Sentences with phrase «scottish lament»

The death of Dr David Kelly imagined in paint, a haunting Scottish lament heard beneath the bridges of the Clyde and a history of the present told as if by a voyager on the Soviet space station in 2103 — all these are works by the artists on a lyrical, melancholic, even elegiac shortlist for the 2010 Turner prize.

Her most recent work saw recordings of the Scottish lament, Lowlands Away, played under bridges in Glasgow.

Beneath three of the Clyde bridges, passers - by could catch recordings of Philipsz singing a 16th - century Scottish lament called Lowlands Away.

Postmodernism isn't about painting the Mona Lisa, rather it's about sourcing a computer graphic of the Mona Lisa and superimposing it on a slice of toast while singing a Scottish lament.

Glasgow - born artist Susan Philipsz was awarded Britain's most sought - after art prize for her installation, which features her singing three separate versions of the Scottish lament Lowlands Away.

«It's a really old song from the 16th century, it's an old Scottish lament and it's about a sailor who drowns who comes back to say a final farewell to his loved one.

The three - channel sound installation features three versions of 16th century Scottish lament Lowlands Away.

Lowlands is a sound installation by Susan Philipsz based on three different versions of a sixteenth century Scottish lament sung by the artist herself.

Glasgow - born artist Susan Philipsz has won this year's Turner Prize for a sound installation that features her singing a Scottish lament.

Last year's prize went to sound artist Susan Philipsz, for an installation that featured her singing three versions of a Scottish lament.

Earlier this year, in «Lowlands,» she produced mournful recordings of three different versions of the 16th - century Scottish lament «Lowlands Away,» about a sailor who drowns at sea, and whose ghost returns to his lover's side.

Instead, she sculpted her prizewinning work in sound — indeed from the sound of her own voice, singing a Scottish lament over the river Clyde in her hometown, Glasgow.

From mangled canvasses to disembodied voices singing Scottish laments, the entries for this year's Turner prize are mournful, tough and beautiful, says Adrian Searle.

Her choices in music veer from 15th century Scottish laments, to historic Irish and American folk ballads, to more modern choices, such as Nirvana and The Velvet Underground.

Not exact matches

In this work, the artist sings three slightly different versions of a sixteenth - century Scottish ballad titled Lowlands Away; a haunting lament about a man drowned at sea who returns to his lover to tell her of his death.

A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill & Adamson, Graham Fagen: The Slave's Lament and Douglas Gordon: Black Burns at Scottish National Portrait Gallery

For his critically acclaimed Clean Hands Pure Heart (2005), he collaborated with musician Ghetto Priest to record a dub reggae rendition of celebrated Scottish lyricist Robert Burns's famous songs Auld Lang Syne and The Slave's Lament.

As for earlier claims that wind farms in the UK are «carefully sited», Mark notes that many have been placed in the worst possible locations, where they will mince Scottish eagles into extinction: Eishken (aka Eisgein or Eisgen), Pairc, Pentland Road, Edinbane, Ben Aketil, various eagle ranges in Argyll, etc. «Hypocrisy and deceit are rampant,» laments Duchamp.