National Galleries of Scotland

Burns – After Flaxman 2023 by Calum Colvin limited edition giclée print created exclusively for the National Galleries of Scotland.

This limited edition of 150 prints responds to the Flaxman statue in terms of the formality and solidity of the original work. It moves between greyness and colour - the tension between bookishness and bodily life, between marble columns and making a living, between stony deadness and live being. There are touches of the organic - green grass, flowers, straw, to add to the tensions between solidity, ghostliness, and vivacity.

Calum Colvin OBE RSA is a major contemporary Scottish artist whose work combines photography, painting, and installation, and often deals with issues of Scottish identity and culture.