Caesura

An inaugural exhibition is an important time in the opening of any new public gallery. It can signify intent, offer the opportunity for gallery goers to experience the possibilities of the new space and celebrate the achievement of the building's creation.

Steven Holl, the architect of this new building for The Glasgow School of Art, has often been inspired by the connection between architecture and music. A caesura (pronounced say-sura) denotes a brief, silent pause in poetry or music, during which metrical time is not counted. On the cusp of being occupied by its community and visited by the public, the inaugural exhibition is intended to act as a caesura, a pause before the beginning of a new chapter for the art school.  Holl has spoken of the Reid building as a 'Zen-like response to the Mackintosh building' and said that 'the twilight of northern cities.. offers a caesura, a silent uncertain suspension for reflective...thoughts'.

Included new commissions by GSA graduates Briggs & Cole and Raydale Dower