4. Franz Ferdinand

  • Launches Thursday 5th November, 6-8pm Glasgow Print Studio's Call & Response project continues with a new limited-edition print created in...

    Launches Thursday 5th November, 6-8pm

     

    Glasgow Print Studio's Call & Response project continues with a new limited-edition print created in collaboration with legendary Glasgow band Franz Ferdinand.

     

    Bringing together music, photography and printmaking, the band were invited to explore the possibilities of print in collaboration with Glasgow Print Studio's master printers. L'Olympia Paris, March 2026, transforms a photograph by Julien Courbe, captured on stage, before the show during the band's March 2026 residency at the legendary L'Olympia in Paris, into a photopolymer gravure print created with Glasgow Print Studio Master Printer Alistair Gow.

    The new work brings Franz Ferdinand's international touring world back to Glasgow- the city where the band formed and where their early years were closely connected to the visual arts scene.

  • Franz Ferdinand L’Olympia Paris, March 2026, 2026 photopolymer gravure paper size 29.7 x 42 cm 11 3/4 x 16 1/2...
    Franz Ferdinand
    L’Olympia Paris, March 2026, 2026
    photopolymer gravure
    paper size 29.7 x 42 cm
    11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in
    edition of 100
     
    £ 100 unframed inc. VAT, ex. shipping
     
    Available to purchase online and in person from 6pm on Thursday 5th November
    Please note there will be no advance sales or waiting lists
  • The striking image reflects the band's longstanding connection to the visual arts. Designed by the band's lighting engineer Dan Williams,...

    The striking image reflects the band's longstanding connection to the visual arts. Designed by the band's lighting engineer Dan Williams, the stage set draws on Franz Ferdinand's love of Russian Constructivism, its angular forms and dramatic visual language providing the backdrop to Courbe's portrait.

     

    Courbe developed the photograph using a cyanotype process in his Paris kitchen before the image was brought back to Glasgow, where it was translated into a photopolymer gravure print by Glasgow Print Studio Master Printer Alistair Gow.

     

    The resulting work traces a journey from Glasgow to the international stage and back again, while reflecting the collaborative process behind both the band's music and the creation of the print.

  • 'Not only is the print a document of our Human Fear World Tour, which spanned two years and took in...

    "Not only is the print a document of our Human Fear World Tour, which spanned two years and took in 31 countries, but it also feels like a homecoming, reconnecting the band with the Glasgow art scene.

     

    Glasgow's role as a world-class centre for art and culture played a pivotal part in the formation of Franz Ferdinand, and being given the opportunity through this project to support Glasgow Print Studio, a non-profit organisation that provides access and opportunities to printmaking for all, felt particularly meaningful to us."

     

    Bob Hardy, Franz Ferdinand

  • 'We are delighted to work with Franz Ferdinand on Call & Response. With their art school background, Franz Ferdinand have...

    "We are delighted to work with Franz Ferdinand on Call & Response. With their art school background, Franz Ferdinand have a longstanding connection to Glasgow's visual arts scene and approached the project in a particularly intentional and collaborative way. Their print takes an image created during their recent world tour and brings it back to Glasgow, where it has been transformed through the specialist processes of our Master Printers."

     

    Claire Forsyth, Creative Director