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Scott Myles Head in a Bell

27.07.25 – 23.02.25 Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

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In this exhibition of painting, sculpture, print, moving image and sound, Scott Myles examines ideas of exchange and circulation. At the heart of the exhibition is Instrument for the People of Glasgow, a social sculpture comprised entirely of donations from Eurorack synthesizer manufacturers from many different countries. Myles views his action of asking ‘a little, from a lot of people’ as an egalitarian model of economic organisation. His artistic strategy is applicable to other contexts and …

Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Able Inhaled
Scott Myles Able Inhaled 2024
acrylic on canvas 270 x 346 cm

Photo: Patrick Jameson

Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Grey Box
Scott Myles Grey Box 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Found object (filing cabinet), oil paint, silkscreen, flight case, ratchet straps 116.5 x 75 x 90 cm
Air is Moving (detail)
Scott Myles and Oscar Prentice-Middleton Air is Moving (detail) 2024-2025

Photo: Patrick Jameson

Live sound feed from gallery plant room, four omnidirectional seismic measurement microphones adjusted for field recording, two basicUcho microphones, cables, Eurorack modules (Instrument for the People of Glasgow) dimensions variable
Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Untitled (Echo) (detail)
Scott Myles Untitled (Echo) (detail) 2016 – ongoing

Photo: Patrick Jameson

aluminium, powder coating, snail shells, hot glue, steel fixings, wooden sticks, string, shelving support upright, tape measure, microphone, cable 183 x 67 x 67 cm
Intervals (detail)
Scott Myles Intervals (detail) 2024

Contains: Scott Myles, “Origins Of Blast First”, 2022, Acrylic paint, American Dollars, Twenty-five cent coins
Photo: Patrick Jameson

Found object (plan chest), acrylic paint, mirror foil, twenty-five-cent coins 72 x 124 x 136 cm
Intervals (detail)
Scott Myles Intervals (detail) 2024

Photo: Patrick Jameson

Found object (plan chest), acrylic paint, mirror foil, twenty-five-cent coins 72 x 124 x 136 cm
Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Instrument for the People of Glasgow
Scott Myles Instrument for the People of Glasgow 2023-2024

Photo: Patrick Jameson

Donated Eurorack synthesiser modules, two ADAM Audio speakers, flight case, silkscreen, cables, Perspex Installed: 48 x 143 x 178 cm
Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Head in a Bell
Scott Myles Head in a Bell 2024

Installation view, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Photo: Patrick Jameson

Keys (IV)
Scott Myles Keys (IV) 2024

Photo: Patrick Jameson

Oil and silkscreen on canvas 150 x 200 x 3.6 cm
Hill Street
Scott Myles Hill Street 2024
Found object (barre), gold 465 x 8 x 15.5 cm
Head in a Bell

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