Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art

The New Easterhouse Mosaic

soft colours mosaic of profiles facing eachtother
detail of a mosaic of two peoples profiles facing each other
detail of a mosaic dual sided profile in a soft red
interior of platform gallery showing an exhibition wall in the background
grey mosaic of the outlines of people holding hands

Platform

Alex Frost created his first permanent public art work for Easterhouse working with Platform in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art.

Reference points for the project revolve around the Easterhouse Mosaic, an important identifier within the area in the 1980’s that was created by the local community and located in Lochend. Many stories surround the work which was destroyed around 10 years previous during redevelopment of the area. The original mosaic now lies in salvaged pieces in storage.

A supporting exhibition took place at Platform on the large scale exhibition wall.

Supported by GI Festival.