Beagles and Ramsay

LATEST NEWS UPDATED NOVEMBER 2011. FROM NOVEMBER 2011 - FEBRUARY 2012 BEAGLES & RAMSAY WILL SHOW ‘WE ARE THE PEOPLE – SUCK ON THIS’ AT GOMA, GLASGOW. THIS WORK WAS PURCHASED FOR THE CITY COLLECTION AND WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE ICA, LONDON IN 1999. THEY WILL ALSO TAKE PART IN THE GROUP SHOW’11 ARTISTS’ AT NOMI’S KITCHEN, GLASGOW ON THE 5TH NOVEMBER, AND RECENTLY STAGED A PUBLIC BURNING ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 29TH IN GLASGOW CITY CENTRE FOR HAUNT. AN OLDER VIDEO, ‘GEEZER GOTTA FLAMETHROWER’ (1997) WAS EXHIBITED AT THE EMBASSY GALLERY, EDINBURGH AND A NEW STOP MOTION FILM WAS SHOWN IN BIRMINGHAM AS PART OF A NEW FESTIVAL CALLED THE EVENT. IN OCTOBER BEAGLES & RAMSAY HAD A SOLO SHOW ‘SPAM MUSH DUST’ AT THE GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM. FOR THIS SHOW THEY MADE A SERIES OF NEW STOP MOTION ANIMATIONS, SCULPTURES AND A NUMBER OF PAINTINGS. THEY ALSO TOOK PART IN THE GROUP SHOW ‘THE LONG AVANTGARDE’ AT CARTEL GALLERY, LONDON FROM JULY – SEPT 2011BEAGLES AND RAMSAY EXHIBITED A NEW WORK IN OOPS APOCALYPSE AT OCCUPY SPACE, LIMERICK MAY 2011. BEAGLES & RAMSAY SHOWED A SERIES OF OLDER WORKS AT THE GALLERY OF MODERN ART, GLASGOW, IN THE GROUP SHOW HERTIE QUERTY, WITH JIM LAMBIE, RONI HORN, DAVID SHRIGLEY AND ART SPIEGELMAN. THEY ALSO SHOWED NEW WORK AT GALERIA NUNO CENTUNO IN PORTO DURING APRIL 2011. A MAJOR NEW WORK WAS SHOWN IN 'RUBBLE STIR', A GROUP SHOW AT THE GLUE FACTORY, GLASGOW IN OCTOBER 2010 - THE EXHIBITION ALSO INCLUDED WORK BY FISCHLI & WEISS, MARTIN KIPPENBERGER, TATHAM AND O'SULLIVAN, DAVID BURROWS, ERICA EYRES, TERRY ATKINSON, MICK PETER, MICHAEL WILKINSON AND SEVERAL OTHER ARTISTS. BEAGLES & RAMSAY TOOK PART IN TWO GROUP EXHIBITIONS AS PART OF THE GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2010 - FIRSTLY AT NOMI'S KITCHEN, AND ALSO 'THE SHOE SHOW' CURATED BY JIM LAMBIE AND NICOLAS PARTY. A NEW EDITION OF UNCLE CHOP CHOP WAS LAUNCHED AT THE EMBASSY, EDINBURGH ON FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2009, AND ALSO AT THE STATE BAR, GLASGOW ON THE 11TH MARCH 2010. BEAGLES & RAMSAY SHOWED THREE VIDEOS IN 'RUNNING TIME: ARTIST FILMS FROM 1960 TO NOW' AT THE DEAN GALLERY, EDINBURGH IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2009. THEY ALSO SHOWED NEW WORK IN 'WAREHOUSE OF HORRORS' AT SWG3, GLASGOW DURING NOVEMBER 2009. THE VIDEO 'TRILOGY' WAS SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION 'SONG SHOW' AT ARTLAB, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, CANADA IN OCTOBER 2009. BEAGLES & RAMSAY TOOK PART IN RADIO TRIONFERA AT THE VILLA ROMANA, FLORENCE IN SEPTEMBER.TWO FINE EXAMPLES OF BRITISH DENTISTRY, A SOLO SHOW OF PAINTINGS AND SMALL SCULPTURES, TOOK PLACE AT SWEET GERANIUM, GLASGOW IN JUNE 2009. BEAGLES AND RAMSAY SHOWED A RETROSPECTIVE SELECTION OF VIDEO WORKS FROM 1996 - 2009 AT THE MARGARET LAWRENCE GALLERY, VCA MELBOURNE AS PART OF THE EXHIBITION 'COCK AND BULL'. THIS SHOW WAS OPEN FROM MARCH 19TH TO APRIL 18TH 2009 AND A CATALOGUE WAS PUBLISHED WITH ESSAYS BY NUMEROUS AUTHORS.

