When We Are Held: An Artist's Response to Grief
Artist Ruby Harrop, Emma’s roommate in Glasgow, has been exploring the theme of grief this year as a master’s student at Glasgow School of Art. Her work was on exhibit at GSA through Sept. 10 but can also still be seen online here: https://gsapostgradshowcase.net/ruby-harrop/ . The paintings and prints, which explore informal networks of care and love, will likely resonate for those who knew Emma or have known grief. For that reason, Ruby was happy to share them on Emma’s website. I asked Ruby if Emma is truly a subject in many of the works, or whether I was just seeing her there. Ruby’s response: “You are indeed right that Emma is in a lot of the works, I used many personal photographs from my own albums,” for instance, “so they're all steeped in memories I suppose.” “On the note of that Lino print of the hills, it was actually inspired by the photos I have of Arran on the day we found out … and so I was imagining Emma there, after all.” Ruby also produced a lovely A5...