GLASGOW.- An erratic rock is a large boulder which has been transported by a glacier, coming to rest on rock of a different nature. Lotte Glob (born 1944) is a Danish ceramic artist living in the north of Scotland. We move Lotte Glob’s work from its outdoor location in her ‘sculpture croft’ in Sutherland, to the Mackintosh Museum, to rest on works made by Glasgow artist Nick Evans. A performance by Glasgow artist Ruth Barker, in amongst the artworks, takes place at the end of the exhibition.

Lotte Glob (born 1944) is a Danish ceramic artist living in the north of Scotland in Sutherland. Her works on show in the Mackintosh Museum, range from the 1960s to present day, and are usually to be found on exhibition outdoors in her sculpture croft. “My sculpture garden at Loch Eriboll was born ten thousand million years ago - for the past 36 years it has been lying dormant and uncared for - I became part of the 16 acres croft in spring 1999 - it is now beginning to evolve - slowly growing.” Lotte Glob.

Nick Evans (b. 1976) has been invited to respond to Lotte Glob’s work. He will make the tables and bases that her artworks will be exhibited on. The pattern used on these objects comes from a Tahitian axe handle. Called a ‘K Figure pattern’ it is dedicated to the god of craft and it shows rows of multiple interlocking headless figures. Exhibited in this manner, Glob’s works will become offerings within the museum space.

Ruth Barker’s (b. 1979) performance work involves scripting and memorising substantial literary monologues that draw on classical or mythological narratives, but remake them as resonant, current, events. Barker understands the act of mythmaking and storytelling as ways of describing the fundamentals of the human condition – acts which are able to influence as well as describe our knowledge of self and imagination. Her performance closes the exhibition.