Edited highlights of Director Guy Peploe’s talk on Duncan Shanks’s exhibition Transience, 1 – 26 June 2019

29 July 2019

Edited highlights of Director Guy Peploe’s talk on Duncan Shanks’s exhibition Transience, 1 – 26 June 2019

About Duncan Shanks

Duncan Shanks

Duncan Shanks was born in Airdrie in 1937 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1955–1960, later receiving a travelling scholarship which allowed him to visit Italy during his Post Diploma year. Returning to Glasgow, he joined the staff at the School of Art, where he lectured until 1979 before dedicating himself fully to painting.

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