Arthur Watson (Past President, RSA) has collaborated with a significant number of Richard Demarco’s friends and colleagues in the worlds of culture and education in order to create a large-format publication as a unique celebration of Richard’s 90th birthday on 9th July 2020.
"Demarco 2020" follows the Demarco Gallery style of the 1970 ‘Strategy: Get Arts’ catalogue. The foreword is by the Rt. Hon. Fiona Hyslop, the Scottish Government’s former Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs, along with contributions from Marina Abramovic, Sir John Leighton and many others.
This A3 publication (64 pages in full colour) is available at an early-bird price of £25 with cheques made payable to:
The Demarco Archive Trust Limited
Address: Demarco Archive Trust Ltd. Stroma, Wellbank, Beauly, Inverness IV4 7EX
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Since the 1960s Richard Demarco has had a pivotal role in the production and promotion of the visual and performing arts in Scotland. The Italo-Scottish artist, cultural entrepreneur and educator has organised and fostered cultural exchanges and collaborations throughout Europe and has been a champion of European culture and the avant-garde in Scotland.
Although some research and publications have been devoted to Demarco's endeavours, little is known of the numerous cultural exchanges and collaborations between Italy and Scotland that he initiated and developed in the past fifty years. This gap in the historical canon of knowledge is extraordinary because in the Demarco's archives - a portion of which is at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (SNGMA, (representing activities from 1963 to 1995) and a portion at the Demarco European Art Foundation, Edinburgh - are many traces of exchanges between Italy and Scotland promoted by Demarco as part of his larger European network and contribution to the Edinburgh Festival.
These documents include photographs, ephemera, notes, catalogues and artworks that feature events involving relevant Italian or Italian-based artists, producers, performers, directors, critics including: Palma Bucarelli, the Count Panza di Biumo, Giulio Paolini, Jannis Kounellis, Bruno Ceccobelli, Toti Scialoja, Carlo Quartucci and Carla Tatò, Mimmo Rotella, Mario Merz, Fabrizio Plessi, Achille Bonito Oliva, Maria Gloria Conti Bicocchi, Giuseppe Chiari, Guido Sartorelli. This publication is the main outcome of the eponymous research project, Richard Demarco The Italian Connection and uncovers and retraces many stories and reassesses how Demarco promoted Italian visual and performing arts in Scotland and Scottish art in the Italian cultural context.