Information:
ADDRESS:
The Alchemy Experiment
157 Byres Road, G12 8TS
Glasgow
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OPENING NIGHT:
Friday 2nd June 19.00-21.00
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reserve your spot:
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OPENING HOURS:
Monday - Saturday* 9.00-18.00
Sunday 10.00-18.00
Friday 9.00-21.00
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ARTIST LINK:
GASTON WELISCH
A New World
12.06.23
02.06.23
FREE ENTRY
Gaston Welisch's work explores the stories of everyday people in mundane moments, capturing moments of joy and sorrow found in the passage of time. Welisch uses cinema-style framing to suggest a larger narrative beyond the captured moment, creating empathy and contemplation of the intersection between the viewers' own lives and the experience of this "new world."
"I am hoping to create empathy so that viewers can consider these characters’ lives from their own perspectives by portraying these people as individuals and not merely part of a crowd," said Gaston Welisch. "This body of work focuses on older people, and by emphasizing their gestures and expressions, I am attempting to encourage viewers to reflect on the full lives that these people have lived."
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The photographs in "A New World" feature small prints on large paper like snapshots, while others fill the frame for larger immersive scenes. Through the accompanying self-published book, viewers are invited to delve deeper into the wider body of work and contemplate the fleeting moments captured in each photograph.
Gaston Welisch
2 blurry women, hand gesture
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Sundown
Oil pastel on paper 15x21cm
2022
(framed)
£295
Arms crossed, blurry man on blue pattern
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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40 x 60 cm
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Abstract, man with canvas hat
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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40 x 60 cm
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Cigarette, man at the train station
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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A new world
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Cigare in the sun
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Takeaway, man eating a pie
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Worried man, worn sign and shadow
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Rug and magazine
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Out of focus flowers, a discussion
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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Waiting for the bus, confusion
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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40 x 60 cm
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Irn-bru, hat, and three men in suits
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pigment based inks on 100% cotton, smooth archival paper
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60 x 90 cm
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