THEN AND NOW at Little Spa ta Archival photos by Richard
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Richard Demarc (born in Edinburgh, 1930) is an artist and promoter of the visual and performing arts. He has been one of S otland s most in uential advo ates for ontemporar art through his or at the i hard Demar o aller and the Demar o European Art oundation. he t o lives of Demar o and an Hamilton inla have rossed and re rossed in man onte ts he Demar o aller held a solo sho b inla in 19 9 hi h led to a ollaboration ith altese artists, produ ing on rete poetr honouring alta s heroi role in the Se ond orld ar. Ston path, the original name of ittle Sparta, soon be ame a nodal point for Demar o s e perimental Edinburgh Arts Summer S hool. he t o artists shared a love of S ottish shing boats and their harbours, and ollaborated on prints and boo s on the sub e t. i hard Demar o as invited to or ith inla to ma e s reen prints su h as he ittle Seamstress hi h depi ts a small sailing boat on a straight ourse a ross a alm sea. A sele tion from Demar o s vast olle tion of photographs on ern meetings ith an Hamilton inla and visits to ittle Sparta from 19 0s to the present da . A sele tion of these ar hival photographs are sho n alongside urrent pi tures of the same s ene or art or in the garden depi ting ho these have altered bet een hen and No .
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