Adoption scheme seeks loving homes for Scottish Contemporary Sculpture
(Artdaily.org)

Scottish contemporary artists have welcomed an adoption scheme aimed at recovering sculpture that’s languishing in storage so it can be enjoyed by the public. Sculpture Placement Group (SPG) is giving educational and health organisations, art institutions, charities, housing associations and others the chance to show high-quality works, many of which were commissioned for exhibitions at leading galleries. The scheme will be piloted at the group’s Sculpture Showroom exhibition which is part of Glasgow International 2018, 20 April to 7 May, and takes place at Glasgow Sculpture Studio. A selection of works in search of new guardians will be on display and others will feature in a catalogue currently being compiled by SPG. Kate V Robertson, one of the three curators and artists behind the project, said: “All over the country there are superb sculptures by respected artists that are hidden away and have no clear future when they could be seen and enjoyed by new and wider audi