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1978. Will Maclean. The Ring Net. Edinburgh.

19 March 1978. L-R: Robert Breen, Will Maclean, unknown, Phillip Wright, at the opening of Maclean's The Ring Net (a Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, exhibition) at the RDG, Monteith House, 61 High Street, Edinburgh (20 March - 8 April). The work on the left wall is Canoe Stern Ringer (1973-74).

Maclean's research for this documentary exhibition (about the dying practice of Scottish West Coast ring-net herring fishing) was funded by the Scottish International Education Trust (founded by Sean Connery in 1970). The Ring Net Archive is now in the collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh.

Date

Sun Mar 19th, 1978

Medium

35mm Negative

Reference Codes

A.78.009

Original Reference

A.8A.137

people

Richard Demarco
Phillip Wright
Robert Breen
Will Maclean

collections

The Ring Net
Third Eye Centre
Glasgow
Richard Demarco Gallery (RDG)
Canoe Stern Ringer
Exhibition Opening

tags

Exhibition, The Ring Net, N/A, Institution, Third Eye Centre, Places, Glasgow, Richard Demarco Gallery (RDG), Monteith House, 61 High Street, Edinburgh, Artwork, Canoe Stern Ringer , Event, Exhibition Opening