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' Madre Supernus' 2014

'Adoration of the Magi'

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The art of giving 

The TOMS Art of Giving exhibition is an exciting event, where we are hoping to engage with the public in Edinburgh to show them the work of some of Edinburgh's most talented artists while introducing them to the TOMS brand. Running for two weeks the event comprises of an exhibition, a silent auction, and art classes lead by our artists. 

For the exhibition we are looking for you to be as creative as you like with the shoes and eyewear we are sending you. As it is the Art of Giving tour we would like for you to think about what giving means to you as an inspiration for the shoes and eyewear. In addition to the shoes and eyewear all artists will exhibit a work of their own, which can be anything you like. If you have any special requests for the display of your work (ie. you need a projector or a plinth), please get in touch so that we can endeavour to accommodate you. Furthermore, we would recommend providing works framed, as they will stand out  on the walls. We would also like you to provide a 50 word paragraph explaining what giving means to you. This statement will be displayed in the exhibition next to your work. 

A silent auction on the shoes and eyewear will be running for the duration of the two weeks of the exhibition. Auction winners will be contacted after the exhibition closes. All the proceeds of the auction will go to a local charity. The additional original art work that you are displaying may for saleif you wish. We will not exhibit any prices nor will we active in selling any of the pieces, However, we will forward artist's contact details to any interested buyers. 

The art of giving  exhibition  2013

Ghost Dive.

Deus Ex Machina

cyborg crucifixion

“ Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” 

This triptych, was exhibited at the Namsong Art Fair, South Korea. June 2012

untitled at present

debitum naturae


My main focus is on drawing, and with combined painting and drawing.

 Hallidonto cyborg manifesto

A child of the eighties is the prototype for the New Flesh. They are the children of the digital age, children of the first generation cyborg. The body had transformed. Post-modernism had introduced a new era in art. Computers, television, cartoons and comics became my and my realm to explore and inhabit. I was drowned in images of cyborgs, super heroes and machines in the land of the hyper real. The cyborg became my own, I identified with the concept of such a being and has become the essence of my work to date.


Post modern philosophy focuses heavily on the concept of the hyper real. (Jean Baudrillard) This concept forms the basis of my research and it has led me to other spheres of study, cross referencing various genre which are influenced by the philosophy of the hyper real.


My work explores the contemporary condition and the aesthetic forms used are sculpture, conceptual drawing, video and installations. The modern world viewed through the cathode ray and observations of society compelled me to explore a dystopian vision.

Contemporary society explores the perversions of the media. Serial killers are glorified, news is controlled and censored, military regimes and dictatorships prevail. The dystopian ideal continues ad nauseam.


My drawing works are then created using a continuous line, then worked into to add flesh, the images that created are cyborgs, Graeme’s fascination with them since his childhood. And the body’s dystopian descent into the word of hyper-real. My drawings have a classical style, but flow in a expressively twisted dystopian vision of contemporary society. 


My early work concentrated on the ‘bare bones’ of the cyborg. It carries no flesh, it is the basis of my work in progress. It is naked and stark as is the central feature in Duchamp’s The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors. The drawings are pure cyborg, without embellishment. They are infantile and simplistic in their appearance but not in their construction, being drawn in one continuous line.


‘A man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul’ Charles Baudelaire. From this premise I conceived that my first born cyborg would interpret the modern age as I perceived it. He would grow and evolve through time and influence. Each epoch carries with it interpreters of that age and it is in the French Symbolist Movement of painters, poets and novelists that I find particular empathy. Their dystopia is veiled in grandeur, concealing in the subject matter the notion and fear of decay, which pervades their various works. In contrast the cyborg image openly displays that decay as it evolves as a continuing motif in my work.

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Graeme Gerard Halliday