Alex Malcolmson
About the artist
Alex Malcolmson was born in Shetland in 1955 and studied drawing, painting and printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art. He worked in the Northern Isles for several years teaching, painting and exhibiting and then moved back to Edinburgh to work as curator of the Scottish Crafts Collection, now part of the collection of The National Museum of Scotland.
In 1985 he established Godfrey & Watt in Yorkshire, exhibiting and promoting some of the finest work by artists and makers from throughout the UK. His work has frequently been exhibited at Godfrey & Watt and in exhibitions elsewhere around the UK. Sailing trips, the Northern Isles and marine folk art provide much inspiration for the work
Most of the work he has done over the past ten years or so has been in the form of box constructions made mainly from wood; carved and painted, sometimes using found materials. Perhaps in common with other artists making 'boxworks', Joseph Cornell is an unavoidable influence as is that lovely period of Picasso's work when he seemed to find everything he needed lying around on the studio floor, but another strand of interest for Alex lies in ship dioramas and other marine folk art. The slatted birds started with the idea of an upturned boat, which is a motif he has often used in other ways, they also draw on the tradition of decoy making. Folk, naïve and primitive art; the kind of objects made for use and ornament, often by unnamed makers, is probably the main source of ideas for the work."
A four page feature can be seen in the November 2011 issue of Coast Magazine
BBC Homes & Antiques magazine have done a 4 page feature on Alex in the May issue, which was published on 6th April 2011.
www.alexmalcomson.com
In 1985 he established Godfrey & Watt in Yorkshire, exhibiting and promoting some of the finest work by artists and makers from throughout the UK. His work has frequently been exhibited at Godfrey & Watt and in exhibitions elsewhere around the UK. Sailing trips, the Northern Isles and marine folk art provide much inspiration for the work
Most of the work he has done over the past ten years or so has been in the form of box constructions made mainly from wood; carved and painted, sometimes using found materials. Perhaps in common with other artists making 'boxworks', Joseph Cornell is an unavoidable influence as is that lovely period of Picasso's work when he seemed to find everything he needed lying around on the studio floor, but another strand of interest for Alex lies in ship dioramas and other marine folk art. The slatted birds started with the idea of an upturned boat, which is a motif he has often used in other ways, they also draw on the tradition of decoy making. Folk, naïve and primitive art; the kind of objects made for use and ornament, often by unnamed makers, is probably the main source of ideas for the work."
A four page feature can be seen in the November 2011 issue of Coast Magazine
BBC Homes & Antiques magazine have done a 4 page feature on Alex in the May issue, which was published on 6th April 2011.
www.alexmalcomson.com
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