This whole question of ‘depth’ over ‘spread’ needs the most careful consideration... (Ted Odling Letter to Harry Barnes 10th Nov 65)
Section V doesn’t constitute an example of radical and groundbreaking pedagogy and its influence was ultimately minimal. However, it is significant as an early instance in Glasgow of an alternative to the rigid predominant ideologies of traditional painting, observational drawing and sculpture. An alternative that looked towards a modernist European tradition and the cautious, non-committal first step in a twenty year evolution.