Margaret Salmon: Assembly
Assembly is a solo exhibition of new work by acclaimed artist-filmmaker Margaret Salmon. Resulting from a process of community outreach, collaborative scripting and cinematic experimentation, the exhibition encompasses a film, photographs, sculptures and a publication. An intimate enquiry made by a socially-committed, locally-engaged artist, Assembly highlights the voices of a diverse range of residents within the areas of Kelvinside and Maryhill, Glasgow.
Date: Friday 27 June 2025 - Sunday 19 October 2025
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Venue: Hunterian Art Gallery
Category: Exhibitions, Hunterian
Assembly is a solo exhibition of new work by acclaimed artist-filmmaker Margaret Salmon. Resulting from a process of community outreach, collaborative scripting and cinematic experimentation, the exhibition encompasses a film, photographs, sculptures and a publication. An intimate enquiry made by a socially-committed, locally-engaged artist, Assembly highlights the voices of a diverse range of residents within the areas of Kelvinside and Maryhill, Glasgow.
The exhibition, grounded in everyday Glasgow and its residents, asks: how have years of austerity and a global pandemic affected individuals and community in Glasgow? How has a mass collective loss affected that community’s understanding of death, healing and the future? Central to the exhibition is a long-form narrative film. The artist describes To a God Unknown (working title) as 'a feminist existential melodrama and ghost story', to be filmed on 35mm in winter / spring 2025.
Key collaborators on To a God Unknown include: G20 Works, Amma Birth Companions, Girls Rock Glasgow, Traceyann Campbell (Camera Obscura) and Sacred Paws.
Margaret Salmon (b. 1975, New York) lives and works in Glasgow. Concerned with a shifting constellation of relations, such as those between camera and subject, human and animal, or autobiography and ethnography, Margaret Salmon’s work often examines the gendered, emotive dynamics of social interactions and representational forms. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at institutions including The Hunterian (forthcoming) Secession, (2023), DCA (2018/19), Tramway (2018) Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA (2011); Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (2007); Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2007). Her work has been featured in film festivals and major international survey exhibitions, including Yokohama Triennial (2024), British Art Show 9 (2021/22), Glasgow International (2021), Berlin Biennale (2010) and Venice Biennale (2007) London Film Festival (2018, 2016, 2014) and Open City Documentary Film Festival (2021,2024, 2025).
The Hunterian Art Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10.00am and 5.00pm. Free entry.