Featured Artist: Lesley Logue
20 1/2 x 26 1/2 in
Form & Oxidation - The work exhibited explores the pliable and destrucive properties of steel. Lesley Logue uses hand tools to make sculptural forms, cutting and shaping the steel. The material goes through an oxidation process by exposing it to moisture and accelerating the process through salts and acids. These 3-dimensional forms and the corrosive and disruptive surface are then playfully reimagined through screenprint and etching processes. The steel plate is considered as a subject, a material to print from as well as a material to print on, thus pushing the boundaries of the alchemic properties of printmaking. The use of shadow aims to exaggerate the physicality and distortion of the forms on the printed flat surface.
Logue's research beginning in 2024, supported by Creative Scotland Open Fund, explored personal working-class histories and her families link to Glasgow's shipbuilding industry. Work initially developed through looking at the ships her father worked on and their subsequent fate, ships that were damaged through natural disasters, war, or simply past their best and broken down for scrap, for example, Tanker. This interest, informed by researching Glasgow University archives and conversations with family members, developed to looking more closely at the construction techniques employed when working with metal materials in shipbuilding trades.
Logue's practice stems from her training as a painter and printmaker, and has extended to include working with photography, moving image and sculpture. She has a Masters in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art and gained a Professional Docterate in Fine Art at the University of East London. Her current practice involves working in expanded forms of print, which includes sculptural elements. She has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her research is driven by an interest in specific individuals and communities, their changing states and the subsequent impact on personal lives and histories, in particular working-class histories. The work references historic locations and the effect of deindustrialization, often focusing on damage, repair and renewal. As an artist/educator she has taught at several Universities and worked with numerous community groups on socially engaged projects and facilitating creative sessions.
Recent exhibitions include The Scottish landscape Award in 2025, The Court of Neptune a two-person exhibition at the Pearce Insitute, Govan in 2024. Other group exhibitions include the RA Summer Exhibition and Whose Gallery is it Anyway at Edinburgh Printmakers. In 2024 she was resident artist at Linburn Walled Garden, a collaborative public art project with Sight Scotland Veterans, The Cyrenians and ARC West Lothian. She has taken part in group residencies, at ArToll in Germany, Hospitalfield in Arbroath, Eastbury Manor in London and the Glass Foundry in the Cotswolds.
This exhibition is kindly supported by The Hope Scott Trust.
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Lesley Logue, Wave Form on Orange£ 370.00 -
Lesley Logue, Serpentine£ 300.00
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Lesley Logue, Wave Form on Blue£ 370.00
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Lesley Logue, Swarf on Pink£ 300.00
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Lesley Logue, Small Wave Form£ 300.00
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Lesley Logue, Steel Form 1£ 210.00
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Lesley Logue, Steel Form 2£ 210.00
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Lesley Logue, Wreck 1£ 260.00
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Lesley Logue, Wreck 2£ 260.00
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Lesley Logue, Tanker£ 990.00
