The centenary of the birth of the Scottish artist Bet Low (1924-2007) is to be marked in both Glasgow and Orkney through a collaboration between the Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art and the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney with the exhibition ‘Bet Low: An Island On Your Doorstep’. This exhibition, celebrating the centenary of her birth will reflect on Bet Low’s working life, from early studies of Glasgow to the late Orkney landscapes and go some way in reassessing this important Scottish artist’s contribution to Scottish art and culture. Two key abstract works by Low held GSA Archives and Collections will be showcased as part of the exhibition, as well as materials from the George Oliver and Clare Henry archives which will provide invaluable contextual background to Low’s life and practice.
- Untitled by Bet Low, 1961
Item: NMC/0132 - see this in our catalogue - Untitled triptych by Bet Low, 1960
Item: NMC/0130B - see this in our catalogue - Papers of Clare Henry, 1995
Item: DC 030/1/15, Folder 1995 - see this in our catalogue - Blochairn Steelworks from the canal by George Oliver, c1980
Item: DC 066/2/38/246 - see this in our catalogue