Join our curator, Claire Craig, for a special tour of our exhibition Glass Delusion by Paloma Proudfoot. Claire will share insights into the production of the exhibition and Proudfoot's artistic practice.
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About the exhibition
Glass Delusion brings together recent work with new sculpture and performance devised specially for our City Dome Gallery.
10 years after her participation in prestigious emerging artist platforms: Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries and Edinburgh’s Art Festival’s Platform, Proudfoot will present her solo exhibition at Collective from Friday 6 March – Sunday 24 May 2026.
Expanding on Proudfoot’s exploration of the female voice and body, the exhibition will present large scale ceramic friezes, depicting contemporary puppet-like figures often in uncanny medical poses where skin and organs are revealed, examined and stitched together. Proudfoot’s engaging installations combine historic references such as the 19th century French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot's use of hypnosis to examine ‘hysteria’ in women with current explorations into women’s voices as technological ‘puppets’ such as Siri and Alexa.
Continuing her long-term collaboration with artist Aniela Piasecka, Proudfoot will stage a newly commissioned performance on Friday 22 May (6–7pm), where ceramic mannequins are activated and perform alongside an arresting score made by composer Ailie Ormston.
Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation and the Hinrichsen Foundation.