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✽ Sarah Kenchington: Wind Pipes for Edinburgh Specially commissioned for EAF, Kenchington has created an instrument from more than 100 decommissioned organ pipes, requiring six people to operate the bellows. See preview, page 99. Trinity Apse, Chalmers Close, 1 Aug–1 Sep, free.
✽ Rachel Maclean: I HEART SCOTLAND Solo exhibition by the Glasgow-based artist exploring national identity in the context of next year’s Scottish independence referendum. See feature, page 16. Edinburgh Printmakers, 2 Aug–7 Sep (not Mon), free.
✽ Gregor Schneider: Süßer Duft Edinburgh 2013 Installation by the controversial German artist in three rooms of the basement of Summerhall – expect a powerful, intense and challenging piece of work that is open only to those aged 18 and over. See preview, left. Summerhall, 2–31 Aug, free.
✽ Krijn de Koning: Land New work transforming the sculpture court of
Edinburgh College of Art by the artist who has spent the past year at ECA as the John Florent Stone Fellow. See preview, page 98. Edinburgh College of Art, 1 Aug–1 Sep, free.
✽ Gabriel Orozco: thinking in circles Exhibition by the acclaimed Mexican artist, taking his painting The Eye of Go as a starting point to explore the circular motif in his work. See preview, page 96. Fruitmarket Gallery, 1 Aug–18 Oct, free.
✽ Coming into Fashion: A Century of Photography at Condé Nast Glamorous and stylish showcase from the magazine publisher who turned fashion photography into an artform. See review, page 99. City Arts Centre, until 8 Sep, £5 (£3.50).
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SWEET SCENT EDINBURGH Powerful show by controversial German artist
T he words ‘major coup’ might be flung at all sorts of interesting shows this August, but take it from us, this one is bona fide. The German artist Gregor Schneider is someone whose works might conservatively be described as challenging, but also one whose sculptures combine to create their own hugely powerful aesthetic, moral and political framework. After being refused permission to show it in Venice and Berlin, his Cube Hamburg 2007 was shown in the city of its name, with the design’s strong resemblance to Mecca’s Kaaba, or Grand Mosque, drawing comment. The year after, he would have to defend himself against criticism of a voiced idea to place someone ‘dying naturally in peace or somebody who has just died’ in a gallery situation.
Perhaps his most famous work is Haus u r in Mönchengladbach, which was rebuilt at the Venice Biennale in 2001 as Totes haus u r,
winning the Golden Lion that year. An entire townhouse which Schneider has been working on since the mid-1980s, it includes such unnerving features as rooms within rooms and rooms which can be ‘moved’ mechanically, as well as exterior lighting which gives an unreal sense of what time of day it is outside. What will be happening at Summerhall with the new work Süßer Duft Edinburgh 2013 (Sweet Scent Edinburgh 2013) is only partially clear, although it’s known to consist of three rooms – an unspecified opening room, an entirely white office and a final space described as ‘dark, intense and metal’ – whose positioning in the atmospheric basement of the Old Dick Veterinary building should have a powerful, emotive effect. (David Pollock)
Summerhall, 560 1590, 2–31 Aug, free.