About this artwork
This print is based on a site specific wall painting that was made at Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, in 2010. It is an alternative map of Scotland, concerned with linguistics and language rather than roads and contour lines. Over the centuries Scotland’s place names have been influenced by many different languages including Gaelic, Pictish, Norse, English, French, Latin and Scots. Clark has replaced over 100 place names with phrases, giving an insight into their original meaning, which was often coloured by past cultures, industry, religion, geography and myth. Clark is a poet rather than a visual artist, yet this intriguing work can be viewed as a portrait about Scotland’s land and her people.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Thomas A. ClarkScottish (born 1944)
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title:The Hidden Place
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date created:2010
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materials:Screenprint on paper
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measurements:109.00 x 76.00 cm (paper size) (Framed: 126.8 x 93.5 x 5.3 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 2011
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accession number:PG 3670
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Thomas A. Clark
Thomas A. Clark
Clark is a poet, although his work edges into the visual arts as it often appears as installations or interventions within a gallery environment, the landscape or public spaces. He began writing in the early to mid-1960s and his prose is characterised by an interest in the Scottish landscape and,...
