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Film accompanying the exhibition by Jimmy Cosgrove ‘Looking for Signs: Ideas and Imagined Circumstances', Studio Pavilion (House for an Art Lover), 28 Jul 2018-16 Sep 2018

Film by Callum and Fraser Rice which accompanies the exhibition by Jimmy Cosgrove ‘Looking for Signs: Ideas and Imagined Circumstances', Studio Pavilion (House for an Art Lover) 28 July - 16 September 2018, co-curated by Alison Harley, Fraser Taylor and Louise Briggs.

The exhibition explored the studio collection of Jimmy Cosgrove, and presented work spanning the early 1970s to new work created for the Studio Pavilion in 2018. Sketchbooks, travelogues, working ideas were included to show the span of work across design and the visual arts, pursued by Jimmy Cosgrove throughout his career at GSA.

Filmed in the context of the exhibition Cosgrove expands upon his ideas, working processes and contribution to design education at GSA, alongside his artistic contribution to the Scottish and Glasgow art scene of the early 1970s and into the mid 1990s, when he retired from GSA to continue working as an exhibiting artist.

A publication with invited contributions by practitioners and academics, accompanied the exhibition.

Rice, Callum

Papers of James Cosgrove

  • DC 111
  • Collection
  • 1968-2020

Collection includes artworks and sketchbooks made by Jimmy Cosgrove as a student at the Glasgow School of Art; while working as a Tutor and the Director of the Glasgow School of Art; and afterwards, including work relating to the House for an Art Lover, and documenting travels across Europe, North America, and Mexico.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen headsquare

Handprinted silkscreen headsquare in raw silk.

Two copies of one image, which shows constellations with two figures and comets, in pale pink, grey, blue, yellow and orange on a cream background.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen scarf design

Hand printed silk-screen scarf on cotton union,.

Image shows head of woman on a black background with red stars and a patterned border.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen headsquare

Handprinted silk-screen headsquare or scarf on wool varuna.

Image shows in head with leaves, flowers and birds emerging from it, on orange, pink and white stripes.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen headsquare

Handprinted silk-screen headsquare or scarf on shantung silk.

Image is a red, yellow and orange pattern on a black or dark grey background.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen handkerchief

Hand printed silk-screen handkerchief on fine silk twill. Print on cream background.

Image shows a Bank of England pound note underneath a suspender holding up a stocking.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen handkerchief

Handprinted silk-screen handkerchief on fine silk twill. Print on cream background.

Image shows a woman's face with hands over it.

Cosgrove, James

Silk-screen handkerchief

Hand printed silk-screen handkerchief on fine silk twill, 1978. Hemmed with lace in the shape of hearts.

Image shown is a Bank of England pound note appearing from underneath a pink brassiere.

Cosgrove, James

Fifteen Degrees Plus

Fifteen Degrees Plus

Magazine produced by the students of the Department of Printed Textiles, June 1979.

Cover design by Colin Renfrew.

The Glasgow School of Art

Paris 2008

Travel journal, including sketches, drawings, paintings and notes, mixed media collages, and photographs.

Cosgrove, James

Madrid and Toledo, Segovia

Travel diary entries, including collages of maps, photographs and tickets, often overpainted and illustrated. Including a study of Bristol Cathedral.

Cosgrove, James

London Sketchbook 1998

Illustrations, sketches, collage, including some loose drawings stored in the back pocket. Includes landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, and some writing about the weather.

Cosgrove, James

Publications

Five magazines produced by the students and staff of the Department of Printed Textiles containing illustrations and photographs of the students' work.

The Glasgow School of Art

Painting

Painting depicting two human heads, and various floating objects on a background of abstract shapes.

Cosgrove, James

Guardian

Small scale painting of head and shoulders of a person in front of hills and buildings.

Cosgrove, James

Man of Letters

Small-scale painting of the head of a man surrounded by flying birds. With the words "Tambien de Borricas ay mascaras literatos".

Cosgrove, James

Untitled-1

Print out of computer drawing from Apple Macintosh Painter Programme. Abstract image depicting a masked human head on a plinth, a table laden with carafe, fruit, and a fish, the Sun, a dove, and a naked standing figure.

Cosgrove, James

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from James Cosgrove's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, as a member of staff of the Glasgow School of Art, and as a Director of the House for an Art Lover. Also includes travel journals and sketchbooks documenting trips to Mexico, the United States of America, the Highlands of Scotland, London, Paris and Amsterdam.

Cosgrove, James

Mural designs

Hand drawn and painted mural designs for projects such as Leeds Permanent Building Society and British Rail.

Cosgrove, James

Mural design

Design of yellow, red, and black and white circles and squares. Reverse has some simple illustrations.

Cosgrove, James

Christmas 2003

Christmas Card. 'I saw three ships sailing by'. On reverse of on reads: "To Mum and Dad With best wishes for Christmas and 2004 from James and Janet".

Cosgrove, James

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