Daniel Silver: Looking

This week’s Art Diary marks the beginning of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2022 with our pick of highlights from the programme

Ceramic artworks and preparatory paper sketches by the London-based artist are on show at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket gallery (until 25 September). The exhibition opens with The Audience (2022), an installation of multi-coloured ceramic busts, arranged in two rows across a tabletop to convey the appearance of an expectant crowd. Alongside the ceramic display, an accompanying series of animated pencil drawings elaborates on the artist’s process of conveying a sense of movement in the sculptural works. In the gallery’s upper exhibition spaces, smaller clay sculptures – such as Untitled (2019) –  are displayed on tables which the artist has embellished with large clay feet. Find out more on Fruitmarket’s website.

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Heart, Orange (2020), Daniel Silver. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London

Heart Orange (2020), Daniel Silver. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London

The Audience (2022), Daniel Silver. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London; photo: Ruth Clark

The Audience (2022), Daniel Silver. Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London; photo: Ruth Clark