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| 'It's dreadful to think what Glasgow might be without it': tributes to the School of Art | 'It's dreadful to think what Glasgow might be without it': tributes to the School of Art |
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| Katherine Rose | Katherine Rose |
| An Observer photographer, graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a fine art photography degree in 2007. | An Observer photographer, graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a fine art photography degree in 2007. |
| “Our final year degree show was in the Mack. Having a show in that building in that space is so instantly powerful. It makes you realise that other spaces are not significantly beautiful and impactful. When you go to galleries, people talk about curating the space, but at the Mack, it’s just where it was just meant to be. | “Our final year degree show was in the Mack. Having a show in that building in that space is so instantly powerful. It makes you realise that other spaces are not significantly beautiful and impactful. When you go to galleries, people talk about curating the space, but at the Mack, it’s just where it was just meant to be. |
| “A lot of the Mackintosh’s buildings have this play of light and dark. On the bottom floor, it had tall windows which let in an enormous amount of light. The painting studios were in there. In the corridor, it had this black wood with lots of small holes and grilles. Going in and out was almost violent – it created these rapidly changing feelings. | “A lot of the Mackintosh’s buildings have this play of light and dark. On the bottom floor, it had tall windows which let in an enormous amount of light. The painting studios were in there. In the corridor, it had this black wood with lots of small holes and grilles. Going in and out was almost violent – it created these rapidly changing feelings. |
| “It’s dreadful to think what Glasgow might be like without it. It drives the creative community, the epicentre of what makes Glasgow a really beautiful, buzzing, creative place to be. | “It’s dreadful to think what Glasgow might be like without it. It drives the creative community, the epicentre of what makes Glasgow a really beautiful, buzzing, creative place to be. |
| “People think Glasgow is dark and rainy and ask me why I want to live there, but I’ve been to more art events in the past year since I moved back than I did in 10 years in London – art is just part of what people expect to do.” | “People think Glasgow is dark and rainy and ask me why I want to live there, but I’ve been to more art events in the past year since I moved back than I did in 10 years in London – art is just part of what people expect to do.” |
| Duncan Campbell | Duncan Campbell |
| Irish artist, 46, former Glasgow School of Art student, still based in the city, who won the Turner Prize in 2014. | Irish artist, 46, former Glasgow School of Art student, still based in the city, who won the Turner Prize in 2014. |
| “When I heard the news on Saturday, I was confused. It was like being back in 2014. Then I was shocked. He [Mackintosh] has become such a figure in Glasgow. He is in a mural near my studio, as a recognisable face, in the same way there is a mural of Billy Connolly. | “When I heard the news on Saturday, I was confused. It was like being back in 2014. Then I was shocked. He [Mackintosh] has become such a figure in Glasgow. He is in a mural near my studio, as a recognisable face, in the same way there is a mural of Billy Connolly. |
| “As a student, you had to ask for permission to study in the library. It was quite a hallowed space and they did tours of it. It was his masterpiece, really, but there was the Mackintosh lecture theatre, too, quite a hard, upright place so that there was no way you were going to doze off in a lecture. That was more a part of my student days. | “As a student, you had to ask for permission to study in the library. It was quite a hallowed space and they did tours of it. It was his masterpiece, really, but there was the Mackintosh lecture theatre, too, quite a hard, upright place so that there was no way you were going to doze off in a lecture. That was more a part of my student days. |
| “Mackintosh was a symbolic presence, and part of the ethos of the school. You had a sense of him having gone before, as someone to emulate and admire, or equally to contest or to break with his tradition.” | “Mackintosh was a symbolic presence, and part of the ethos of the school. You had a sense of him having gone before, as someone to emulate and admire, or equally to contest or to break with his tradition.” |
| Barbara Rae | Barbara Rae |
| Edinburgh College of Art-educated Royal Academician, 74, who lectured at Glasgow School of Art 1975-1996. | Edinburgh College of Art-educated Royal Academician, 74, who lectured at Glasgow School of Art 1975-1996. |
| “I am resigned to the fate of GSA. It should not rise from the ashes this time, otherwise it will be just a reproduction similar to House for An Art Lover [built in Glasgow 60 years after Mackintosh and based on his designs]. | “I am resigned to the fate of GSA. It should not rise from the ashes this time, otherwise it will be just a reproduction similar to House for An Art Lover [built in Glasgow 60 years after Mackintosh and based on his designs]. |
| “But will anyone take the blame this time? Were there any security guards in the building? Was anyone smoking? The first fire was caused by a lack of care for the building on every level … I am beyond angry and sad that the beautiful building where I spent 21 years of my life has been destroyed.” | “But will anyone take the blame this time? Were there any security guards in the building? Was anyone smoking? The first fire was caused by a lack of care for the building on every level … I am beyond angry and sad that the beautiful building where I spent 21 years of my life has been destroyed.” |
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