ART & EXHIBITIONS
LISTINGS
I Art is listed iirst by city then byvenue. running in alphabetical order. Please send listings details to Art Listings not laterthan 10 days belore publication date.
HB Museums are listed separately in a selective guide at the end of the section.
GLASGOW
I T 81 R ANNAN & SONS LTD 164 Woodlands Road. 3320028. Mon—Fri I0am—5pm. Sat mam—12.30pm. No exhibitions until September. I ART GALLERY 8t MUSEUM, KELVINGROVE 357 3929. Mon—Sat liiam—Spm; Sun 2—5pm. Cafe. [D] Voluntary guides are available free of charge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Contact the enquiry desk. Kate Robinson Until 29 Jul. The fifth in a series of exhibitions featuring artists with Glasgow connections. Robinson is one of the youngest to be featured. and the only sculptor. The World ol Colour Until 29 Jul. Blue jeans. fluorescent socks and Japanese wedding dresses: you shouldn‘t wash them in a white load. but what else do they have in common'.’ All is revealed in this exhibition. which looks at the role of colour in our lives. Contact the gallery for detailsof related activities. The Glasgow Boys Until 26 Aug. Paintings front the famous gang. one of whom— (‘rawhall — is featured in an exhibition at the Burrell Collection. Either/Or: Image and Installation Until 19 Aug. Part of a city-wide art event involving video monitors in shop windows and other outdoor media. Sounds ol Colour Until 26 Aug. Works by abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky and the Fauves group. including Matisse. Duly and Vlaminck. Thomas Joshua Cooper .Lzo Aug.The sixth of Kelvingrove‘s Glasgow-orientated ‘Contemporary Artists'. Cooper is Head of Photography at Glasgow School ofArt. The Pursuit oi the Real 28 Jul— l6Sept. Works by major 20th century figurative painters. including Freud. Bacon. Kossoff and Spencer. The Complete Harpsichord 31) J ul—12 Aug. A series of four concerts will complement this exhibition. Cralt Carousel Until Jan 1991 . 24 craftsmen and craftswomen engaged in a year-long labourof love. Keeping Glasgow in Stitches'i‘hmughnut the year. Mon. Thurs. Fri and the last Sat of every month. Stitchers and spectators are welcome to peruse or join in the making ofa dozen large wall-hangings. I ART EXPOSURE 53 West Regent Street. 3320808. Mon—Sat l0am--5pm. Exposing All I 7ntil 28 Jul. Mixed pieces front contetnporary artists. Introductions 3—30 Aug. Glasgow School of Art 1990 graduates show offpaintings. prints. jewellery and ceramics. I BARBIZON GALLERY ( 'ollege Lands. High Street. 553 1990. Mon—Sat l0am—- 5pm. ('aie open seven days. SCOlliSh Prints Until I Aug. Wishing You Weill: A Portrait oi Great Ormond Street 3— 28 Aug. David Bailey. George Kavanagh and others took a camera round the children‘s hospital in London for this touring exhibition. Proceeds go to(i()S. I BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 226 54l3. Mon —Fri lilam— 5pm;Sat lilani—lpm. Summerin Glasgow Until 31 Aug. A rotating exhibition ofodds and ends todo with Glasgow. including scenes from Glasgow 's chequered past by artistsold and new. famous and not so famous. I BURRELL COLLECTION Pollokshaws Road. M97151 . Mon—Sat mam—5pm: Sun 2-5pm. Joseph Crawhall lintil 26 Aug. William Burrcll's large collection of this Glasgow
OPEN CLOSURES
The Open, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh Now in its third year, the Fruitmarket Open could have gone a number of ways in order to establish itseli iirmly in the Scottish visual art calendar. Last year‘s show in particular (a jumble at an exhibition) left the options open, and the ieeling that something more deiinite should happen this year. It could have gone the way at the Whitechapel Open in the early 80s, which included representation oi community work and amateur artists; it could have built up more representation of the traditional genres of work, hitherto seen annually in the RSA Open submission. A third option was to go tor a more succinct selection oi what might losely be called ‘avant garde’ work- recognising that, of course, there are a number of different directions within this which the selectors could choose to emphasise. The live selectors have gone ior this last option. Out oi a submission at around 300 artists, they have chosen 18, each represented by just one ortwo
' works. The show is thus a drastic (and
healthy) slimming down oi the previous two, which suits the Fruitmarket as a venue, both in terms at the type at work shown and in terms oi its presentation. Interestingly, although the works vary widely in material, intent and
sensibility, they do work together as a
coherent exhibition. Partly, this is to do with work being allowed space (an interesting comparison here with the British Art Show, which looks a lot better in the Hayward in London than it did in the McLeIlan in Glasgow). There is also a distinct feeling that this collection oi maturing artists (aged 26-44) will iorm a substantial part of the mainstream oi Scottish art in the 90s. Some ol them (Cameron, Galloway, O‘Connor, Onwin) are producing work which would go down well in a wider European context. What is surprising is the small amount oi sculpture shown, despite two at the selectors being sculptors (Tracy McKenna and Bill Scott) and the absence oi photography as a medium; what is uniorgivable is that only four oi the artists are women, again despite two ol the selectors being women (McKenna and Isobel Johnstone, curator at the ACGB collection). To claim that the work was submitted anonymously is disingenuous; much of the work submitted would be identifiable to the selectors as being by a particular person. It is deeply worrying that women are not being selected for what could turn out to be a pivotal exhibition, both lor Scottish art and ior the careers oi individual artists. (Hilary Robinson).
