Martin S. Laird

Artist | film-maker | animator

Category: Collage & Photomontage

  • An Encyclopaedia of Great British Collage

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    An Encyclopaedia of Great British Collage (or How I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love The Monarchy) is a forthcoming exhibition of collage art by Orcadian artist Martin Laird. Catch it at Northlight gallery, Stromness, Orkney, from the 19th of September to the 8th of October 2024, 10am to 5pm daily except Sundays.

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    An Encylopaedia of Great British Collage, Or How I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love The Monarchy. An Exhibtion by Martin Laird at Northlight in Stromness from 19th Sep. to 8th Oct. 2024. 10am to 5pm except Sundays. Poster has cut-out text in various fonts over an oval portrait of Queen Victoria with a snarling tiger face. George VI ambles in wearing a pointy African hat and a Scottish tartan plaid. There is also an image of a crown. Image has a blue border and is mainly white with some red lettering.

  • Coronation

    Outward and Visible signs of Imperial Power used at the Coronation of the British Sovereign. This collage was created to commemorate the coronation of Charles Windsor, a despicable display of grotesque opulence by the unelected head of the British establishment at a time when this evil regime is driving people ever further into poverty. At…

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    Martin Laird
    Coronation collage made from 1935 jubilee and 1953 coronation souvenir memorabilia. Charles' angry face is made from ermine and velvet. He is passing through a series of gilt picture frames holding an orb and sceptre in his sausage fingers. The background is a torn mess of royalist propaganda photographs showing soldiers, parades, coaches, etc.

  • The Meeting of Commissioners

    The Meeting of Commissioners – a collage The Meeting of Commissioners is a collage inspired by the incendiary memoirs of George Lockhart of Carnwath, which are a fascinating insight into the nefarious ways the Union between Scotland and England was brought about in the early 18th Century. They completely demolish the lie that the Scotland…

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    Martin Laird
    The Meeting of Commissioners - collage made from early 20th century adverts and Royalist propaganda. Triangular composition with Scotsmen raising swords over a chicken. Black tentacled eye above. Surrounded by a frame of Royal heraldry and gold coins.

  • Memories of Pirate Gow

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    Memories of Pirate Gow Memories of Pirate Gow is an artwork comprised of digital drawing and photomontage. It is inspired by the story of the infamous Orcadian Pirate John Gow and the unusual structure known as Gow’s Folly (or the Groatie Hoose), which was constructed using ballast material from his ship. As I studied this…

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    Martin Laird
    Memories of Pirate Gow, a digital photomontage showing Gow's Folly aka the Groatie Hoose combined with childhood project book drawings.