Volk Gallery is proud to present the work of David McLeish. Each Volk artist is given a size limit and budget and left to their own devices. With this brief, McLeish has produced a limited run of riso-printed zines, set to the theme of the infamous Dundee Fortnight. A late Summer offering, this compilation of short tales (fictional, non-fictional, autobiographical, imagined and everything else in between) will take you back to the heady heights of holiday heaven.
Artist's Statement
David McLeish is a Dundonian working-class artist, often working between graphic design, contemporary art, typography, print, performance & writing, or whatever fits the idea best. His work predominantly explores civic identity, local dialect, community, social history and politics, nostalgia, class, gentrification, pop culture, club and youth culture and, almost entirely invariably, Dundee itself. David is a firm believer that everyone is an artist, regardless of their background or levels of self-belief, the lower usually the better, actually. His work often chronicles what we collectively have, what we’ve collectively lost, and celebrates local history and identity; straddling the line between rose-tinted and smokestack-stained nostalgia.
If all that precedes sounds a bit heavy, don’t worry it’s usually all very tongue in cheek and conversational.
Exhibition Dates
September 13th 2024 - October 12th 2024
September 13th 2024 - October 12th 2024
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