Boy's work is a testament to the artist's popttlarily aitd international reputation. Henry Moore Sculptures t'ntil 14 ()et. Nine of the best sculptures from old Ilenry.on show in the perfect setting of Pollok Country Park.
The museum is always open with work from the Collection on display.
I CAFFE GUI and CANTINETTA John Street. 552 6099. Daily 9am-noon. 2.30—6.30pm.
; Explorations in Glass Until 29Jul. Abstract
glasswork from Julie Ross.
Derek Martin: Textiles 29 Jul-2 Sept.
I COLLINS GALLERY llniversity of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 552 4400ext 2682. Mon-Fri l0am—5pszat noon ~4pm.
Arpana Caur l 'ntil 15 Aug. A vibrant collection of paintings and prints lrom one of India's most talented young artists. Fabled Territories t 'ntil 15 Aug. New Asian photography in Britain. Glasgow: Answer Me 1 'ntil 15 Aug. A
computer-animated film. by Ileidemarie Seblatnig. representing the creation of new buildings and their integration into old Glasgow.
I COMPASS GALLERY I78 West Regent Street. 2216370. Mon-Sat 10am—5.30pm. The New Generation Artist Until 31 Jul. Work from the 1990 graduates ofl‘our Scottish Art schools.
Elisabeth Frink 4—30 Aug. Sculptures. drawings and prints from one ofBritains most important contemporary sculptors. I ler large bronze heads entitled Desert Quartet can also be seen in the Botanic Gardens until September.
I CORMUNO GALLERY 130 West Regent Street. 204 3708. Mon—Sat 9am—5pm. Robin Phillips: Recent work 3—30Aug.
I CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5.30pm.
Recent acquisitions of modern British paintings and drawings. Next exhibition
From a Sketchbook ol the Fillies starts 11 Aug.
I EWAN MUNOY FINE ART 48 West George Street. 331 2406. Mon—Sat 9.30am— 5.30pm.
Modern British and Scottish Contemporary ArlUntil 31 Aug. Paintings. drawings and prints by McBey. Cowie. Whistler. Sickert. Bellany 0101.
I FINE ART SOCIETY 13-1 Blythswood Street. 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—1pm.
Filly Drawings by Josel Herman Until 31 Jul. Driven out of his native Poland. Herman spent some time in Glasgow before moving to Wales where he lived from 1943—1953. Most of the drawings are taken from this time.
Scottish All: 1850-1990 Throughout August.
I GATENOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road (gallery at entrance to Butterfly Kingdom). 6200235. Mon—Fri 1.30-6pm. Sat & Sun ll.30am-5.30pm; Closed Tue. Work from stock is on show throughout the Summer.
I GLASGOW ART CENTRE 12 Washington Street. 221 4526. Mon-Fri 10am—8pm.
A mom to All Until 27 Jul. Two exhibitions of work by and for the blind and partially sighted including sculptures commissioned from the Glasgow Sculpture Studios.
Future exhibitions to be confirmed.
I GLASGOW GROUP GALLERY 17 Queen‘is Crescent. 332 4924. Mon—Fri 11am—6pm. Glasgow Group Prints Until 30 Aug. Mezzotints. photographs. lithographs. monoprints and etchings.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUOIO 22 King Street. 552 0704. Mon—Sat 10am—5.3()pm.
Other Echoes: Spanish Realism iorthe Nineties Until 28 Jul. Twelve young Spanish painters who challenge the belief that realism is ‘out offashion'.
Elspeth Lamb: Recent Work 4 Aug—l Sept. Lithographs. chine colle and monotype. The Summer Show Until 1 Sept. Small prints by members of the Glasgow Print Studio.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew Street. 332 9797. Mon~Thurs 10am-9pm. Fri l0am—5pm. Sat 9am—noon. Mackintosh in Context Until 18 Aug. A look at Mackintosh’s work in Europe and at the friends and contacts who helped him to broaden his horizons.
Cassina ‘l Maestri’ and Glasgow School or Art: Didactic Fonnaiion and Production in Design Until 18 Aug. Tracing the school‘s involvement with S.p.A. Meda. Italian makers of modern furniture. work by Le ('orbusier. Mackintosh and others are on show alongside the results of the Cassina Prize ior Students.
Useiul Stories t.'ntil 28 Jul. An examination of the ways in which M.A. students incorporate narrative in theirart. Graduate and Under Graduate Summer Exhibition Until 4 Aug. (ilasgowstudents get together with colleagues from the Edinburgh College of Art in Studios 39 and 40.
On the Back at 3 Whale Until 28Jul. in Studios 24 and 25. Recent sculptures and drawings from Fiotta Dean. who used to be Artist in Residence at Kirklands llospital.
Ten Years 4 Aug-1 Sept. Work by artists who graduated from the Sculpture Department between 1979—1989.
I HARBINGERS 417 Great Western Road. 3399999. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Works from the gallery‘s collection. including watereolours and ink drawings are on show. New exhibitions start in September.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. 82 I lillhead Street. 339 8855 ext 5431. Mon-Sat 9.30am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. A Genius ior Design Until 29 Sept. An exploration of Charles Rennie Mackintosh‘s approach to designing interiors. furniture. textiles. graphics etc. Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Architectural Drawings Until 27 ()ct. Examples of
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