Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
 

Project Ability

An artwork displayed on a wall. It features a red space hopper with a face.
Jonathan McKinstry, I like things I remember, 2024
Installation view, Project Ability. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Eoin Carey
Colourful artworks are displayed on white walls in a gallery space.
Jonathan McKinstry, I like things I remember, 2024
Installation view, Project Ability. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Eoin Carey
Painting of a cartoon figure with a yellow background, red border with tools dotted about the body
Jonathan McKinstry, I like things I remember, 2024
Installation view, Project Ability. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Eoin Carey
Two colourful square artworks are displayed side by side against a white wall.
Jonathan McKinstry, I like things I remember, 2024
Installation view, Project Ability. Part of Glasgow International 2024
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Eoin Carey
Gestural Painting, bold colours. A green loch Ness monster comes out of the blue water in the foreground, to its right is a bridge of some sort with bright orange and red marks leading into the back ground. The background is a city scape of Glasgow which includes the squinty bridge and a crane as well as some buildings in reds and yellows. A purple/bluesky is behind them with some white clouds
Jonathan McKinstry, Loch Ness Monster, 2018
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Gestural painting with bold colours. A bright yellow NYC taxi cab in profile in foregraound. Behind it there are several buildings in green, yellow, red and brown. Each have black windows and there is a traffic light as well. The sky behind is mostly bright blue with a thin strip of hot pink at the top.]
Jonathan McKinstry, Yellow Taxi, 2021
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Gestural painting. Two action hero figures in a battle. One figure in a red suit holds a fire sword towards the other figure in blue. Figure in blue has a white star on their chest and holds a shield to protect themselves from the fire sword. Both figures are in profile and there is a purple background.]
Jonathan McKinstry, Civil War, 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
A photo of a man standing in front of a mural painted on a wall which depicts five characters standing behind a grey table. The characters from left to right, Chewbacca (Star Wars), Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Finn the Human (Adventure Time), Zoidberg (Futurama) and Pac Man. On the table there is a wine, a burger, and a roast chicken. The back ground is blue and purples with squiggle lines in the purple sections. Across the top of the image is a banner with the text 'Victoria Cafe'.
Jonathan McKinstry, Not The Last Supper II, 2017
Installation view at Glasgow School of Art Victoria Café
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Detail of gestural painting. Five characters stand behind a grey table. The characters from left to right, Chewbacca (Star Wars), Wade Wilson (Deadpool), Finn the Human (Adventure Time), Zoidberg (Futurama) and Pac Man. On the table there is a wine, a burger, and a roast chicken. The back ground is blue and purples with squiggle lines in the purple sections.
Jonathan McKinstry, Not the Last Supper, (detail), 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
A photograph of a man standing in a kitchen area painting a mural on a white wall. The painting depicts a superhero figure wearing a yellow suit and red cape with a green mug as a head. Text next to the painting reads 'captain caffeine'.
Jonathan McKinstry in collaboration with Panda, Project Agility Tea Room Mural
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
Water colour painting of Stan Lee sitting at a desk on the left side of the image. He wears a turquoise top with a white collar. He has sunglasses on and a mug in his hand. There are posters on the walls behind him. The interior looks like an office. The posters feature the Hulk, Spider Man and one with the text Excelsior on it. A red and white table sits on the yellow floor, it has a star in the centre. There is a bookshelf and some other furniture
Jonathan McKinstry, Stan Lee, 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Project Ability
a grid of small colourful canvases in frames each have a small black pen drawing of an animal on them
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a watercolour showing a playful, cartoon-like image of a large guerilla holding a woman, in the background is a towerblock with people looking out of the windows
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
playful, intricate black pen drawing of a boxing scene
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a stylistic black pen drawing of two figures
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
eight intricate pen drawings in black frames hang on a white wall
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
eight intricate pen drawings in black frames hang on a white wall
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
an intricate black pen drawing showing a range of people and animals including santa claus and a North African hippo
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a wide view of a gallery with drawings hung on the walls
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a gallery with drawings hung on the walls
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a yellow canvas with black pen drawing of a deer running across it
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
drawings hang on a gallery wall
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
drawings hang on three gallery walls
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
a gallery with drawings hung on the walls
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
two black pen drawings of figures with colourful backgrounds
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise It's in the detail 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow International 2021
Image: Eoin Carey
an intricate pen drawing on a long sheet of paper drapes from the wall down across a gallery floor
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
detail of intricate black pen drawing showing small animals and figures overlaid
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
drawings hang on a gallery wall
Nils McDiarmid, Leslie Thompson, Robin Wise, It's in the detail, 2021
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow. Part of Glasgow International 2021
Courtesy of the artists. Image: Eoin Carey
colours and textures wrapped around suspended item
Nnena Kalu, 2018
Installation view, Project Ability Gallery, Glasgow International 2018
Photograph: Lam Shun Hei
With a spotlight in her face, Esther Ferrer, white woman in her 80s with grey short hair, is talking and gesticulating with her hands. She wears a grey sweater, a pearl necklace and a tartan black jacket with yellow, blue and pink lines.
Esther Ferrer, I'm Going To Tell You About My Life, 2018
Project Ability off-site at the McLeod Hall, Pearce Institute, Glasgow International 2018
Image: Celine Mcilmunn
Colourful hand-drawn image of the Doctor Who Dalek on a tv, with a floral patterned background
Cameron Morgan, TV Classics Part 1, 2016,
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2016
Henrik Pätzke - Cloud - tent sculptures within the gallery space
Henrik Pätzke, Cloud, 2014
Project Ability, part of Glasgow International 2014
installation view of three ceramic pieces on perspex plinths of varying heights. in the background there is a framed print on the wall.
The World Awaits (For More Info), 2012
Installation view, Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012
collage and paint on board. the top half is a dark blue and the bottom half a dark red. text reads: " ROB MC MC ROIKI MS REVOLVER THE WORLD AWAITS FOR MO"
Robert McKenzie, The World Awaits (For More Info), 2012
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012
a clear perspex structure on the floor which has been painted with words
Jonathan Barr, Saturday, 2012
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012
white piece of paper in a black frame. the paper reads: "tedey is the happy to love book pencil is log leaf tree low the live in mousebird in be bed tedle table chair girl box boy littie be hap fox doll cat cap ce we dog cow window door so key live flower rose ball xxxxxxxxx
Sandri Ormiston, Today is the Happy, 2012
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012
three ceramic pieces on perspex plants of increasing height
Jonathan Barr, Misery Adventure, 2012
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012
text written with different coloured pens on canvas. words are mostly illegible
John Beaton, xoxoxo (detail), 2012
Project Ability, Glasgow International 2012

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