ART & EXHIBITIONS LIST
0 Art is listed by city iirst then by venue, running in alphabetical order. Please send details to Alice Bain not later than 10 days beiore publication date.
GLASGOW
O ANNAN GALLERY 130 West Campbell Street. 221 5087/8. Mon—Fri 9am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—12.30pm.
o ART GALLERY & MUSEUM. KELVINGROVE 357 3929. Mon—Sat IOam—Spm; Sun 1—5pm. Restaurant. [D] Voluntary guides are available free ofcharge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Contact the enquiry desk. John Hope: The Enlightenment of Scottish Botany Until Sun 22 Nov. An exhibition last seen at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh where it was made. In the 18th century Hope, a member of the now-called ‘Enlightenment‘ was a professor of Medicine and Botany at Edinburgh University. Best remembered for his plans for the new Botanic Garden, he was also the first in this country to teach botany as a systematic science. The Floating World Until early Jan. Printing with Wood Until Jan 1988. Some British Bird Artists and their Inspiration Wed 18 Nov—Feb 1988. Christmas Present Fri 27 Nov—Feb 1988.
0 BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street, 226 5413. Mon—Fri lOam—5pm;Sat 10am—1pm.
Mary Gallagher Until Sat 28 Nov. Paintings, pastels and drawings.
0 BLYTNSWOOO GALLERY 161 West George Street. 226 5529. Mon—Fri 10am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—1pm. Recent Acquisitions Until end Nov. Work by graduates of Glasgow School of Art.
0 THE BURRELL COLLECTION Pollokshaws Road, 649 7151. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. Rest. [D]
The glittering prizes ofone man’s wealth shown under one roof. The surrounding park offers a taste of the country.
Chinese Bronzes Mon 7 Dec-7 Feb. Art and ritual.
O COLLINS GALLERY University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, 552 4400 ext 2682/2416. Mon—Fri
10am—5pm; Sat 12—4pm.
Fay Godwin Tues 24 Nov—Wed 23 Dec. Collins continues with photography exhibitions with work shown at this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
O COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
Senga Croall Until Wed 25 Nov. New paintings and collage from this ex—Glasgow School of Art graduate. O CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat 9.30am—12.30pm.
Recent Acquisitions oi British Paintings and Drawings
0 FINE ART SOCIETY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—1pm. Contemporary Scottish Paintings Until Wed 25 Nov.
0 GLASGOW ARTS CENTRE 12 Washington Street, 221 4526. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10—5pm.
O GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO 128 Ingram Street, 5520704. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
John Taylor Until Wed 25 Nov. Prints and paintings. This will be the last
exhibition at the Ingram Street gallery. A new exhibition programme will begin next year in the new building.
The Studio has just announced that it will be opening up in temporary premises at 25 King Street. An changing exhibition of gallery artists will be shown there until the new gallery opens.
o GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Hillhead. Mon—Fri 9. 15am—9. 15pm; Sat 9. 15am—12. 15pm.
Trotsky Until Fri 18 Dec. Material from the University‘s Trotsky collection.
0 NAGGS CASTLE 100 St Andrews Drive, Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. Glasgow’s museum for children.
All Creatures Great and Small Until Sun 22 Nov.
0 HILLHEAO LIBRARY 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Mon—Fri 9.30am—1pm, 2—8pm; Sat 9.30am—1pm and 2—5pm. Closed Wed.
Visual Artists Register Glasgow An index of slides and artists‘ details to help you find work you like and presumably would like to see more oforbuy.
Meg Teller Until end Dec. Landscape oils.
0 HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University ofGlasgow, Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—1pm. Conference — Aspects oi Scottish Decorative Art in the Twentieth Century Sat 14 Nov. 9.30am—6pm. The Hunterian are holding the first conference on Scottish Decorative
A Decade iAcqulsltlons, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow. Shows ol recent acquisitions make rather awkward exhibitions. Themes don't easily emerge and they can look like space tillers in the exhibition calender. But, as here, there Is the laudable desire to show as much oi the new collection as possible.
The exhibition ialls into two parts with 60-odd prints being gathered together in the Print Gallery and another 60-odd pieces (sculpture, paintings and lumiture) scattered amongst the body oi the collection. It is the Hunterian's proud boast that it has
the most comprehensive and wide ranging collection oi artists’ prints in Scotland and nearly 2000 prints have been added in the last 10 years. Amongst those on view Mabuse’s woodcut Hercules and Delanelra is a gem and an outstanding example oi printmaking oi the northern Renaissance in the early 16th century. It well represents their preoccupation with the antique, a theme which continued to iascinate well into the 18th century. There is ilne work too lrom Stubbs (see illustration) and Piranesi, de Koonlng and Glasgow's own Peter Howson. (Sally Kinnes)
Art, a subject attracting a growing interest and particularly at home here close to the gallery‘s reconstruction of a Mackintosh House. Glassmaking, furniture, fashion, textiles, book design and interior design are just some of the details discussed on this busy day. The conference is open to all those who book in advance by contacting the Hunterian and costs a mere £7 for non—members of the Scottish Society for Art History and £4.50 for members and students. The Mackintosh House Gallery: Open as above but closed for lunch 12.30—1.30pm. 50p admission on weekday afternoons and Saturdays. A reconstruction of the architect‘s home fitted with original furniture. Mackintosh Graphics Until Dec. Original designs and printed graphics for posters, invitations, menus, advertising labels etc, and representative examples by Mackintosh‘s contemporaries, Margaret and Francis MacDonald and James Herbert MacNairn. A Decade ol Acquisitions 1977-1987 Until 16Jan. Scotland’s best-off university gallery shows off its newest purchases. Stubbs shares space with Hockney and de Kooning. o HUNTERIAN MUSEUM The University of Glasgow, 339 8855. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—1pm. Twice named Museum ofthe Year, the Hunterian Collection includes objects ranging from Captain Cook's Pacific treasures to the Bearsden Shark. Crystals in Industry Until Sat 5 Dec. Crystals are bedded deep into the structure of modern industrial life — this exhibition illustrates their importance today. 0 IMAGES GALLERY 74 Hyndland Road, 334 5311. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5.30pm. Sat 9.30am—5pm. O J. O. KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street. 0 LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 2351 . Tue—Fri 11am—5pm and 7—9pm; Sat and Sun 2—5pm. Anniversary Exhibition Until Fri 20 Nov. It is 25 years since the Lillie opened. Opened by the widow of the founder and Glasgow Herald Washington correspondent, Robert Lillie, this exhibition will change twice during the nine weeks to show the entire collection. It will also be possible to see the specially commissioned work by Mary Armour and prints of the area by Harry Magee, Philip Reeves, Barbara Robertson and Willie Rodger. Lecture Series Sense and Perception in Contemporary Art — William Jackson Wed 18 Nov. 0 MAIN FINE ART The Studio Gallery, 16 Gibson Street, 334 8858. Tue—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. General exhibition of Scottish contemporary art. 0 MARYNILL ARTS CENTRE 11 Malloch Street 945 3995. Mon—Sat 11am—5pm. Adrian Wlsznlewskl Mon l6—Fri 27 Nov. An original venue for this young Glasgow artist. This exhibition will show early work, 10 previously unseen.
38 The List 13 — 26 November 1987