BEAGLES & RAMSAY UNDERTOOK A RESIDENCY AT GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS DURING SUMMER 2008. A SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK - 'GOOD TEETH' - OPENED ON OCTOBER 25TH 2008. REVIEWS OF 'GOOD TEETH' CAN BE FOUND IN THE DECEMBER 2008 ISSUE OF ARTMONTHLY AND IN THE FEBRUARY 2009 ISSUE OF ARTFORUM.

RECENT SHOWS IN OCTOBER 2008 BEAGLES & RAMSAY SHOWED VIDEO WORK AT 'SCENE IN THE MAKING', PART OF THE CONCRETE AND GLASS FESTIVAL, HOSTED AY NICHOLLS AND CLARKE, LONDON. TWO EARLY VIDEOS WERE SHOWN AS PART OF PROJECTOR AT CAFE GALLERY PRJECTS, LONDON FROM SEPTEMBER 13 - 21ST. A NEW EDITION OF UNCLE CHOP CHOP WAS LAUNCHED ON APRIL 18TH 2008 AS PART OF GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. BEAGLES & RAMSAY SHOWED THREE OF THE UNCLE CHOP CHOP PAINTINGS IN 'NEW DARK AGE' AT HATS PLUS GALLERY, LONDON AND RECENTLY TOOK PART IN ART FUTURES AT THE BLOOMBERG SPACE, LONDON. NEW PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK WAS SHOWN AT MOT INTERNATIONAL, LONDON MAY - JUNE 2007. BEAGLES & RAMSAY WERE COMMISSIONED TO MAKE A NEW WORK FOR 'AMONG THE LIVING', LAUNCHED AT THE ICA LONDON MAY 2007 AND THEN TOURED TO MIMA MIDDLESBROUGH, MILTON KEYNES GALLERY AND CHAPTER, CARDIFF DURING SUMMER 2007. THIS SHOW CONTINUED AT HEIST, MIAMI IN NOVEMBER 2007. BEAGLES & RAMSAY HAVE MADE A NEW WORK FOR PLAIN SURFACE, LAUNCHED AT LOWSALT GLASGOW NOVEMBER 2007. NEW PUBLICATIONS INCLUDE SCOTLAND AND VENICE 2003 - 2007 AND A NEW SOLO CATALOGUE OF RECENT WORK WHICH WAS PUBLISHED BY TRAMWAY, GLASGOW. CLICK HERE TO SEE THIS WORK

RECENT GROUP SHOWS - MIGROS MUSEUM ETC... 'NEW MEAT' FEATURING THE VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY SELF-PORTRAITS WAS SHOWN AT THE MIGROS MUSEUM, ZURICH AUG 27th - OCT 30th 2005. CLICK FOR INFO (A NEW CATALOGUE ACCOMPANIES THE SHOW WITH ESSAY BY SLAVOJ ZIZEK). BEAGLES & RAMSAY TOOK PART IN FILMPERFORMANCE AT MODERN ART OXFORD FROM FEBRUARY 21st 2006. A MAJOR NEW INSTALLATION COMMISSIONED BY TRAMWAY, GLASGOW WAS SHOWN FROM FEBRUARY 24th - MARCH 26th AS PART OF THE GROUP SHOW WHAT MAKES YOU AND I DIFFERENT (A NEW CATALOGUE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN NOVEMBER 2006).THE VIDEO 'TRILOGY' WAS AT DIAZ CONTEMPORARY, TORONTO JAN/FEB 2006.'LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH' AND 'BURGERHEAVEN' WERE SHOWN AT ESPAI UBU, BARCELONA AS PART OF THE LOOP VIDEO ART FAIR, DEC 2005. BURGERHEAVEN AND BLACK PUDDING WERE PART OF 'TOXIC' AT THE FUNDICIAON OEIRAS, LISBON FROM JUNE - OCT 2005. 'TRILOGY' WAS AT VTAPE, TORONTO FROM NOV 26th - JAN 13th.

