LISTINGS ART
Songwriting in Schools Until Tue 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-operatlons Until Sat 16 Oct. A collaborative project between Scotland and Luxembourg which involves two groups of disadvantaged people and the artists. Anne Elliot and Brian Jenkins.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE 1
AND ART 2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; 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 Chris! of Saint John of the C mss and the story of religion in Scotland in words and pictures.
Aboriginal Art Until Fri 17 Oct. Inspired
by the notion of dreamtime. contemporary i
painting and sculpture from the northern and central areas of Australia.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 423 1333. Daily Ham—midnight.
Finnegan’s Wake Fri 8—Mon 11 Oct. Performance and installation work by process (Ten 28) a new Glasgow-based partnership of artists. Call venue for exact times of performances.
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY 28 King Street. 552 4813. Tue—Sat Ham—5pm. Itself Until 30 Oct. Curated by Max Fenton. this group show investigates the ambiguity of intellectual and emotional responses in a society where individuals have become isolated. and features the work of Nigel Prince. David Griffiths. Hermione Wiltshire and Fenton.
EDINBURGH
I THE ART SUPERMARKET 7 Blackfriars Street. Daily noon—8pm. Prints. drawings and paintings by local artists. all for £20 or less.
I BRUNTON THEATRE Musselburgh. East Lothtian. 665 2240. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. East lothlan land and Seascape Until Sat 16 Oct. Harbour scenes in paint of Dunbar. Port Seton. Fisherrow and Cockenzie by Katherine Steele.
I THE CHESSEL GALLERY Moray House College. Canongate. 557 1140. Mon-Fri 9am—5pm.
Reaching out Until 29 Oct. A Stills Education exhibition including giant hanging colour photograms. polaroids. documentary and tactile photographs.
I CITY ART CENTRE Market Street. 225 2424. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm. Cafe.
Golden Warriors of the Steppes Until Sun 17 Oct. Treasures from migratory cultures such as the Vikings. the Huns and the Mongols. who swept across the Russian plains during the last four centuries and left a wealth of golden artefacts in their wake.
one tor the Pot Sat 9 Oct-20 Nov. A history of tea-drinking including a display of silverware and a collection of ceramic tea pots.
Alberto Monocco Sat 16 Oct—20 Nov. Vast retrospective of work including figurative studies and still lifes in paint. by the ex-head of Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22—28 Cockbum Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat 11am—5pm. Contemporary Art from St Petersiiurg Sat 9—23 Oct (to be continued). A group show which includes paintings. drawings and tapestries.
MIST for a Week Shon-tenn shows by the ,
brightest of local talent. You can meet the artist at the gallery on Saturday afternoons 3—5pm.
I EDINBURGH CENTRAL LIBRARY George 1V Bridge. 225 5584. Mon-Fri 9am—9pm; Sat 9am—lpm.
Paintings of Cyprus Until 29 Oct. Watercolours. gouache and oil paintings by Richard Hoare.
I EDINBURGH CINLEGE OF ART Lauriston Place. 229 9311. Mon—Thurs loam-8pm; Fri and Sat 10am-5pm.
The RIVOI’ Until 30 Oct. An enormous photographic installation by John Harper
‘ made up of 6000 images which he terms a
static film. With the camera as a kind of artistic chisel. the installation is the product of an environmental project exploring the substance of the river.
I EDINBURGH GALLERY 18a Dundas Street. 557 5227. Mon—Fri Ham-5pm; Sat lOam—lpm.
Western Approaches Until Sat 16 Oct. Paintings by Annette Edgar and Mark Gilbert. .
I EDINBURGH PRINTMANERS 23 Union ’Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat lOam-6pm. No Chinese Printmakers Until 23 Oct. First showing in the West of He Kun and Wei Qicong's award-winning colour
woodcut prints. From the Yunan Province. 3 both exploit traditional techniques to i create lyrical studies of the Chinese
landscape.
I FLYING CINOURS GALLERY 35 William Street. 225 6776. Tue-Fri 11am—6pm; Sat 10am—l pm.
Shona Barr Until 27 Oct. New oils and watercolours of Scottish gardens and
landscapes. f I THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY Market
Street. 556 1059. Tue—Sat llam—6pm; Sun noon—5pm.
