Carole Gibbons - Dear Beast

A landscape shredded
Molly Rose Lieberman

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Artist’s Relief
Emma Obrietan
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Dear Beast
Carole Gibbons

Muses
Carole Gibbons

Galerie Mirages
Group Exhibition

To M.
Miriam Stoney,
Miriam Yammad

Dreams of the everyday
Andrew Cranston,
Winifred Nicholson

Pegasus
Carole Gibbons

Self-Portrait
Miriam Yammad

Not Quite Good Enough to be on TV Melodies
Joanne Robertson

Haven
Group Exhibition
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Free The Innovator
Theo Christy

Personicx
Theo Christy

The September Issue
Bruno Zhu

Andrew Cranston

Carole Gibbons

Carole Gibbons
Dear Beast

29 November, 2025 – 24 January, 2026
43 Virginia Street, Glasgow

5b is honoured to present Dear Beast, an exhibition comprised of a single work – Cat in Greys (1958) – by Carole Gibbons. Gibbons completed the painting while studying at The Glasgow School of Art; reflecting upon her studies, Gibbons recalls feeling at odds with her tutors at the time, as well as the impact of first seeing reproductions of the work of Picasso. Notably, Cat in Greys is possessed of a muted palette reminiscent of her then-partner Alan Fletcher’s, who died tragically that same year. Beyond being a striking early example of her work, the painting attests to Gibbons’ long-standing exploration of the cat as muse. A new publication celebrating Gibbons’ devotion to the feline subject accompanies this presentation.

With very special thanks to Henry Gibbons Guy and David Caldwell.

Appointments
Works List (PDF)
Muses (booklet)
Carole Gibbons (monograph)
Pegasus (book bag)
Self-Portrait (print edition)

Carole Gibbons’ works are held in collections across the United Kingdom, notably: the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; City Art Centre, Edinburgh; Glasgow Museums; Inverness Museum and Art Gallery; Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Aberdeen Art Gallery; Low Parks Museum, Hamilton; The Argyll Collection, Oban; and Leeds Museums and Galleries. Her work has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at White Columns, New York (2024), Hales, London (2024), and Céline, Glasgow (2023). The first monograph on Gibbons’ work was published in 2023 by 5b.

Carole Gibbons
Cat in Greys, 1958
Oil on canvas
76.2 × 50.8 cm
92.8 × 72.4 cm (framed)

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