"Stoop, Stoop, Stooping is Stoopid!"

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Both artists share an interest in elevating craft and household activity, often associated with women’s work in to the realm of art. Looking to George Bataille’s notion of l’informe or the formless and the Bloomsbury Groups impulsive wall paintings at Charleston House, as well as the interior rooms here on site in the House for an Art Lover they will bring concepts of mess and chaos of interior rooms into the clean space of the gallery.

The artists have been tangled in one another’s practices for a decade yet have never had the opportunity to work together in an involved way. This newly developed collaborative practice will hint at the supportive nature of Margaret MacDonald’s role in Mackintosh’s career, evident in their exchange of love letters – in turn exposing the hidden network of artistic support and friendship that keeps Glasgow’s artistic community thriving.

This exhibition and the associated programme is kindly supported by: the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities, the Arts & Humanities Research Council, the WM Mann Foundation, Glasgow City Heritage Trust and the Scottish Funding Council.