James Hugonin 1983-1993 Until 30 Oct. Echoing the way that light travels across
Impressionism. including Velazquez. El Greco. Rembrandt. Gainsborough. Degas. Van Gogh and Scottish Colourists. Shadow of the Forest Until 19 Dec. An exhibition of prints of the Barbizon School featuring works by Millet. Daubigny. Rousseau and Corot. The 80 prian come from the British Museum and illustrate the way the artists worked directly from nature — an approach known as plein air — and went on to influence the French Impressionists and the Dutch Hague School Printmakers. by whom there is also a group of works.
I NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND George 1V Bridge. 226 4531. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.
Scotland First Portrayed Until 30 Oct. A collection of views of Scotland from the l7th century by John Slezer. The exhibition will include Theatrum Scoriue the first ever systematic pictorial survey
; undertaken in the British lsles.
the landscape. Hugonin uses a scored grid é . system which he fills with small muted f coloured marks. These recent paintings ' are huge. pale. shimmering surfaces
which reverberate with spatial depth and shifting boundaries.
5 Nathalie du Pasquier: Viaggio Tranquillo
1988-1993 Until 30 Oct. Imagined animals and people are enclosed within weird and wonderful landscapes and
. interiors in this French artist’s oil
aintin s.
I HANOVER FINE ART 22A Dundas Street. 5 556 2181. Mon-Fri 10.30am—6pm; Sat
10am—4pm. Panoramas and Secret Places Until Sat
16 Oct. Scottish landscapes in watercolour and gouache by John Wailing. Also a 3 mixed exhibition featuring artists from the 1 Yunan Province, China.
I THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE 82 Nicolson 1 Street. 668 2232. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm.
Franco Ferrovecchlo: Works on Paper
Until 13 Nov. Lithography. engraving and etching which attempt to interpret history.
I JOHN KNOX HOUSE See entry for Netherbow Arts Centre. KJP GALLEY Napier University. Dept of
' Photography. Marchmont Crescent. 444
2266. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm.
i The F Stops Here Fn’ 8—30 Oct. The work
of fourteen contemporary women photographers.
I THE MATTHEW ARCHITECTURE GALLERY University of Edinburgh. Department of Architecture. 20 Chambers
Street. 650 2342. Mon—Fri 10am—4.30pm.
Architecture in the Encyclopedie Tue 12—29 Oct. A survey of the manner in
which architecture and architectural
subjects are portrayed in the 28 volumes of the French Encyclopedie which was
3 published between 1751 and 1772. The 43
plates ofclassical antiquities illustrate the
3 reasons why it was regarded as one of the '
; greatest intellectual achievements of
Western civilisation in its time.
I MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD 42 High
; Street. 225 2424. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. i All manner of archive material and old 1 toys relating to childhood through the
ages. I Children’s Cinema: The Golden Age Until I 20 Nov. An exhibition of toys. magazines. 1 projections and photographs from the 19305—505. There is also a mini-cinema I which will show a short film of people’s I recollections of the period. I I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The I Mound. 556 8921. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 2—5pm. The home of a fine collection of works, I from the Renaissance to Post-
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I NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. Mon-Sat 10am-4.30pm. [D]. Cafe. Also admits to the John Knox House. a picturesque lSth century building. reputedly the home of the notorious Scottish church reformer. Admission £1.20 (£1/50p).
Bouyage Sat 9 Oct—4 Nov. Photographs and poetry from Lewis by Ian Stephen.
I OPEN EYE GALLERY 75 Cumberland Street. 557 1020. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 10am—4pm.
liecent Work Until Wed 13 Oct. Paintings by Sandy Murphy and Alexander Cree and crafts by Bruce Frost. Duncan Hood and Trevor Forrester.
I PORTFIHJO GALLERY 43 Candlemaker Row. 220 1911. Tue—Sat noon—5.30pm. Susanna Pleratzlti: The Five Senses Until 6 Nov. By examining the elderly human body. this photographer evokes five stages of life; birth. sexuality. dependence. death
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132nd ANNUAL EXHHHTKDN
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