GALLERY I & II
NWSP12
Rabiya Choudhry + Lee O’Connor
16 October – 13 November

Describing herself as a woman, a daughter, a sister, a lover, a friend, a colleague, a cook, a listener, a papier-mâché maker, a Scot, an Asian, an artist, Rabiya Choudhry has produced a new series of paintings in her own unique style of bizarre portraiture. In some cases exposing talking brains, Rabiya aims to stimulate the viewer’s senses through her confident use of bold colour and imagery.

Is this what Scotland needs, more tartan?
Lee O’Connor works in the manner of a myth-making memoirist, referencing characters and situations from his past growing up on the west coast in relation to his now more urbanised context of Edinburgh. Lee intends to suffocate the walls of Gallery 2 with large-scale drawings inspired by the splendour of our quintessential Scottish flavours, through his use of cheap materials, for example inferior poster paint and wax crayons, he creates a humble aesthetic which is reflected in the images.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT ROOM
LYNDSAY MANN

'PURE EVIL NEVER REALLY DIES … '
Lyndsay Mann's work for the Project Room stems from rethinking notions of fear. She attempts to neutralise her childhood horror of Kruger's gloved hand within the safety of paper/rock/scissors.