Ruth Barker | Glasgow International

A woman is holding a piece of paper and facing a group of people sitting on the ground in front of her. The room is old fasg=hioned and wooden, with arches with glass over its doors.

A woman is playing the violin, barefoot, in an old fashioned wooden room. There is musical equipment placed around her.

A woman dressed in a bright long coat, is standing barefoot and speaking at something ahead of her. There is a speaker placed behind her, behind which, there is a sign stating "Glasgow Women's Library".

Two rows of women are standing in front of a seated crowd, They are holding pieces of paper and there are a couple microphones placed in front of them. Behind the women three are multiple bookshelves, carrying books.

Interior shot of Pollok House, window with draped curtains, door, furniture including a chair, bust and hung paintings

Interior shot of Pollok House, detail of drapes and carpet

installation of 'Petrosphere' group show. there is a cyan glowing neon circle in the back right. centre left shows a large metal freestanding frame with paper stretched across it. back right shows easels stools and plinths against a dark turquoise wall.

colourful geometric sculptures atop plinths. background shows two canvases, one with a cross and one with a tick, bordered by coloured patterns

large metal freestanding frame with a screenprinted paper stretched across it.

woman wearing a grey structural dress with her hands outstretched and curved to touch each other.

turquoise painted wall creating an interior scene. there is a easel, and picture frames leaning against the wall, with more frames hanging. there are also three small tables with plants on top of them.

ebony wood scultpure with gold details, and laser lines crossing it. there is a blue and green circle drawn on the top of the structure

folded painted paper on a small shelf. it has red and grey stripes on one side, and blue with a red dot on the right.

two canvases next to each other on a wall. one has a large cross in ink and the other a tick in ink. both are bordered by coloured patterns

person stood looking upwards wearing a white dress that seems to be made out of paper, behind are dark bookshelves filled with books.

4 large hula hoops sitting on the floor on top of each other. in the back there are dark wooden bookshelves.

person stood wearing black with arms slightly outstretched in a room in the Mitchell library

person sat at a wooden desk reading. there is a wall of bookshelves behind. on the desk are two white gloves, one holding a horn

Projects

2014

Ruth Barker

Palaces, Ballrooms and Battling Betty McAllister: Hidden histories of art and culture in Glasgow’s East End

Glasgow Women's Library
2018

Ruth Barker

Cabinet Interventions

Pollok House
2012

Ruth Barker

PETROSPHERE

Skypark
2010

Ruth Barker

Sim-po-zeum

Jeffrey Library, Mitchell Library