Portrait of Kathleen Jamie
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- Type: Photograph
- Medium: Archival inkjet print
- Production Date: 2017
- Description: Kathleen Jamie held a part-time post as Professor of Poetry at the University of Stirling, and through this came into contact with the Art Collection in a number of collaborations.
Kathleen Jamie‘s recent appointment as Scots Makar is one of many accolades and prizes the poet has earned.
This portrait is one of a series entlitled 'Three Women Artists'. Robin Gillanders writes about the choice of subject (Kathleen Jamie alongside portraits of visual artist Hanna Tuulikki and singer-songwriter Karine Polwart):
‘My motivation in making portraits of the three women artists in the show was that I have had a long admiration for their work and felt that they should be represented in collections, as acknowledgement of their contributions to culture in Scotland. I have long held the view that many of the main portrait collections in the UK often seem mainly interested in ‘celebrities‘ - probably the very people that don‘t really need promotion! I was also very keen that they should be represented as ‘real‘ women and not idealised in any way‘. - Dimensions: 107cm H x 90cm w framed
- Acquisition Note: Purchase supported 50% from NFA
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Store
- Accession Number: 2018.1
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
