HOLY ROOD photography by
translated poetry by
Nor m a n Mc B e at h
Rob e rt C r aw for d
0 31st M ay to 22nd Ju n e 2 019
The Fine Art Society
in Edinburgh
6 Dundas Street Edinburgh EH3 6HZ +44 (0)131 557 4050 www.fasedinburgh.com art@fasedinburgh.com
The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh presents
HOLY ROOD photography by
translated poetry by
Nor m a n Mc B e at h
Rob e rt C r aw f or d
31st M ay to 22nd Ju n e 2 019
View the exhibition at www.fasedinburgh.com/exhibitions For sales and enquiries please contact Camilla Riva: camilla@fasedinburgh.com +44 (0)131 557 4050
HOLY ROOD presents Norman McBeath’s resonant photographs of branches, wooden forms, and carving alongside Robert Crawford’s translation of the Old English poem spoken by the tree that was hewn to make the cross on which Christ was crucified. The oldest, fragmentary text of this visionary poem survives in carved runic inscriptions on an eighth-century stone cross at Ruthwell in Dumfries-shire.
HOLY ROOD Photography by Nor m a n Mc B e at h Translated poetry by Rob e rt C r aw for d
HOLY ROOD I 0 2015; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD II 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD III 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD IV 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD V 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD VI 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD VII 0 2016; edition of 3 APs signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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HOLY ROOD Arist’s Book 0 2017; Easel Press edition of 25 archival digital print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm 42 x 29.7 cm
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NOI SE L E SS NOI SE Ten prints
NOISELESS NOISE SERIES I
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES II
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES III
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES IV
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES V
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES VI
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES VII
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES VIII
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES IX
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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NOISELESS NOISE SERIES X
2018; edition of 25 signed, dated and numbered in pencil to margin archival digital print on HahnemĂźhle Fine Art Photo Rag 308gsm sheet size: 59.4 x 42 cm
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T Y PE 55 POL A ROI DS Four unique prints
POPPY HEADS
2009 signed and dated type 55 polaroid 13 x 10.2 cm
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HELICONIA
2007 signed and dated type 55 polaroid 13 x 10.2 cm
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DAFFODILS
2009 signed and dated type 55 polaroid 13 x 10.2 cm
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LEAVES
2007 signed and dated type 55 polaroid 13 x 10.2 cm
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The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh
6 Dundas Street Edinburgh EH3 6HZ +44 (0)131 557 4050 www.fasedinburgh.com art@fasedinburgh.com
Published by The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh for the exhibition
HOLY ROOD photography by
translated poetry by
Nor m a n Mc B e at h
Rob e rt C r aw f or d
held at 6 Dundas Street, Edinburgh, EH3 6HZ 3 - 25 May 2019 Catalogue © The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh Images of artworks © Norman McBeath All rights reserved
Front cover: HOLY ROOD II, pp. 6-7 Frontispiece: HOLY ROOD VII, pp. 16-17 Left: HOLY ROOD I, pp. 4-5 Back cover: HOLY ROOD VI (detail), pp. 14-15