An unfinished portrait of Alasdair Gray painter and writer of Glasgow
"I am a chorus in search of a tragedy, a raker of middens in the industrial North.
I am a genius in an obscure line of business. Try me a little.
I may have something you can use".
A BBC-tv documentary film

I first met the late Alasdair Gray ten years ago on New Year's Eve in Glasgow - which is about the best place and time to meet anyone. At that time we were both students of painting. Two years later we met Laurence Henson and Edward McConnell, two young film makers who have since formed their own company and earned a considerable reputation in the field of industrial documentaries.
Together we planned a film on Gray's work. Eight years later that film - to be shown tonight - has been made, in circumstances unforeseen almost a decade ago.
Many artists, unknown during their lifetime, suffer the ironic glory of posthumous recognition. Whether this will be the case with Gray remains to be seen. However, what is certain is that his name is almost unknown in contemporary art.
Much of Gray's work illustrates the Old Testament - the Creation, the Fall, Jonah: these images seem to have obsessed him. Another recurrent image is Glasgow itself; one continually finds recognisable landmarks in his work.
(Robert Kitts)

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