Alasdair Gray Gray Stuff

23 Oct-11 Dec 2010

Overview

Talbot Rice Gallery is delighted to present Gray Stuff: Designs for Books and Posters, 1952 – 2007, an exhibition of original graphic works by Alasdair Gray, revealing the development of illustrations used in his critically acclaimed novels, such as Lanark (1981), Poor Things (1992) and Old Men In Love (2007), and providing a rare opportunity to see the vibrant sketches and motifs which surround and animate the texts. The exhibition coincides with the launch of A Life in Pictures, an extensive visual biography published by Canongate and opening on the same day, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art will be dedicating a room to a selection of Alasdair Gray’s portraits, including self portraits and some portraits of family and friends.