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THE TRAVELLING GALLERY Now something of an annual institution, the Travelling Gallery returns to the capital, showing its wares from inside a big, beautiful bus. This year’s exhibition explores how contemporary artists are using paint, both on canvas and within other media such as film, sculpture and performance. The show features contributions from Michael Craik, Carol Rhodes and Christopher Stephens as well as recent art school graduates. ■ Various locations throughout the city, 529 3682, 24–28 Aug, 11am-5pm, free. www.travellinggallery.com
5QUESTIONS
The works in Susan Norrie’s contribution to the ElF’s The Enlightenments imagine a futuristic world mummified by nuclear trauma as well as aspects of outer space. The List brings her back down to earth with our prescient Q & A
Describe your contribution to The Enlightenments Hope, self-awareness, humility, light, living in the present.
Which visual artists should be better known than they currently are? Theweathergroup – an Australian collective of seven different artists.
Which shows at the Edinburgh festivals are you particularly looking forward to seeing?
Optimism at the EIF, Tacita Dean’s exhibition for The Enlightenments, Jane and Louise Wilson. Which two artists have been most influential on your work?
Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Which one word sums up how you feel about making art? Neurotic. ■ Susan Norrie, Collective Gallery, 220 1260, until 26 Sep (not Mon), free. The Enlightenments, Dean Gallery, 624 6200, until 27 Sep, free.
70 THE LIST FESTIVAL MAGAZINE 20–27 Aug 2009
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✽✽ Self-Made Cavalcade Enjoyable and playful exhibition of multimedia, multi-discipline work by Scottish and German artists developed from an exchange show in Munich. Art’s Complex, 0785 140 5417, until 5 Sep (not Mon–Wed), free. ✽✽ Milestone An accessible live stone-carving display is accompanied by a fascinating exhibition exploring the art of sculpture. Edinburgh College of Art, 221 6000, until 30 Aug (not Mon), free. ✽✽ Jane and Louise Wilson: Unfolding the Aryan Papers The Wilson twins’ exhibition is centred around material gathered from an abandoned Stanley Kubrick film project. See review, page 71. Talbot Rice Gallery, 650 2210, until 26 Sep, free. ✽✽ The Creative World of Alan Davie A remarkable retrospective charting one of Scotland’s greatest artists’ career trajectory from gauche art student to sponge-like spiritual seeker. Dovecot Studios, 550 3660, until 26 Sep (not Sun), £3 (£2). ✽✽ The Enlightenments Provocative group show, in which international artists provide a contemporary spin on the 18th century Scottish Enlightenment, as part of the International Festival. See 5 Questions, left. Dean Gallery, 624 6200, until 27 Sep, free. ✽✽ The Discovery of Spain Wonderful exhibition of British and Spanish art, which includes some terrifically moving paintings by the likes of Goya, Velázquez and Picasso. National Galleries Complex, 624 2000, until 11 Oct, £8 (£6). ✽✽ Eva Hesse: Studiowork Powerful exhibition of sculptural works created from a range of everyday materials and objects that remains relevant despite the passage of time. See review, page 72. The Fruitmarket Gallery, 225 2383, until 25 Oct, free. For venue addresses see index page 80.