Turner Prize winner to become ECA artist in residence

Mark Wallinger in a bear costume

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Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger is set to become artist in residence from February to March 2008 in a joint initiative between Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and the National Galleries of Scotland (NGS).

The artist – who won the prestigious award last year – will stay at Randolph Cliff, a spacious Georgian apartment overlooking the Dean Bridge, along with fellow artist in residence Anna Barriball.

The Randolph Cliff art initiative was set up by Dr Clémentine Deliss - Director of Future Academy at the ECA - and co-curated by art patron Charles Asprey to provide leading artists with the opportunity to develop new ideas in Edinburgh, and to meet with final year and postgraduate students at the college.

Mr Wallinger’s Turner Prize-winning work, State Britain, was installed in the Tate Britain gallery in London in January 2007. The piece is a meticulous recreation of Brian Haw’s anti-war protest site facing the Houses of Parliament, which he maintained continuously from 2001 until it was shut down by police in May 2006 following new legislation banning protests around Westminster.

Dr Clémentine Deliss said: “We’re tremendously excited and honoured to invite such cutting edge international artists to Randolph Cliff in what is looking to be a busy first year for the initiative.

“As well as the obvious benefits these residencies bring to students and the general public through collaborations and talks, Randolph Cliff also encourages artists to conduct research and develop new ideas. We are hoping to develop a new research collection of works created during the residency, to be jointly owned by the ECA and NGS.”

The initiative was set up in 2007, hosting Austrian Franz Graf and German Christian Flamm – best known for his paper cut-out silhouettes - as artists in residence. Both worked closely alongside ECA students during their stay in Edinburgh.

As part of his residency Mr Wallinger will also give a free public talk at the National Gallery Complex on the Mound, on Monday 3 March. The talk begins at 6pm and will take place in the Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, situated within the galleries.

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