Conditions of Carriage, Curated by Council Baby and Robert McCormack

Conditions of Carriage 

Curated by Council Baby and Robert McCormack

6 to 21 January 2023

Reid Ground Floor Corridor

Preview: 17:00-19:00, Fri 13 January 2023 (book via Eventbrite)

Conditions of Carriage is a documentation of two experimental drawing workshops led by Robert McCormack and Council Baby, which were staged on the iconic Glasgow SPT subway in 2022 as part of the Close of Play: Climate Emergency and Creative Action series. During the workshops, at each subway station, participants were tasked with a variety of drawing exercises to carry out in transit. Experimental drawing developed the 24 participants' speed and accuracy across the two sessions. The exhibition includes several sketchbooks and drawings resulting from the workshops, documentation of the sessions, and artwork by Scottish sculptor, Council Baby. 

Robert McCormack is an artist, curator, and educator living and working in Glasgow. Recent curatorial projects include Graduate Drive-Thru, an exhibition staged on the top story of a car park, and Open Cut, a graduate exhibition at Transmission gallery. Robert holds a fine art degree from the Glasgow School of Art and an Alt Masters from the New Art school where he worked under Artist Karla Black. Alongside his projects, Robert works at a Special Education school which supports and informs his practice. 

Council Baby's work is inspired by guises and obsessed with contradictions, Council’s work starts as poetry or drawings that stem from negative experiences or hurtful words to create sculptures and installations, turning pain into a positive outcome. Council’s work is autobiographic paired with sarcastic titles that create a coping mechanism to the works often serious meaning. As a child, Council was and still is fascinated by the 2002 film ‘Catch Me If You Can’ and the potential to wear whatever hat you wish – sometimes wearing more than one hat at once (both in a literal and metaphorical sense). 

This exhibition is supported by GSA Exhibitions and GSA Sustainability following workshops in 2022 which were part of GSA’s Close of Play: Climate Emergency and Creative Action series, which was set up to explore the ways in which creative actions and multi-disciplinary practice can address climate emergency, sustainability, and climate justice.

Host or Publisher The Glasgow School of Art