Collection DC 119 - Alan Dimmick photographs of Scottish art scene

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Reference code

DC 119

Title

Alan Dimmick photographs of Scottish art scene

Date(s)

  • c1997-2012 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

5 volumes (1 linear metre)

Content and Structure

Scope and content

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5 archive photo binders featuring images of the Scottish art scene (exhibitions, openings, parties, studios) between c1997-2012 (4 x binders of 35mm black and white negatives, and 1 x binder of black and white prints).

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Name of creator

(fl c1977-)

Biographical history

Alan bought his first camera (a Russian Zenith) in 1977, the same year that he converted the toilets in his secondary school annex into a darkroom. He went on to study photography at Glasgow College of Building and Printing from 1979–82 and was a founding member of Glasgow Photography Group, exhibiting at their inaugural exhibition in Hillhead Library in 1988. Early works were purchased by The People’s Palace, Glasgow and Scottish Arts Council in the 1980s and he exhibited in group shows at Collins Gallery, Glasgow the Pier Art Centre, Orkney and Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, among others. His work was part of the Contemporary Camera exhibition that toured Scotland in 1983.

Since the mid 1990s Dimmick has documented the lively contemporary art and music scene of his home city, Glasgow, capturing many of the events that have shaped a significant period in Scottish culture. In recent years, his images have been included in various publications and exhibitions of his work have been held at Street Level Photoworks and the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow and Stills: Centre for Photography in Edinburgh. He showed 25 works at SWG3 in December 2019 and at Stirling University in The Pathfoot Building from March 2020. In 2012, Glasgow Museums acquired a number of Dimmick’s photographs to add to their collection of contemporary Scottish Art. Stills published a book Alan Dimmick Photographs 1977-2017 in 2018 in an edition of 750.

Alan Dimmick lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. His website is https://alandimmick.com/.

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Donated by Alan Dimmick, Mar 2022.

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35mm black and white negatives, and black and white prints

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The Alan Dimmick Photography Archive: https://alandimmick.com/archive/#category-year

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Collection level description created by Michelle Kaye, Collections Development Officer, Apr 2022.

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