The Upstairs Basement
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS & WORK SPACE
Generously sponsored by:
Murray and Henderson Chartered Accountants
Alan Dimmick
“Daytripping”
26th June - 26th July
Daytrips occupy and create a space between the everyday and the extraordinary, through the act of stepping away, noticing details we might otherwise pass by, and returning with new perspectives on the familiar.
Some highlight landscapes or cityscapes transformed by a passing glance, while others capture the quiet rituals of moving from one place to another. Together, they show how even the briefest excursions can shift how we see and feel.
Some taken on short trips from home to run an errand or on those planned daytrips with friends and family. Many taken on jaunts down the west coast, in particular Millport and the Isle of Cumbrae.
Photographer Alan Dimmick was a frequent collaborator with George Wyllie over a number of years, documenting many of Wyllie’s exhibitions as well as his home.
Anoushka Havinden
A Strange Resting Place for a Goddess
1st - 23rd August
opening event Saturday 1st August 2-5pm
In typical Wyllie style George didn’t call his making space his “studio” but plainly referred to it as “the basement”
Situated in the undercroft of the family home in Gourock and overflowed into the garden overlooking the Clyde Estuary, as does the Wyllieum.
We titled our community making space “The Upstairs Basement” in tribute.
As well as being a making space, the Upstairs Basement features a rolling exhibition programme.
The view over The Clyde from George Wyllie's garden
