{"id":49953,"date":"2024-05-30T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=49953"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:21:26","slug":"three-artists-launch-new-glasgow-summer-exhibition-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/three-artists-launch-new-glasgow-summer-exhibition-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Artists Launch New Glasgow Summer Exhibition Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The inaugural exhibition at <strong><\/strong><strong>K U D I R K A<\/strong> &#8211; a new summer exhibition space in Glasgow&#8217;s West End &#8211; comprises bold, colourful paintings by artists <strong>Rowena Comrie<\/strong>, <strong>Sarah Kudirka<\/strong> and <strong>Alison McWhirter<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists for the opening show comprise three local painters who make distinctive art with an international resonance, exhibiting together for the first time: Rowena Comrie SSA&#8217;s<strong> <\/strong>energetic and colourful work, Scottish colourist Alison McWhirter<strong> <\/strong>is presenting a series of new, ambitious paintings on a <em>Love Song<\/em> theme, while curator Sarah Kudirka&#8217;s paintings seek to evoke human compassion via subtle shell-like forms, rubbing along and buoying each other up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen.jpg\" alt=\"Rowena Comrie, \u2018Becomes Two\u2019 oil on linen\" class=\"wp-image-49952 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1276\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen.jpg\" alt=\"Rowena Comrie, \u2018Becomes Two\u2019 oil on linen\" class=\"wp-image-49952 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen.jpg 927w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen-480x661.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rowena-Comrie-\u2018Becomes-Two-oil-on-linen-768x1057.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rowena Comrie, \u2018Becomes Two\u2019, oil on linen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched by Sarah, the one-room space is conceived as a new \u2018sometimes\u2019 space for art, with an ethos of lifting others up, comprising a large and elegant ground-floor room in her home &#8211; the kind of space, she points out, other owners might have chosen to convert into a gym or cinema room, whereas she and husband Peter chose &#8216;to fill it with art, music and friends.&#8217;\u00a0Being north-facing, the room will host the one exhibition at the time of year when the light lasts longest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Kudirka, 'Lift Others Up', oil on linen\" class=\"wp-image-49951 lazyload\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Kudirka, 'Lift Others Up', oil on linen\" class=\"wp-image-49951 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-480x237.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-150x74.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sarah-Kudirka-Lift-Others-Up-oil-on-linen.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sarah Kudirka, &#8216;Lift Others Up&#8217;, oil on linen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exhibition&#8217;s inauguration coincides with <a href=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/turner-prizewinners-headline-glasgow-international-festival-2024\/\">Glasgow&#8217;s 2024 International biennale<\/a> and West End Festival, plans have been made for the next three years&#8217; exhibitions, with the focus on unrepresented women artists. Small-scale music and other arts events will take place on occasions through the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>LIFT OTHERS UP<\/em> will be open to the public by appointment* from 1st &#8211; 23rd June from 5 til 8pm, but has Open Days planned for 12 &#8211; 4pm on 8th and 15th June, with a private view (by invitation) 5 &#8211; 8pm on the 15th. *Appointments can be made via Instagram: @kudirka_ok or text to +44 777 904 3307<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural exhibition of K U D I R K A &#8211; a new summer exhibition space in Glasgow&#8217;s West End &#8211; comprises bold, colourful paintings by three accomplished 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