File 4 - Writing: Papers 1 and 2

2 ring binders

Discussion papers, correspondence, post cards, typescript articles by other writers, journal issues, 1976-1999, with photocopies of a few earlier items.

Folder 1 Contents: Letter from Renny Nisbet, Edinburgh to George Wyllie, enclosing post cards of Nisbet’s sculpture ‘Red shift’, 1996; 'The economy of the arts: the big picture': speech by Michael D Higgins, Republic of Ireland, undated, 9 pp; 'Conclusion: towards a new aesthetic', from ‘Art, action and participation’, 1976, pp 278-281; 'Dreaming the truth': a discussion paper on the arts, Church of Scotland Church and Nation Committee, 10 pp, with letter from Church to George Wyllie, 2 September 1994, seeking views on art and faith; 'Restructuring art: are aesthetics and social responsibility compatible?' by Suzi Gablik, photocopy from unknown source, c 1991, 3 pp; 'Art for the 21st century: Joseph Beuys and the extended conception of art', by Shelley Sacks, faxed copy, 1994, 12 pp (poor quality); 'Cultural confidence' [on establishment of Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow], by Gemma Tipton, ‘Circa’ Irish arts magazine, July 1996, 3 pp; 'A Festival overture', by George Steiner, Edinburgh Festival 1996, 15 pp; 'Informing ourselves to death', by Neil Postman, 1992, 6 pp; 'The story of the last book of the rich alphabetical hours of the Chopins': exhibition notes by Henri Chopin, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 2-23 June 1984, 3 pp; Bill Moyers’ journal: transcript of ‘Mind at large: Adler on Aristotle’, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, 19 March 1979, 23 pp; '20th century art: a perspective out of the 1994 Edinburgh Festival', by Marion Briggs, source unknown, pp 8-9; Extract from ‘Connective aesthetics: art after individualism, by Suzi Gablik, [1992?], pp 74-87; 'Maharajah for a day', by P Boardman, from ‘Patrick Geddes in India’, edited by Jaqueline Tyrwhitt, 1947, pp 2-5, 96-103, with correspondence from William Soutar Fellowship, Perth, 10 March 1996 concerning Geddes in Perth day; 'Maharajah for a day', with covering letter from Kenny Munro, 10 December 1996; Extracts from ‘Every man his own art critic', by Patrick Geddes, 1887, pp 6-9, 24-25, and from ‘Dramatisations of history', by Patrick Geddes, 1923, pp 158-163; 'Sketch of Professor Geddes', University College, Dundee, from ‘The wizard of the north, 28 May 1896, with note on Patrick Geddes, by Duncan Macmillan, 'Saltire Society' newsletter, undated; Extract from ‘The interpreter: Geddes’, by Amelia Defries, 1927, pp 192-195; 'Patrick Geddes in context: glossing Lewis Mumford in the light of John Hewitt': paper presented to John Hewitt International Summer School, County Antrim, by Murdo Macdonald, 28 July 1994, 19 pp; 'Patrick Geddes and Perth': expanded from paper presented at Geddes in Perth Day, by Murdo Macdonald on 13 April 1996, 19 pp; Publishing details of ‘Blake: an illustrated quarterly’, vol 27:3, Winter 1993/94.

Folder 2 Contents: Correspondence, programme and menu for dinner and dance, Incorporation of Coopers of Glasgow, Trades Hall, Glasgow, 5 March 1999, with ‘Trades Hall: a guide’, by RWKC Rogerson and W Leggat Smith, undated, 16 pp, and ‘The Trades House of Glasgow: past, present and future’, 'Trades House of Glasgow, 1989', 30 pp; 'The interest is killing us', by Roger Schmitz, reprinted from 'Monetary reform' magazine, February/March 1994, 5 pp; 'Songs of the stones' European Community of Stones project, 1992, 7 pp; 'The Cretan labyrinth: archetypal landscape design symbol', by Emilie Humphreys, Radcliffe seminars, 1 May 1991, 17 pp; 'The idiosyncratic focus of conflicts', by John Kaska, Demarco Archives 1966-1997 exhibition, 3 pp; 'Leonardo-Beuys: the notebook as experimental field', by Martin Kemp, undated, 12 pp; 'Remarks on the development of the early sculptures leading to the most recent sculptures (1983)' by Royden Rabinowitch, Orchard Gallery, Londonderry, 1983, 18 pp booklet; 'Artiscience, artiscient', 4 October 1996, 2 pp; 'Art, the social construction of the self and the Classical tradition in Scotland', by Murdo Macdonald, from Common sense, 12, 1990s, pp 82-92: Extract on work of Latham, source and date unknown, p 165; Details of book on structures, by J E Gordon, with letter from Les ... Paisley College, 4 March 1992 to Ricky [Demarco?]; 'International surrealist bulletin no 4', September 1936, 20 pp [featuring International Surrealist Exhibition, London, 11 June-4 July 1936; text in English and French]; 'The problem of increasing human energy', 'Century' illustrated monthly magazine, June 1900, pp A-109-A-151; 'The ill-clad city: Glasgow turns its back on public art', by David Harding,' Journal of Art and Design Education', vol 16:1, 1997, pp 35-45 [features George Wyllie’s Safety pin].

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