AN ATTENDANT’S PORTRAIT: A ONE-DAY INSTALLATION AT THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
TUESDAY 2ND APRIL
10:00 - 12:00 & 13:00 - 15:00
WORK
How is a people’s history represented?
Who decides who is represented in a nation’s gallery?
Who are the protectors of these representations?
WHO
Caroline Douglas will be displaying a portrait of her great-grandfather in The Library of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery (level 2). He worked as a Gallery Attendant at the Scottish National Galleries in the 1930s and 40s & 50s.
PARTICIPATE
Caroline will be filming the gallery visitors viewing the portrait. You are invited to come along to view the image, to take part and to be filmed in the process.