Dangers of Playing Safe; the Creative Scotland Awards Are Important and Illustrious but Predictable. Are the Honours Losing Their Radical Purpose? By Keith Bruce
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IT is a shortlist to make a follower of the arts scene in Scotland salivate with anticipation. Once again, the names of those in contention for a Creative Scotland Award - 10 of whom will receive (pounds) 30,000 to realise their ideas - are a timely reminder of the breadth of talent to be found in a country which, by comparison with most of its European neighbours of com-parable population, still spends relatively little on cultural provision.
If only these flagship awards had stayed true to the ethos they began with, it would be possible to embrace them as a highlight of the cultural calendar in the coming year.See the full content of this document
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Dangers of Playing Safe; the Creative Scotland Awards Are Important and Illustrious but Predictable. Are the Honours Losing Their Radical Purpose? By Keith Bruce
Based on nothing more than personal preference - and no matter that one might be in the privileged position of being paid to know about the arts in Scotland, it still helps to know what one likes - the list includes creative Scots whose work has regularly stimulated my tastebuds.
There is Alison Watt, a painter of breathtaking technical ability whose art has moved steadily away from the figurative canvases that made her young name into deeply tho...See the full content of this document
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