Linlithgow Bus Shelter
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Linlithgow Bus Shelter

Linlithgow Bus Shelter connects the interior with exterior, and extending the boundaries of the Beautiful Materials exhibition.

By Beautiful Materials

Location

Four Marys - Linlithgow Bus Shelter

65-67 High Street Linlithgow EH49 7ED United Kingdom

About this event

Linlithgow Bus Shelter

Date: Thursday 8 May - Sunday 21 September

Location: Linlithgow Cross Stop no: 6290LW08

A bus shelter can be a thoughtful place, thinking about the journey ahead, when the bus is coming and beyond. It is a shared space in the world, where a captive audience occurs to experience art. Inspired after Nicola Atkinson recent public art works on three bus shelters in Winchburgh, this work features transparent colourful vinyl and drawings.

There are two significance of this particular bus shelter location, one is that you can see this Linlithgow Bus Shelter from the gallery windows, connecting the interior with exterior, and extending the boundaries of the exhibition. The other one is that this is the site where chloroforms were invented which enable the alleviation of human suffering’ For safe indentation this was housed in blue glass vessels.

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Beautiful Materials Solo Exhibition of new works by Nicola Atkinson

1.Linlithgow Bus Shelter 8 May - Sunday 21 September

Linlithgow Bus Shelter connects the interior with exterior, and extends the boundaries of the Beautiful Materials exhibition.

2. Artist Reception - Friday 22 May 7-9pm

Come celebrate at the artist reception in Linlithgow Burgh Hall's Gallery Space, Beautiful Materials, a Solo Exhibition of new works by Nicola Atkinson.

3. Artist talk - Nicola Atkinson Friday 18 June 6.30-7.30pm

In her artist talk Nicola Atkinson will reflect on working as an artist in Scotland and the world.

4. Vessels On Loan Wednesday 2 & 16 July 7 - 9pm

The residents of Linlithgow and the surrounding area can borrow one of the Nicola Atkinson Beautiful Materials artworks for their homes.

5. Book Signing Friday 4 July 12 - 1pm

Nicola Atkinson the artist will share her experience on the progress of her artwork and sign copies of the book.

6. Wear Art Music 23 August 1 - 3pm

Bringing extraordinary Beautiful Materials garments & music to Linlithgow. A Music collaboration between Nicola Atkinson & Stevie Jackson.

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Location :Linlithgow Burgh Halls Gallery Space, The Cross, Linlithgow, West Lothian, EH49 7AH

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Nicola Atkinson, has asserted her right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the author of this work - Beautiful Materials


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Beautiful Materials

Beautiful Materials | A Solo Exhibition of new works by Nicola Atkinson

Friday 23 May to Sunday 21 September 2025

At its heart the exhibition of new works by Nicola Atkinson, Beautiful Materials, asks How do we look at art and its materials and what are its boundaries?

Here in the exhibition the vessel is a container for ideas, and materials, but perhaps we too are also containers in some ways. Nicola puts the visitor front and center in an active role of questioning art, how we digest what is around us, how we take part and then, what does it all mean. Themes of containment, scale and transformation pervade every surface.

Some experience of the artwork can only be in person, in the Gallery, this is where the tactile scale of the hanging velvet and georgette artwork is truly present. The vessels have gone on a journey of material metamorphosis from painting on wood, to printing on beautiful fabrics.

The artist extends what is the exhibition proper, out through the window of the Linlithgow Burgh Halls Gallery Space onto the Bus Shelter on main street. You can experience the artwork further at the artists’ talk, in your home, by wearing it, by listening on your phone and in a book.

She has published a stunning pocket-sized book to accompany the exhibition which you can acquire at Far From the Madding Crowd bookshop, Linlithgow.

Supported by West Lothian Council

Linlithgow Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7AH

SIX ASSOCIATED EVENTS ARE FREE, booking eventbrite essential

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