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email: a.l.watson@rgu.ac.uk
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Dr ALLAN WATSON

Biographical Statement
Allan Watson studied sculpture at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, graduating in 1986. Since then he has continued to live and work in the area, participating in a wide range of projects including exhibitions, public art projects, artist-in-residence schemes, international workshops, and the completion of a PhD in 1992 that focused on chance and decision making within creative practice. In 1994 Allan joined the teaching staff at Grays and has held the position of MA Course Leader, First Year Coordinator, and is currently Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Sculpture & BA (Hons) Photographic & Electronic Media



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Personal Statement
My current practice is concerned with aspects of skill, ability, intention and outcome, particularly in relation to instructions, plans and diagrams for objects associated with the ‘traditional’ trades of carpentry and woodwork. Given the right combination of diagram, tools, and materials – anything is possible – or is it? Even simple instructions are open to misinterpretation causing errors and mistakes to generate ‘things as they can be’ rather than ‘things as they should be’.

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The conditioning of economic and time restraints on manufacture, value & quality also occupy my practice, as does the visibility of skill, particularly the aesthetics of repetitive action and the relationship between the intellect and physical activities.

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