Glasgow Museum Exhibits Altered Images

GoMA worked in partnership with the Community Learning department. They invited 12 adults who were taking a variety of courses in the east of the city to join this 12-week project.

The group explored ways of manipulating, reworking, reinterpreting and reassembling found objects and images. The result was the transformation of everyday things into the unique works of art that feature in the exhibition. The exhibition will be on view through Sunday 19 October.

Background information

Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) is one of Britain's most popular contemporary art galleries with over 1,500 visitors daily. The Learning and Access team provides programmes and resources for education providers from pre-school to higher education.

This includes activity sheets linked to the collections, handling boxes and in-service training for teachers and other education professionals. It has also developed an exciting range of informal learning and play opportunities for children, young people and adults which link into the exhibition and collection programmes.

GoMA is a vibrant and exciting modern art gallery. It is housed in an elegant neo-classical building in the heart of the city. This combination of old and new offers a unique and inspiring environment for children to discover and explore contemporary art.

The gallery offers thought-provoking displays of paintings, sculptures, prints and installations by artists of local, national and international renown.

Information on Forever Changes, Jim Lambie

Jim Lambie has exhibited at venues such as Tate Britain, and MoMA, New York. He has become one of the most important Scottish artists of his generation. He is a key contributor to Glasgow's international reputation as a centre for contemporary visual art.

Forever Changes is the largest display of Lambie's work in Glasgow to date, and the first solo presentation of his work at GoMA. The exhibition presents spectacular new sculptures made from materials such as furniture, clothes, records, posters and paint.

These are presented on a black and white striped, vinyl, floor installation that encompass the whole ground floor gallery space. Amongst other major projects this year, Lambie's work has been included in the exhibition Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Forever Changes has been commissioned by Glasgow Museums in association with the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art 2008. -- www.glasgowmuseums.com