Sorcha Dallas

Executed with a Caledonian swagger and an epigrammatic wit, Rough’s mixed media bricolage appear as a memory shelf to a boy’s own adventure in psychogeography. Recently, Rough’s cartographic endeavours have been made manifest in neon. While more timourous artists may steer clear of such loaded media, Rough is unafraid, brusquely borrowing lightbulbs from Flavin and changing them with tatooed knuckles. Elsewhere, t-shirts and scratched musings appear as emblems of the artist’s psyche, revealing a jocular game plan and a roguish confidence.

Susannah Thompson, 2006

Born in Glasgow in 1972, Rough studied for a BA and MFA at Glasgow School of Art between 1991 and 1998. A former member of Glasgow art group Filthy Swan, Rough now lives and works in New York. Recent exhibitions include: ‘Size Matters’ a touring show by the Hayward Gallery; ‘Mantelpiece’, Inverleith House, Edinburgh and a solo show at PS.1 MoMA, New York. Forthcoming exhibitions include ‘As if by Magic’ curated by Charles Asprey and Kay Pallister, Bethlehem Peace Centre, Palestine and a solo show at Sleeper, Edinburgh.

PUBLICATION LAUNCH: SUNDAY 30th April, 3 pm In collaboration with Inverleith House and featuring commissioned essays by John Calcutt and Sarah Lowndes.

‘WHO IS EVERYTHING’: Glasgow International Offsite Commission, Details available from Sorcha Dallas. Open Wed 19th- Sun 30th April, 11am-5pm daily.