LISTINGS ART
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Exhibitions are listed by city, thee alphabetically by venue. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our oiiioes at least ten days beiore publication. Art and Exhibition Listings compiled by Beatrice Colin.
I ART EXPOSURE GALLERY 38 Bath Street. 331 2617. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6pm. A Musical View Until Wed 29 Sept. Painting inspired by music. carried out by artist/musicians. and CD and single covers designed by local bands. Artists include Bryan Evans. Joe Urie. Peter Nardini. and bands include The Trashcan Sinatras and The Pearlfishers.
Gallery Birthday Exhibition Until 31 Oct. Fourth birthday celebratory show with Byran Evans. Aitken Joseph Urie and others.
I ART GALLERY G MUSEUM. NELVIHROVE 357 3929. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Voluntary guides are available free of charge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the enquiry desk.
Borrowed Ligllt Until 14 Nov. Sculpture out of apparently defunct objects by Stephen Skrynka.
Tim Johnson Until 14 Nov. Paintings inspired by Aboriginal. Native American and Buddhist cultural traditions. Samplers Until Sun 26 Sept. Used for hundreds of years as the principal means of teaching needlework. the sampler was also employed as a classroom aid. This exhibition reveals how this small piece of embroidery has documented social change.
I BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath
Street. 226 5413. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sun lOam—lpm.
The Jessie M. King Archive provides information on all aspects of the popular Scottish artist. Plus 19th/20th century work from stock.
Mary Gallagher Until Sat 2 Oct. New paintin s.
I ROGER BiLLCLlFFE FINE ART 134 Blythswood Street. 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm.
leon Morrocco Sat 2—28 Oct. Vibrant figurative painting. plus work by Gordon H. Wyllie and recent Scottish contemporary painters including Howson. Bellany and Shanks.
I BURNSIOE GALLERY 190 Dukes Road. 613 3663. Mon-Sat (closed Tue) 10am-5pm.
Six Scottish Artists Until 25 Oct. Landscapes and still life.
I BURRELL COLLECTION Pollokshaws Road. 649 7151. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm: Sun llam-Spm. Cafe. [D].
The collection of Edwardian tycoon William Burrell. including furniture. paintings. ceramics and glass. housed in an elegant purpose-built gallery. Recorded descriptions and thennoforms available for the benefit of visually impaired Visitors.
Burrell 10th Anniversary Until 31 Oct. To highlight the gallery's success. a celebration of the building‘s unique design which places art in natural surroundings. The exhibition comprises competition models and selected exhibits from various temporary exhibitions.
I BURNSIOE GALLERY 190 Dukes Road. Burnside. 613 3663. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm (closed Tue).
I CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 346—354 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7521. Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm. Cafe. [D]. Closed tor refurbishment
I COLLINS GALLERY University of
Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street, 552 4400 ext 2682. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat noon—4pm. [D].
The Med Pilot Until 9 Oct. A multi- media exhibition inspired by the aeroplane. by Jim Hardie. Large canvases, prints. sculptures and audio-visual installations focus on aero-dynamics and the history of flying.
I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Towards llo Earthly Pole Sat 2-28 Oct. A series of powerful oils by Donald MacLeod.
I CRANlllLL ARTS GALLERY 18 King Street. 774 8847. Tue-Sat 10am—5pm'. Sun 1—5pm.
The Art oi Glasgow’s Streets Until 8 Oct. Vast exhibition of ten years of street wallpa r - the flyposter.
I CYR L GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.
Philip Reeves Until Sat 2 Oct. New paintings. watercolours and collages.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO 22 King Street. 552 0704. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm. The Dream Machine Until Sat 25 Sept. First solo show in Glasgow by June Carey. a Scottish artist whose fantasised portraits take inspiration from time spent in South America.
Members Group Show Sat 2—23 Oct. Sandra Davie. Jo Ganter, Johnny McGuiness and Morcant Todd.
I ilUNTERlAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. 82 Hillhead Street. 339 8855 ext 5431. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am—5pm.
The Gentle Art Until 30 Oct. Pastels. prints and watercolours by the American artist. James McNeil Whistler. which present an illuminated survey of his career.
Culce Comun The Mackintosh House Gallery. Until 6 Nov. Baillie Scott’s winning design for the House For An Art Lover competition of 1901. Mackintosh's design for the competition has been under construction for a number of years in Bellahouston Park.
