ART LISTINGS
In Our Time: The World Seen by Magnum Photographers Until 27 Oct. A major
exhibition which has been breaking
attendance records all over the world. this is the first comprehensive survey ofthe work of Magnum Photos. an agency founded in 1947 by (‘artier-Bresson. Robert Capa. George Rodger and others. Three hundred photographs take in Hollywood. Northern Ireland. Iran.
I Nicaragua and Tiananmen Square — as
well as portraits of Marilyn Monroe. Henri Matisse and Louis Armstrong. Don‘t miss it.
I 908 GALLERY 12 ()tago Street. Kelvinbridge. 339 3158. Mon—Sat loam—6pm.
Pam Carter: Recent Paintings Until 28 Aug. A 1970s graduate of Glasgow School of Art. (‘arter is admired for the subtletyof her landscape painting and has exhibited in Scotland and Chicago.
I OPEN CIRCLE GALLERY I lillhead Library. 348 Byres Road. 339 7223. Mon—Fri 9.30am-8pm; Sat 9.3(larn— 1 pm. 2—5pm. Closed Wed.
Anthea Lewis's Jungle Until 5 Sept. A skilled artist with a penchant for painting animals. Lewis‘s gouache. watercolour and oil paintings feature jungle settings and surrealistic themes.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street. 429 1202. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. Cafe.
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now home to archive material on education in Scotlandfrom 1872onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian. Edwardian. Second World War and 1960s schooldays. Activities for children include a collection ofold games which can be hired for 5(lp and played with in the school‘s playground.
Mackintosh Originals Until 29 Sept. A complete set often original drawings for Scotland Street School. all signed by Mackintosh. are displayed alongside drawings and photographs of the recent
million pound restoration of the building.
‘ I SEAMEN'S MISSION Broomielaw. info:
: 552 2822. Tue—Sun noon-7pm; closed
Mon.
Windfall '91 Until 25 Aug. The artistic highlight of Glasgow's year— 26 artists from six European countries have spent an intensive and creative month filling some 30 exhibition spaces in a large building due to be demolished. Windfall ‘91 includes installation. time-based and
photographic. and performance work. It is
the third project ofits kind. the first took place in London‘s Hyde Park and the second in the docklands of Bremen. Germany.
I SPRINGBURN MUSEUM Ayr Street. 557 1405. Mon—Fri 1().3()am—5pm; Sat Mam—4.30pm; Sun 2—5pm.
Winner of the 1989 Award for Social and Industrial History and described as the first real community museum in Britain. Glancing at Dancing Until Sun 11 Aug. A
' Springburn perspective on Glasgow‘s ' erstwhile most popular pastime — dancing.
with all the glitz and big band glamourthat went with it.
I STREET LEVEL 279—281 High Street. 552 2151. Wed—Sat 11am—6pm; Sun 2—4pm.
Acts of Small Significance Until 1 Sept. A
multimedia exhibition by two Glasgow
artists. Rebecca Finch focuses on the
repetitive rituals of one woman's private life. Rachel Meehan‘s subject is prostitution. an examination ofthe concepts of defilement. morality. abuse and irresponsibility.
I THIRD EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521 . Tue—Sat l()am—5.3()pm;
Sun 2—5.3()pm. Other Frontiers Until 1 Sept. Fourof
Canada‘s most innovative women artists 5 exhibit together for the first time in Britain: Gisele Amantea will fill the
smaller gallery with her plaster ‘altar'.
5. complete with pop icons; Lee Dickson‘s
mixed media pieces concentrate on the
i ‘heart‘, while Nell Tenhaaf and Mina
Street Level is Subs/d/sed by the ScottishArts Council Glasgow District Council
Street Level Photography Gallery & Workshop 279-281 High Street, Glasgow 0 Telephone (041) 552 2151
JULY27th - SEPT 1st
Acts of Small Significance
Rebecca Finch o Rachel Meehan
Gallery Opening Times .° Wednesday to Saturday 11.00am - 6.00pm Sundays 12.00 noon - 4.00pm Closed Monday & Tuesday Admission to the Gallery is Free.
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SOThe List 9— 15 August 1991 i
; Windfall, Seamen’s Mission, Glasgow.
: Until 25 Aug.
? A disused building on Glasgow's
I changing waterfront has recently been
} given a new lease of life, it only
I temporarily. The formerSeamen’s Mission, overlooking the Clyde from
t the Broomielaw, is the venue forthe
Windfall ’91 exhibition, part ofan
’ artist-initiated project which is now
open to the public until 25 August. Since the beginning of July, artists
from Glasgow and other parts of Europe
1 have been working in the building
towards the current exhibition. The
project, however, stretches beyond
what is now on view. Its aim is not
solely the presentation of a finished
product in the way of an exhibition.
Windfall is perhaps better described as
i a confluence of ideas than as a single
exhibition. It has been around since at
least 1987 when the first exhibition
took place in London. At thatlime the
participants involved were all
London-based, but the project has
since gathered such momentum that
= the Glasgow ’91 venture boasts 25
‘ artists representing six European
1 countries- France, Great Britain,
Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and
Spain. Every aspect of the initiation
and organisation of the proiect now
underaway has been carried out by the
Glasgow-based artists who are
involved and the vast scale of the
current exhibition is a direct result of
the amount of energy and commitment
' which has gone into its realisation.
Windfall’s scale alone may be
admired, but it also serves as an
example of the potential for positive
; and valuable collaboration with the
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rest of Europe. It must also be said, that inthe presentunhappy climate ofthe
1 Scottish art world. the energy.
confidence and ability of the participants is like a blast of fresh air. All of the work produced in and for the
I 30 or so exhibition spaces will be
a dismantled at the end of the period, the ‘ building itseltbeing duefordemolition later in the year. Having been created
specifically for the site they now
occupy, the works all relate in some way to their location, though this is
; conveyed through a broad variety of ‘ approaches and concerns, brought into
effect by means of many different
. media and techniques. Such overall variety is, of course, a reflection of the ‘ differences within the group of artist
themselves, both in nationality and in background, some being recent graduates while others are more established. The work includes
everything from the small-scale and . intricate to the vast and occasionally E engulfing.
Some of the participants will be on
i hand throughout the exhibition and there are to be scheduled tours of the work and discussions on Saturdays at
; 2pm, which will be of particular value
for those who are not familiar with this
. kind of work or with the non-gallery
setting.
The Windfall ’91 exhibition has all of the above to recommend it as worthy of attention and offers a unique opportunity in Scotland to see so much
i new and innovative art, where local
artists“ work can be seen alongside that
of their European counterparts.
(Katrina Brown)
Totino question gender. with textual 5 panels and canvases depicting popular j images ofwomen. I TRANSMISSION GALLERY 28 King Street. i 552 4813. Mon—Sat noon—6pm. ‘ Angus Hood, Simon Patterson and Thomas Walsh Sat 12—31 Aug.
' I WASPS 26 King Street. 552 (1564.
Mon—Fri 9am—5pm; Sat 1(l.3()am—5pm. A shop, exhibition space and resource centre. with information on work by all WASPS artists. slide library and information about how to commission work.