Work in Progress
About this artwork
The men in 'Work in Progress' are wearing either Inter Milan or AC Milan football team shirts. The type of portrait is familiar from football publicity photographs, where the players stare ahead with their arms held behind their backs. However, instead of being Italian sportsmen, the players are from amateur five-a-side Glasgow teams. Their separation into two sets alludes to the need of individuals to lend themselves a separate identity, while at the same time maintaining common bonds of knowledge and agreed opinion. The implied rivalry echoes the competition between the two Glasgow football teams, Rangers and Celtic.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Roderick Buchanan (born 1965) Scottish
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title:Work in Progress
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date created:1995
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materials:39 photographs, mounted and laminated onto rigid PVC plus vinyl lettering
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measurements:Each photograph: 49.00 x 39.00 cm
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credit line:Purchased with the Iain Paul Fund and the Knapping Fund 2002
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accession number:GMA 4472
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Roderick Buchanan
Roderick Buchanan
Buchanan was born in Glasgow, where he lives and works. He studied in the Environmental Art Department of Glasgow School of Art and at the University of Ulster, Belfast. Buchanan produces work in a wide variety of media, including video, photography, sculpture and text. Formal sports and informal...