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Ross Sinclair

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Workshop: This a chord. This is another. This is a third. NOW FORM A BAND

Ross Sinclair is an artist, writer and musician who is Professor of Contemporary Art Practice at G.S.A. based in the Department of Sculpture and Environmental Art. He is best known for his ‘Real Life’ research project initiated when he had the words REAL LIFE tattooed in black ink across his back, at Terry’s Tattoo parlour in Glasgow, 1994. Almost 25 years later in 2017 he produced a solo show at Shanghai Himalayas Museum, in liaison with Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee, titled Real Life is Dead/Long Live Real Life where the tattoo was enhanced to now state, “Real Life is Dead” He is a member of the band The Soup Dragons who will be reconvening live and in the studio later in 2023 after a 30 year hiatus.