The Magic Circle (199th RSA Annual Exhibition, 2025)

TY - ADVS

T1 - The Magic Circle (199th RSA Annual Exhibition, 2025)

A2 - Summerton, Eddie

A2 - Grieve, Alan

A2 - Dunlop, Gair

PY - 2025

Y1 - 2025

N2 - Venue: Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland Dates: May 3 – June 8, 2025 The billboard posters edition was exhibited within the RSA context (as part of the Academy’s annual showcase of member works). A publication launch and discussion event concerning Magic Circle — specifically the artist’s book component (co-created with Alan Grieve, Gair Dunlop, Bill Duncan and Harris Grieve) — took place in the RSA gallery. Magic Circle is a multi-part artwork by Eddie Summerton realised through billboards, performances and publication. The work explores the idea of the “magic circle” as a space of attention, ritual and collective meaning, drawing on both ancient symbolic structures and contemporary visual culture. Using the visual language of public advertising, Summerton situates the work in everyday urban and institutional settings, where it interrupts habitual ways of seeing. Across its iterations, Magic Circle examines how images circulate, how audiences gather around shared signs, and how art can create temporary zones of reflection within public space.

AB - Venue: Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland Dates: May 3 – June 8, 2025 The billboard posters edition was exhibited within the RSA context (as part of the Academy’s annual showcase of member works). A publication launch and discussion event concerning Magic Circle — specifically the artist’s book component (co-created with Alan Grieve, Gair Dunlop, Bill Duncan and Harris Grieve) — took place in the RSA gallery. Magic Circle is a multi-part artwork by Eddie Summerton realised through billboards, performances and publication. The work explores the idea of the “magic circle” as a space of attention, ritual and collective meaning, drawing on both ancient symbolic structures and contemporary visual culture. Using the visual language of public advertising, Summerton situates the work in everyday urban and institutional settings, where it interrupts habitual ways of seeing. Across its iterations, Magic Circle examines how images circulate, how audiences gather around shared signs, and how art can create temporary zones of reflection within public space.

UR - https://www.rsaannualexhibition.org/artworks/24283-edward-summerton-rsa-with-alan-grieve-gair-dunlop-the-magic-circle-2025/

UR - https://www.rsaannualexhibition.org/artworks/24282-edward-summerton-rsa-with-alan-grieve-the-magic-circle-2025/

UR - https://www.royalscottishacademy.org/events/102-the-magic-circle-book-launch-discussion/

M3 - Exhibition

PB - Royal Scottish Academy

ER -