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email: i.irving@rgu.ac.uk
tel: 00 44 (0)1224 263635
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IAIN IRVING
Biographical
Statement
Iain Irving graduated in Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee in 1984. Iain then worked for twelve years in exhibition organising and curating at various Scottish art venues including The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and CCA, Glasgow before taking up a teaching post in Contextual Studies at Gray's in 1997.
Currently, Iain is the Masters Course leader, (MFA and MDes). Iain's research has initiated and contributed to various talks, exhibitions and publications nationally. Most notably, in 1998 he curated the exhibition, The House in the Woods for the CCA, Glasgow which toured the UK, in 2000 he curated, The Blue Chamber exhibition at Duff House, Aberdeenshire and in 2004 he curated Oak Trees and Fountains at Drum Castle in collaboration with Aberdeenshire Council and The National Trust for Scotland.
Currently Iain Irving is developing a number of exhibitions and publications with local and national practitioners and organisations.
Personal Statement
My research focuses on questions of definitions of Art and Design. Through analysis of the processes, perceptions, forms, contexts and locations of contemporary art and design, I plan to evidence particularities of these cultural fields thereby enabling a meaningful and useful understanding of how, why, where and when 'things' are identified and categorized as art and/or design.
My research manifests itself in the making of public exhibitions and projects and I take the view that these are cultural products in a similar way to art works or pieces of design. I believe that audiences are key within the cultural system of art and design. Therefore my interest lies with ways in which individuals can be encouraged, stimulated and facilitated to engage with and explore art and design meaningfully and with perception.
My RAE research outputs contribute to the Art and the Public Sphere thematic.
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