{"id":314997,"date":"2025-08-03T16:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314997\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T16:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T16:38:17","slug":"edinburgh-art-festival-2025-at-edinburgh-printmakers-robert-powell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314997\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Art Festival 2025 – At Edinburgh Printmakers – Robert Powell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artist Robert Powell shares a window into his playful and satirical\u00a0world with an immersive installation at Edinburgh Printmakers<\/p>\n

Robert Powell: Hall of Hours at Edinburgh Printmakers until 2 November\u00a0explores time through Powell\u2019s unique imagery capturing humanity\u2019s complexity,\u00a0grandeur, and folly in intricate and thought-provoking compositions.
Inspired by medieval Books of Hours, this multimedia exhibition featuring prints, sound\u00a0installation and animation reflects on how we experience, order and preserve time and\u00a0features a 4.5m high city sized non-numerical clock that explores time as an experiential\u00a0concept<\/p>\n

Drawing on the socially critical works of Hogarth, Bosch, Ensor, Goya and Japanese\u00a0Ukiyo-e artists of the Edo period, Powell\u2019s wit, surgical eye and grasp of human history\u00a0sets him apart<\/p>\n

Robert Powell: Hall of Hours will be one of two exhibitions Edinburgh Printmakers will showcase as part of the 2025 Edinburgh Art Festival from 7 \u2013 24 August.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the exhibition artist Robert Powell said: \u201cWhen my young son turned one he developed an obsession with clocks and seeing this I was reminded what magical objects they are. They measure time but because time is such an ineffable thing they actually seem to embody it. There\u2019s a crossover between the inexplicable and inexpressible and the physical, tangible world. From the iPhone to renaissance automata or the Astronomical Clock in Prague there\u2019s something quite fascinating about them. So thinking about time as something that is experienced rather than measured I wanted to create this guide through time, a vast human driven clock drawing from medieval manuscripts like the Book of Hours.<\/p>\n

Creating these works I have been mindful of the effect of climate change on time, the sense of history following along a particular telic trajectory to an end point in the future. Of the seasons being put out of joint so there are no more natural markers of time, and the fear that the end of the clock is imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Edinburgh Printmakers CEO Janet Archer said: \u201cHall of Hours\u00a0is an epic undertaking by the artist Robert Powell and we are delighted that the scale and ambition of his work can be fully realised in this solo exhibition. The intricate detail, exploration of the human condition and rich layers of visual storytelling will demand repeated visits as audiences see and discover ever more layers and nuance in the artists\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

This solo exhibition also showcases the potential for using the medium of printmaking as a starting point for a multifaceted exhibition featuring sculpture, animation and sound installation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Daniels, Executive Director New Media Scotland said: \u201cBack in 2014 our Alt-w Fund first supported Robert\u2019s practice to create \u2018The Thinking Machine\u2019 with Hadi Mehrpouya. This veritable box of delights opened our eyes to Robert\u2019s practice and when Aberdeen Performing Arts provided the opportunity to support his practice again, wejumped at the chance. \u2018Chronoscope\u2019 dramatically scaled Robert\u2019s capacity for world building, and now at Edinburgh Printmakers our journey through time has a whole new momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Powell: Hall of Hours\u00a0supported by New Media Scotland\u2019s Alt-w Fund runs from 1 August to 2 November in Gallery 1 at Edinburgh Printmakers and is part of the Edinburgh Art Festival (7 \u2013 21 August).\u00a0Hall of Hours\u00a0is a new body of work that expands on the themes contained within a previous work,\u00a0Chronoscope, an animated clock co-commissioned by Aberdeen Performing Arts and New Media Scotland\u2019s Alt-w Fund with investment from Creative Scotland in 2022.<\/p>\n

Robert Powell and Edinburgh Printmakers have continued to collaborate with Mark Daniels at New Media Scotland to realise this new exhibition.<\/p>\n

Running concurrently in Gallery 2 at Edinburgh Printmakers is\u00a0Aqsa Arif: Raindrops of Rani,\u00a0a solo exhibition using film, printmaking, photography, and poetry exploring dual heritage, migration, and cultural dissonance, drawing inspiration from folklore, mythology, and cinema.<\/p>\n