Artist’s Statement

Artist’s Statement

April 2011. A number of my recent sculptures and drawings have been given the title Measuring Personal Space. This designation has been chosen to represent a series of related terms which I feel are of great significance in our time. These include the often stated...
Dialogue

Dialogue

A conversation about the work and practice of sculptor Bill Scott. The following is taken from a conversation between John Hunter (Lecturer, Shetland College), Alan Holligan (Lecturer, Edinburgh College), Stuart Bennett (Senior Lecturer & Lauriston Campus Project...
Obituary

Obituary

Bill Scott, 1935-2012 Transcribed from the RSA Annual Exhibition 2013 catalogue Bill Scott was a prominent and respected member of the artistic community in Scotland. A gifted and distinguished sculptor, he also held influential positions in educational and...
Talbot Rice Gallery catalogue essay 1994

Talbot Rice Gallery catalogue essay 1994

The Second Element Traditionally, sculpture enters space; it rises up into it or stretches out, through it and across. Bill Scott’s recent work in wood places sculpture in air, in the midst of the second element. When a tree is cut down, that is to say when it is...
Artist Profile

Artist Profile

Bill Scott is the first sculptor in the long history of the Royal Scottish Academy to have been elected President. As the Friends approach their 25th anniversary year it is appropriate to examine not only Bill’s work, but also his long involvement in the domain of...