ONE of Scotland’s most distinguished galleries has had a modern-day makeover.
The interior of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, in Edinburgh, has been transformed for the Rough Cut Nation exhibtion.
Young Scottish artists used spray paint, stencils, stickers, emulsion, rollers, brushes, pens, digital projections and fly-posters to create a street art vision of the nation’s past.
Their work is painted, pasted and projected directly on to the empty walls of the gallery, which is currently closed for refurbishment.
The artists took as their inspiration William Hole’s original 1890 decorative mural scheme, which fills the entrance hall with figures and events from Scottish history.
Rough Cut Nation is at the gallery from August 7-30 and admission is free.
below a detail of what we did with paco this week end.
