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Public ArtThe Centre for Health Science's public art project is an important part of the development of the built environment. The project is managed by Jacqueline Donachie, a Glasgow-based artist. There are currently several pieces of public art throughout Phase 1 of the Centre. There are plans to locate more pieces throughout Phases 2 and 3 (completion summer 2008). Jacqueline has also been working closely with a local landscape artist on the design of the central courtyard (completion summer 2008).
The works currently in the building include: ‘Ecbolic Garden, Winter’By Christine Borland, 2001 Christine Borland was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1965 and still lives and works in Scotland. She studied for her degree at Glasgow School of Art and completed a Master of Arts at the University of Ulster in Belfast. She has exhibited in shows worldwide and has work in many public and private collections, including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh and a permanent work in the grounds of Glasgow University. In 1997 she was nominated for the Turner Prize and exhibited at Tate Britain. Publications relating to the artists work are available in the library.
‘Ecbolic Garden, Winter’ The artist made this work while researching the existence of a possible Mediaeval ‘physic’ garden in the environs of Glasgow University. The plants used – birthwort, dropwort, marigolds, winter savory, wild parsnip, forking larkspur, juniper, penny-royal, hogs-fennel and asplenium were all annotated in a pocket version of what was, at the time, the most important book detailing the possible medicinal application of plants – Leonhart Fuchs ‘De Historia Stirpium Commentari Insignes’ (‘Significant notes on the History of Plants’, 1542). At the time, all of the plants were thought to relate to midwifery, although we are now familiar with them for different reasons; as common weeds, for culinary purposes or for their association with homeopathic medicine. Using a technique employed in 19th Century ‘Spirit Collections’ each plant specimen was initially placed in a bleaching agent, draining the colour from the leaves to reveal the “skeleton”. It is then preserved and presented in an alcohol solution. 3 works by Toby Paterson(from left to right as viewed in the Centre for Health Science) The artist made this edition with Peacock Printmakers in Aberdeen. There are six prints in the series and they are based on plans for several modernist building projects, a recurring theme in the artist’s work.
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