NEWS UPDATED APRIL 2008....BEAGLES & RAMSAY WILL UNDERTAKE A RESIDENCY AT GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS DURING THE SUMMER WITH AN EXHIBITION OF NEW WORK IN OCTOBER 2008. A NEW EDITION OF UNCLE CHOP CHOP WILL BE LAUNCHED ON APRIL 18TH 2008 AS PART OF GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. BEAGLES & RAMSAY ARE CURRENTLY SHOWING 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 DURING MARCH 2008. 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 NEW 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. THE VIDEO 'TRILOGY' IS ON TOUR IN THE USA AS PART OF THE ALL FOR VIDEO SHOW AND 'GEEZER GOTTA FLAMETHROWER' WAS RECENTLY SHOWN IN LONDON AS PART OF 'TAKE IT FURTHUR' AT ANDREW MUMMERY GALLERY. BEAGLES AND RAMSAY SHOWED SOLO PIECES MADE IN THE EARLY 1990'S AT TEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY, LONDON IN JUNE. THE SHOW TRAVELLED TO INTERNATIONAL 3, MANCHESTER AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A BOOK.

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.

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