Calum Colvin RSA
Critically acclaimed for his complex constructed photographs, Calum Colvin RSA is known for creating three-dimensional stage sets involving household objects which are overpainted with subjects that relate to art history, popular culture, literature and mythology.
Colvin’s constructed photographic artworks begin as large-scale studio ‘stage-sets’: tableaux of everyday objects, furniture and bric-a-brac carefully posed and theatrically lit. Viewed from the fixed-point perspective of a large-format camera, painted trompe-l’oeil elements are introduced, integrating object and subject in a complex mise en scène. These are finally photographed on film, digitized and printed onto paper or canvas.
These visual illusions and allegories are intended to draw the viewer into a creative dialogue as the images are interpreted, touching on contemporary concerns relating to society, the environment and aspects of national identity.
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Calum Colvin RSADeath and Dr Hornbook, 2021Archival digital print on Hahnemühle German Etching fibre-based paperFramed: 98 x 107 cmEdition of 10£ 4,200.00
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Calum Colvin RSAPortrait of Hugh MacDiarmid, 2018Archival digital print on stretched canvas102 x 130 cmEdition of 10£ 6,000.00
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Calum Colvin RSABurnsomania, 2017Archival digital print on stretched canvas102 x 113 cmEdition of 10£ 7,200.00
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Calum Colvin RSABetty Burke, 2016Archival digital print on Hahnemühle German etching FB paper79 x 96 cmEdition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof£ 7,200.00
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Calum Colvin RSAJenny Cameron, 2016Archival digital photographic print on Hahnemühle German etching FB paper79 x 96 cmEdition of 10 plus 1 artist's proof£ 7,200.00
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Calum Colvin RSAPortrait of Colin McLuckie, 2016Archival digital print on Baryta FB paper63 x 74 cmEdition of 10£ 1,200.00
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Calum Colvin RSAPortrait of Michael Marra, 2016Archival digital print on Baryta FB paper102 x 130 cmEdition of 3£ 10,800.00
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Calum Colvin RSACharles Edward Stuart Mirror Anamorphosis, 2014Archival digital print on canvas with craquelure varnish over MDF on plinth, chrome mirror£ 6,000.00
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Born in Glasgow in 1961, Colvin has exhibited his work nationally and internationally for over thirty years since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1985. He was a winner of one of the first Scottish Arts Council Creative Scotland Awards from which he created the acclaimed exhibition for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Ossian, Fragments of Ancient Poetry, in 2001. In the same year he was awarded an OBE and he is Professor of Fine Art Photography and Associate Dean at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee. His works have been widely exhibited in venues as diverse as Orkney, Los Angeles and Ecuador, and are represented in numerous collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Museum of Fine Art, Houston; The Tate Gallery, London; and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
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The Christmas Show
27 November - 18 December 2021This winter we are delighted to once again present our Christmas Show. Featuring over a hundred works by our Royal Scottish Academicians, many at affordable prices, the exhibition will be a wonderful opportunity to peruse Christmas gifts or acquire a new work for your own collection.Read more -
Rediscover
3 October - 8 November 2015The Academicians' Gallery Free entry For October 2015 The Academicians' Gallery expands into the Finlay Room to make a special presentation. Rediscover aims to unearth gems from our Academicians' studios....Read more -
Calum Colvin
Natural Magic 6 March - 5 April 2009The Finlay Room, RSA Lower Galleries Free entry The exhibition titled Natural Magic (after 'Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott 1832' by Sir David Brewster) will consist...Read more -
As Others See Us
Portraits from the Highlands 30 June - 29 July 2007RSA Finlay Room A touring exhibition in partnership with Highland Council Exhibitions Unit & Highland 2007 Continuing with the theme of Highland Culture in 2007, As Others See Us celebrates...Read more -
New Associates 2004
6 November - 19 December 2004An exhibition of recent works by New Associates of the Royal Scottish Academy. Featuring John Byrne, Calum Colvin, Jo Ganter, Marian Leven, Sandy Moffat, Gordon Munro and Michael Visocchi.Read more