ART LISTINGS
I Christmas Exhibition Until 19 Dec.
i Christine lronslde: Paintings trom India
J Until 19 Dec. Ironside brings a Scottish dimension to these vibrant paintings inspired by the mythology and colour of Indian land and sea.
Sue White Oakes: Sculpture Until 19 Dec. Works made almost entirely from copper, by a process similar to silversmithing.
I MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street, 331 1854 . Tue-Sat lOam—lOpm; Sun and Mon 10am—8pm. [D]. Admission £3 . 50/concs £2.50/children £1.50.
Royal Glasgow Institute Annual Exhlbitlon Until 17 Dec.This annual eclectic show presents the best recent works by contemporary painters and sculptors in Scotland; 300 works are selected from the original submissions and then held in the RGl‘s collection, the third largest in the UK.
I MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street. Mon-Fri 9.30am—9pm; Sat 9.30am—5pm. In the Track 01 the Comet Until 27 Feb. A pictorial record of the history of shipbuilding in the Clyde 1812—19305, as depicted by James Wotherspoon in the 401) or so drawings he made of steamships, shipbuilders, owners and engineers, lighthouses and stations.
I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall, 1 Bunhouse Road, 357 3929. Daily 10am-5pm; Sun 11am-5pm. [D].
John Smeaton (1724-1792) Until Jan. A celebration of the life of the civil engineer who masterminded the building of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
I 90s ALLERY 12 Otago Street, 339 3158. Mon-Sat 10am-6pm.
Christmas Show Until 24 Dec. More than 300 works by gallery artists, including Ackerman, Graham and Cross.
I PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM Glasgow Green, 554 0223. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. [D]. Cafe.
Once a museum for the working class, now a repository for all sorts of ephemera
connected with Glasgow's history — ] everything from old cigarette packets to g
- suffragettes’ campaigning material.
Glasgow's Good News: 500 Years otthe
. Archdiocese of Glasgow Until 17 Jan. An
exhibition charting the course of
Catholicism in Glasgow since 1492 — when
the city was elevated to archdiocese status
- focusing on education, the effects of Irish
immigration and the changing patterns of devotion.
I PROJECT ABILITY Centre for Developmental Arts, 18 Albion Street, , 5522822. Mon-Fri lOam—Spm. Closed 24 Dec—5 Jan.
Christmas Exhibitlon Until 15 Jan. Drawings, paintings, ceramics and I
three-dimensional works by artists
working with the organisation, including . Bevan, Dodds, Edgar and McKinnon.
. I PROVAND'S LORDSHIP 3 Castle Street.
f 552 8819. Mon—Fri lOam—Spm; Sun
11am—5pm.
The only surviving medieval house in Glasgow, built in 1471. Period room displays range from 1500-1918.
Thomas McGoran: Hall a Kitchen An appropriate venue for MeGoran’s paintings recalling his childhood in an East End tenement. McGoran took up painting five years ago, on his retirement from the railways.
I ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm.
Glen Scouller: Travels In France and Morocco Until 22 Dec. The old culture of the village and the new life of beach resorts rub shoulders in these colourful new works.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Mon—Fri 9am—8.30pm; Sat 9am—5pm; Sun noon—5pm.
Combined Operations Until 23 Dec. Recent works by Ingham, McKenna and Riddell in which warfare, mortality, the
CYQIL CEQBEQ mitt: ADT
BQITICSII DAINTINCcS l9lh—ZOlh C ENRIDY 148 West Cogent (SI Glasgow C2 'ZDQ 0412213003
THE WINTER COLLECTION
A Feast of small works by prominent and interesting British and European artists including BELLANY, BANKS, BRZESKA, CADELL, DERAIN, EARDLEY, FERGUSSON, GILL, GORE, HERMAN, HOWSON, HUNTER, KLIMT, PENROSE, PIPER, VAUGHAN, CHRISTOPHER WOOD plus COWIE, REDPATH, GILLIES, BLACKADDER, MacTAGGART
Mon-Sat 9.30-5.30pm
Peter Howson (shown here with his painting Kingdom at Noise) is one at iourartists F shortlisted lorthe new £12,000 City 01 Glasgow Lord Provost's Prize. The others areJames
McDonald. Hock-Ann Teh and David Mach. Sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi was one 01 theiudges for the shortlist, which was drawn Irom 150 artists showing at the 131 st exhibition otthe Royal Glasgow lnstltute oi the Fine Arts, at the McLelIen Galleries, Glasgow. untii130ec.
