Alexander Millar
Residency at Triangle-Astérides, as part of a cross-residency program with Glasgow Sculpture Studios (GB-SCT).
Alexander Millar was born in 1990, he lives and works in Glasgow (GB).
My work is an installation-based practice that incorporates a variety of elements, including video, photography, and sculpture. I am interested in the everyday expression of monumentality and beauty. By extracting objects from their usual contexts, I aim to expose some of the anxieties and desires they imply. With a sense of humor and pathos, the work is most interrogative, while ideas surrounding the theatre of the absurd and tableaux vivants remain constant preoccupations. Frequently, my objective is to re-animate an image through sculptural means, challenging its representative capabilities. This often results in a kind of musical arrangement composed of a set of natural and designed forms. (text by the artist)
Alexander Millar graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2012. His recent exhibitions include: The Travelling Gallery - Turquoise Heid and RSA New Contemporaries 2013.
In 2022, Glasgow Sculpture Studios (GSS) and Triangle-Astérides celebrated the 10th anniversary of their Residency Exchange programme.
Established in 2012, the residency exchange is designed for artists at a pivotal point in their career who have not had major institutional support or the opportunity to develop work abroad. The programme enables Glasgow-based artists and creative practitioners to work, share practice, and learn new skills in France, while facilitating the reciprocal experience for artists based in Marseille to travel to Glasgow and experience the cultural landscape of Scotland.
The partnership between GSS and Triangle-Astérides developed from Glasgow and Marseille’s designation as twin cities in 2006. Both organisations have a history of making culture a centrepiece of life within their cities. Based in former industrial hubs, GSS and Triangle-Astérides share similar objectives, challenges, and working contexts. Both organisations underpin the creative communities of their respective cities through nurturing a supportive and diverse artistic community and providing access to access to artist studios, high-quality production facilities, and cultural networks.
As we continue into another decade of the Residency Exchange Programme, we have formalised the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) as partners in the project. The CCA team have long been supporters of this programme in a variety of ways; through studio visits, in-kind support, and working with the incoming artists from Marseille to present public outcomes from their residency as part of CCA’s Open Source Programme, we are excited to continue to acknowledge and embed this support in our exchange programme.
As organisations, GSS and CCA complement each other well; with GSS able to offer the space and resources to make work, and CCA offering the space and means to share work in addition to offering their Artist Flat as accommodation. Through working in partnership and combining our skills, resources, and expertise as organisations we’re able to provide an enhanced offer to artists from Marseille that will ensure they are well positioned to make the most of creative ecology of Glasgow.
