The Vital Art - exhibition
Wednesday 6th April to Tuesday 3rd May 2016
@ The Scottish Arts Club, 24 Rutland Square, Edinburgh
This is a hidden gem of an exhibition that is well worth seeking out.
To be honest, even if the paintings had been dismal it would have been worth going just to get a look inside one these unspoilt Georgian tenements.
Rutland Square is a quaint old Georgian Square at the West End, not the grandest, nor the humblest, with some rather impressive brass plates on display. It represents a little pocket from a previous time with its fenced in private garden at the centre, and surrounded by giant modern buildings, constrained to its scale by planning restrictions.
Ring the door bell, to get buzzed in, and then there is an exhibition on the first floor, a pleasant front to back common room with elderly comfortable furniture. There was a further exhibition space upstairs, but there was a meeting going on, so I did not see that. There was also a corridor downstairs in the basement with further pictures and paintings.
There was not a dud painting amongst them, nor was there any of that pretentiousness can bedevil such things. There were plenty of buildings and landscapes, all appealing and affordable. This is a real treat of an exhibition.
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