I iiUNTERiAN MUSEUM Glasgow University. University Avenue. 339 8855. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
The bequest of William Hunter. a student of Glasgow University in the 1730s. who left his substantial collection of books. prints. and various other curiosities to the university.
I lNTERMEOlA 65 Virginia Street. 552 8651. Tue—Sat noon—6pm.
Front a Staircase with a Bannister to Colours in the Slry Until 8 Oct. An Art in Hospital exhibition of recent paintings. prints and photography.
I MILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie, 943 3247. Mon-Fri 10am—5pm; Sat—Sun 2—5pm.
Philip Reeves Until Sat 2 Oct. A retrospective of paintings and prints from 1983-1993.
I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 357 3929. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun 11am-5pm. Devoted to the history of transport. a museum crammed with buses. trams. fire-engines. ships and other transportation.
liolldays Until 28 Nov. From a souvenir of the Costa Brava to the classical remains explored in the 18th century Grand Tour. a look at the growth of the tourist industry in Europe. the Americas. Africa. Asia and Scotland itself.
I EVAN MUNOY FINE ART 48 West George Street. 331 2406. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
David Sinclair Until Thurs 30 Sept. An exhibition of etching.
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 sufi'ragettes’ campaigning material.
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A mixed media piece by Anna Landucci at the Cameo Cinema. The work deals with the influence oi the iilmstar in everyday society and questions the validity oi materialism and image. Landucci designed the 1993 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme cover and has published a book oi poetry and multi-media photographic illustrations.
From liere to Maternity Fri 1 Oct—30 Jan 1994. An exploration and celebration of the experience of childbirth. Pregnancy and childcare are looked at from a historical perspective and in the present day with photography. objects and transcripts of oral history.
I PROVANO’S LOROSiilP 3 Castle Street. 552 8819. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sun
1 1am—5pm.
The only surviving medieval house in Glasgow. built in 1471. Period room displays range from 1500 to 1918.
I OUEEN’S PARK SYNAGOGUE Falloch Road. Battlefield. 632 1743. Open Sun 2—5pm. Worth visiting to see 22 pictorial stained glass windows by John K. Clark. based on the symbolism of Jewish festivals.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street. 429 1202. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm. Cafe. [1)]. 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 1960s schooldays.
Songwriting in Schools Until 12 Oct. Songs and pictures by young people in Strathclyde Schools.
I STREET LEVEL 279—281 High Street. 552 2151. Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm. Co-operations Until 16 Oct. A collaborative project between Scotland and Luxembourg which involves two groups ofdisadvantaged people and the artists Anne Elliot and Brian Jenkins.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun Ham—5pm. Free.
New museum of world faith. Exhibits include a zen garden. priceless art works from the world‘s six major religions. Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross and the story of religion in Scotland in words and pictures.
Aboriginal Art Until 17 Oct. Inspired by the notion of dreamtime. contemporary painting and sculpture from the northern and central areas of Australia.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 423 1333. Daily 11am—5pm.
llamo Katase: Downtown Train Until Sun 26 Sept. An installation which uses the 54 metres of tramline running the length of the gallery floor. and features three structures strung together like wagons. Fusing Eastern and Western culture. this Japanese artist’s work is contemplative yet powerful.
lOU Exhibition Until Sun 26 Sept. A visual history of the theatre group lOU.
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The Portfolio has won the annual Prudential Award for the Arts. Scooping £25,000. the gallery is the first Scottish visual arts organisation or photographic gallery to win this prestigious
the Portfolio for its promotion of photography. commissioning of new
space. Recent shows have
Arthur Tress and Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
Street level and Glasgow District Council have announced a sponsorship
was established between Britain and the Baltic States during the Fotofeis Borderlands show is maintained.
Left Luggage A suitcase containing art works from twelve young Scottish artists has just been launched on a trip which
world. Crarnrned with pieces from Douglas Gordon. Kirsty Ogg. Jonathon Monk and Roddy Buchanan among
Paris flat/gallery of curator Hou Hanru. Then
tour of indefinite length. Prospective foreign venues can call 041 357 1964 for details.
BOOKS
Giles Sutherland (Canongate Press £14.99). A celebration of Tim Stead's wonderfully
sculpture. With an introduction by David
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Leneman (Allan Sutton Publishing £15.99). A collection of photographs of Scottish women from the end ofthe 19th century to present day. Illustrating the un-kilted flipside of Scottish dress. this b00k includes pictures of a novelty Glasgow dancing act from the 1920s with very daring hernlines. and an Edinburgh landlady in the 1950s dressed to impress in damask and pearls. |
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