art Club

A TRIBUTE TO the achievements of

the internationally renowned designer

Dorothy Hogg, MBE, is included in

Elements, the exhibition of gold, silver

and jewellery from 28-30 October at

Lyon & Turnbull.

The exhibition includes Goldsmiths’

Craft and Design Council (GC&DC)

award-winning work from across

the years.

The magnificent Fair Game vases, by

Fred Rich, who was described by the

judges of the 2021 Jacques Cartier

Memorial Award as the world’s greatest

ever art-enameller, will also be displayed.

The vases show plant life of the British

Isles with a particular reference to

Scotland as well as 41 birds of 25 types.

They stand 51cm high, took thousands

of hours to create and use over 100

metres of 22ct gold cloisonné wire.

It’s the first time the vases, and an

exhibition of GC&DC winners, have been

exhibited in Scotland.

Elements, Scotland’s annual festival of

jewellery, silver and gold runs from 28-

October is organised by The Scottish

Goldsmiths Trust in partnership with Lyon

& Turnbull fine art auctioneers.

WHAT’S ON AT THE QUEEN’S HALL...

1 Oct: Calum Scott

6 Oct: Joby Burgess -

A Percussionist's

Songbook

8 Oct: Newton Faulkner

10 Oct: Last Podcast on

the Left

13 Oct: GZA - 25 Years of

Liquid Swords

14 Oct: Al Stewart

Greatest Hits Live

15 Oct: Leo Sayer -

The Show Must Go On

19 Oct: Samantha Fish

20 Oct: An Evening With

Adam Frost

22 Oct: Clearwater

Creedence Revival

23 Oct: John Cale

28 Oct: Wishbone Ash

29 Oct: Howard Jones

Singaporean-British

artist Hannah Lim