paronormal and mutation are recurring themes.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street. 429 1202. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2-5pm. Cafe. [D] Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now home to archive material on education in Scotland from 1872 onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian, Edwardian, Second World War and 19605 schooldays.
I SPRINGBURN MUSEUM Ayr Street. 557 1405. Mon—Fri 10.30am—5pm; Sat 10am—4.30pm; Sun 2—5pm.
Described as the first real community museum in Britain.
I STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY STAFF CLUB Martha Street, 552 4400, ext. 23. Mon—Fri llam—3pm.
MIIngavle and Bearsden Silk Painters: Silk Paintings and Textiles Until Fri 18 Dec.
I STREET LEVEL 279—281 High Street, 552 2151.Tue—Sat11am—5.30pm.
Aqua Vitae Part1 Sat 5 Dee—16 Jan. Six newly commissioned works by artist/photographers on the theme of the waterway— ancient source of folklore. food, trade and the foundation of many towns and cities. Maclean, Donaldson, Greenhaulgh, Heyer, Peace, Haddow,
Harnlyn and Jenkins took part in the show,
which also includes archive material from the Summerlee Heritage Trust. The project was organised jointly by these two galleries with Street Level Gallery and works will be split between the two venues, then exchanged in Jan.
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY 28 King Street.
5524813. Mon—Sat noon—6pm. [D]. Closed Sat 19 Dec-5 J an.
Darnesures Until Sat 5 Dee. Brilliant. quirky show of miniature works and trompe I'oeils by contemporary French artists.
David Shana Brook Mon 14 Dec—23 J an.
Site-specific. water-based installation by American sculptor.
I TRON KIRK High Street. info: 3393841. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm: Sun 2—5pm.
Dear Green Place - A Question 01 Equilibrium Until Sat 12 Dec. The UK exhibit from this year‘s Milan Triennale — an
; international showcase for architectural ' deveIOpments. Based on the ' government‘s policy document. This
Common Inheritance. the exhibit was designed by the Landscape Architecture and Design practice, Gillespies. and uses photography. sculpture, art and specific case-studies of urban regeneration and rural management in Glasgow and Strathclyde in its exploration ofthe relationship between man and environment.
I BARNES & FITZGERALD 47b George Street. 220 1305. Mon—Sat 10.30am—5.30pm. Contemporary glass gallery.
I CALTON GALLERY 10 Royal Terrace, 556 .
1010. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat
, lOam—lpm. 9 Christmas Exhibition Until 23 Dec. Paintings, watercolours and prints by over I
a hundred 19th and early 20th century artists, including McTaggart. MacDonald and Thomson.
I CITY ART CENTRE Market Street, 225 2424, ext. 6659/6660/6661. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm.
Spirit oi the Ukraine: 500 Years 01 Painting, from 15th Century Icons to the 20th Century Avant-Garde Until 9 Jan. Large survey show from the collections of the State
Museum of Ukrainian Art in Edinburgh‘s f
twin town, Kiev, and tracingthe development of Ukrainian art from lconography to Stalin's Socialist Realism.
work by
RORY DONALDSON KEVIN MaCLEAN BRIAN JENKINS
STREET LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY & WORKSHOP, 279-291 HIGH STREET, GLASGOW
51h DEC - 16th JAN AQUA VITAE 23rd JAN - 27th FEB
work by
MARTYN GREENHALGH JIM HAMLYN & ANNETTE HEYER ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS
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MTheList4- 17 December 1992