Review The weight of history Henry VIII's Wives: Light Without Shadow

From: The Scotsman | Date: April 23, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Tramway, Glasgow

IT IS BY no means an easy feat filling the 1,000 square metres of one of the largest gallery spaces in Europe, but that is the challenge facing artists or curators commissioned to create an exhibition in Tramway 2. Using nothing more than wood and chipboard largely recycled from previous Tramway installations, the collaborative group Henry VIII's Wives has taken control of the space with a work ostensibly based on the wonderfully preserved Neolithic settlement of Skara Brae in Orkney.

However, this is not a show designed as an archaeological pastiche. The installation may ...

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