- The Geneticist Iron, 2006, 2.5x2x1.15 cm Photograph © Gordon Munro
- The Geneologist Iron, 2010, 3x1x1.6 m Photograph © Chris Park
- Cloud Dialogue, Inspace, University of Edinburgh Iron, 2010 Dimensions Variable Photograph © Gordon Munro
- Coil, Ordinary Artefact No.1 Iron, 2015, 21x22x9 cm Photograph © Gordon Munro
- Block and Rope, Ordinary Artefact No.2 Iron, 2015, 31x11x9 cm Photograph © Gordon Munro
Gordon Munro
FRBS, RSA
- Born : 1963
- Associate Elected : 23/06/2004
- Academician Elected : 25/05/2005
BIOGRAPHY
- Born : 1963
- Associate Elected : 23/06/2004
- Academician Elected : 25/05/2005
Gordon Munro studied at Edinburgh College of art between 1981-86. Over the last 10 years Gordon Munro has investigated the creative possibilities of iron. Early works were inspired by Friedrich Froebel’s gifts and resulted in the creation of a set of 32 iron blocks that collaborators were invited to rearrange to create their own individual “portraits”.
This collaborative approach continues as Munro works with Ewan Robertson in making Cloud Dialogue. This work is a series of cast iron objects existing as nodes in an interchangeable physically interconnected molecular-type ‘cloud’.
Recent works have further explored iron and the nature of the object. The work Ordinary Artefacts shows a changing collection of iron objects inspired by a make do and mend aesthetic best illustrated in Vladmir Arkhipov’s book Home-Made, Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts.
Munro is currently the Assistant Director, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and a Lecturer at Edinburgh College of Art.