BLACK PUDDING SELF-PORTRAIT THE BLACK PUDDING SELF-PORTRAIT WAS SHOWN IN DIVIDED SELVES: THE SELF-PORTRAIT IN SCOTTISH ART 17th CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY AT THE TALBOT RICE GALLERY, EDINBURGH 2006. THE SHOW THEN TOURED TO THE FLEMING COLLECTION, LONDON. THE SANGUIS GRATIA ARTIS VIDEO WAS SHOWN AT THE CCA AS PART OF THE GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL, APRIL 2006. THE PUDDINGS WERE ALSO RECENTLY SHOWN AT CAPC, COIMBRA PORTUGAL AND AT THE TRADE APARTMENT, LONDON WHERE THE LIVE COOKING PERFORMANCE BECAME A LANDMARK EVENT IN INTERACTIVE ART AS AT LEAST EIGHT AUDIENCE MEMBERS ATE A SLICE. BEAGLES AND RAMSAY ALSO APPEARED AT THE ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY AS PART OF THE BODYPARTS PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL ON FEBRUARY 12TH 2005. THEIR PLANNED COOKING PERFORMANCE WAS BANNED BY EDINBURGH CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALS AS A RESULT OF SENSATIONALIST TABLOID PRESS COVERAGE BY THE DAILY MAIL AND OTHERS. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE REVIEWS ARCHIVE. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND IMAGES OF THE BLACK PUDDING SELF PORTRAIT.

SOLO SHOWS - UNREALISED DREAMS ETC...'UNREALISED DREAMS' AT THE MACKINTOSH GALLERY, GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 3 DEC 2004 - 12 FEB 2005. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND IMAGES. OTHER SOLO SHOWS INCLUDED 'NEW MEAT' AT CHAPTER, CARDIFF JUNE 12 - JULY 25 2004. THE SHOW FEATURED A NEW SERIES OF SELF PORTRAIT WORKS AND WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A NEW CATALOGUE SURVEYING BEAGLES & RAMSAY'S SELF PORTRAIT WORK 1997 - 2004, WITH ESSAYS BY PATRICIA ELLIS AND CATHERINE AUSTIN.

GROUP SHOWS - PUDDINGS AT PS1 MOMA, NEW YORK ETC
BEAGLES & RAMSAY SHOWED THEIR BLACK PUDDING SELF PORTRAIT IN 'ROMANTIC DETACHMENT' AT PS1 MOMA, NEW YORK OCTOBER 2004. THE SHOW THEN TOURED TO CHAPTER, CARDIFF AND Q ARTS, DERBY. CURATED BY GRIZEDALE ARTS AND THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION. THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE MAKING OF THE PUDDINGS WAS SHOWN AT SPITZ GALLERY, LONDON, CATALYST ARTS, BELFAST AND THE SHIP GALLERY, LONDON DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2004.

VENICE BIENNALE 2003 AND UNREALISED DREAMS
BEAGLES & RAMSAY TOOK PART IN THE VENICE BIENNALE AS PART OF THE FIRST SCOTTISH PAVILION, 'ZENOMAP' AND PRODUCED A POSTER FEATURING A RANGE OF UNREALISED DREAMS DRAWN IN THE STYLE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. NEW MEDIA SCOTLAND HAVE COMMISSIONED A WEBSITE FEATURING THE DRAWINGS WHICH IS DESIGNED BY SIMON PAYNE AND WAS LAUNCHED ON OCTOBER 13TH 2003.

REVIEWS
BEAGLES AND RAMSAY'S BLACK PUDDING SELF-PORTRAIT CAME UNDER FIRE IN THE TABLOID PRESS, INCLUDING THE DAILY MAIL, METRO AND ITV TELETEXT. UNREALISED DREAMS AT GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART WAS REVIEWED IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE HERALD AND SCOTSMAN NEWSPAPERS. DEAD OF NIGHT AT GASWORKS, LONDON WAS REVIEWED BY RACHEL WITHERS IN ARTFORUM, OCTOBER 2003. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE REVIEWS ARCHIVE.