HOLY ROOD - Norman McBeath and Robert Crawford

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