ART LISTINGS
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68 The List 22 October—4 November 1993
de la Claclbre, attire French Institute. The house was inhabited by rarants and homeless people and the artist has captured its violent
and voracious environment try concentrating on e
discarded domestic objects.
The Mother Pool Until 9 Jan. After spending two months as artist-in- residence at Rottenrow Maternity HOSpital. a personal response to birth in hospital by Kate Downie.
I PROVAND'S LORDSHIP 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
dis lays range from 1500 to 1918.
I UEEN’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. [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 1960s schooldays.
STONES AND SAMPSON 183 Bath Street. 221 7222. Tue—Sat 1.30—5.30pm.
launch Exhibition Brand new gallery showing Scottish craft with work by Tim Stead. Will McLean and David Kaplan.
I STREET LEVEL 279-281 High Street. 552 2151. Tue-Sat Ham-5.30pm.
The ltait oi Carrots Sat 23 Oct—20 Nov. Large narrative work in colour by Jem Southam which concentrates on fragments of landscape.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE
AND ART 2 Castle Street. 553 2557.
Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Free.
1 Museum of world faith. Exhibits include a AworttbyItaxJourdanirotahershowJanue?
zen garden. priceless art works from the world’s six major religions. Dali's Christ of Saint John of the C mss and the story of
1 religion in Scotland in words and pictures.
Aboriginal Art Until 9 Jan. 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 Ham—midnight.
llp Against the Wall Sat 30 Oct-6 Nov. Large-scale cartoons by a selection of
artists including the American Howard
Cruse, Kate Charlesworth. David Shenton
, and Cath Jackson. Part of Glasgay.
I rrtAttsmsstott GALLERY 23 King
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compass gallery
Toward No Earthly Pole Paintings by Donald Mcleod of the ill-fated Franklin Arctic Expedition 1845
Exhibition ends 28th October
Mon - Sat 10am - 5.30pm
Tel: 041 221 6370 Fax: 041 248 1322 Subsidised by Glasgow District Council
Street, 552 4813. Tue—Sat llam—Spm. ltseli Until Sat 30 Oct. Curated by Max Fenton. this group show investigates the ambiguity of intellectual and emotional responses in a society where individulas have become isolated. and features the work of Nigel Prince. David Griffiths. Hermione Wiltshire and Fenton. I WASPS 3rd Floor. 22 King Street. 1-5pm. ' Pierre Turton: A Space to Meditate A multi-media site-specific installation exploring the artist’s memories of childhood.
EDINBURGH
I DRUNTON THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Mixed Exhibition Until 27 Nov. Work by Jill Calder, Linda Hardwicke and Maria Consuelo.
I THE CHESSEL GALLERY Moray House College, Canongate. 557 1140. Mon—Fri 9am-5pm.
Reaching Ollt Until Fri 29 Oct. A Stills Education exhibition that includes giant hanging colour photograms. polaroids. documentary and tactile photographs.
I CITY ART CENTRE Market Street. 225 2424. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm. Cafe.
The Engraver’s Eye Until 11 Dec. An exhibition of engraving by William Miller (1796—1882). an artist who was allegedly Tumer’s favourite engraver.
Dne tor the Pot Until 20 Nov. A history of tea-drinking including a display of silverware and a collection of ceramic tea
pots.
Alberto Monocco Until 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.
A New look at an Old Tiadition: The Oullter’s Culld at Great Britain Sat 23 Oct—4 Dec. A huge display of ’ contemporary quilts reveals the healthy state of this ancient craft.
I CIKIKDURN’S ART GALLERY The Wine Emporium. 7 Devon Place. Haymarket. 229 8391. Daily 10am—6pm.
Amelia White Until 14 Nov. New Scottish landscapes by a local artist in a brand new gallery space.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22—28 Cockburn Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat 1 1am-5pm. CD2 Thurs 2—27 Nov. Give a plastic CD cover to various designers. writers and musicians and this is what you get — hundreds of imaginative. bizarre and digestible small pieces of art and curiosities. . Artist tor a Week Short-term shows by thea brightest of local talent. You cart meet the I artist at the gallery on Saturday afternoons 3-5pm.
I EASTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL Main and Outpatients Corridor. Seafield Street.
Daily 9am—8pm.
Mixed Show Until 19 Nov. Work by five } recent postgraduates from the Edinburgh College of Art.
I EDINBURGH CENTRAL LIBRARY George IV Bridge. 225 5584. Mon—Fri 9am—9pm; Sat 9am—1pm.
Paintings oi Cyprus Until Fri 29 Oct. Watercolours. gouache and oil paintings by Richard Hoare.
I EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART Lauriston Place, 229 9311. Mon—Thurs 10am—8pm; Fri and Sat 10am—5pm.
The Itiver Until Sat 30 Oct. An enormous photograpahic installation by John Harper. made up of 6000 images which he terms a static film. Using the camera as a kind of artistic chisel. the installation is the product of an environmental project which explores the substance of the river. Exhibition oi First Year Work Until 5 Nov. (Andrew Grant Gallery).
I EDINBURGH GALLERY 18a Dundas Street. 557 5227. Mon-Fri Ham-5pm; Sat 10am-1pm.
Youthiul Expression Until 6 Nov. Group
show. I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union
Street, 557 2479. Tue-Sat 10am—60m. I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS Robert Maclaurin Sat 30 Oct—20 Nov. New etchings from the newly appointed artist-in-residence at Durham Cathedral. Two Chinese Printrnalters Until Sat 23 Oct. First showing in the West of He Kun and Wei Qicong’s award-winning colour woodcut prints. From Yunan Province. both exploit traditional techniques to create lyrical studies of the Chinese landscape.
I THE FRENCH INSTITUTE 33 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm.
33 llue de la Glaciere Until 25 Nov. A series of photographs by Max Jourdan of an abandoned house in Toulon. which piece together the remnants of the domestic. Also a number of letterpress broadsheets by Simon Redington reproduce a lost love letter found on the premises.
I FLYING COLOURS GALLERY 35 William Street. 225 6776. Tue—Fri 11am—6pm; Sat 10am—1pm.
Shona Barr Until Mon 27 Oct. New oils and watercolours of Scottish gardens and landscapes. I THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY Market Street. 225 2383. Tue-Sat llam—6pm; Sun noon—5pm. ‘ James Hugonin 1983-1993 Until Sat 30 Oct. Echoing the way that light travels across the landscape. Hugonin uses a scored grid system which he fills with small muted coloured marks. These recent paintings are huge. pale, shimmering surfaces that reverberate with spatial depth and shifting boundaries.
Nathalie du Pasquier: Viaggio Tranquillo 1988-1993 Until Sat 30 Oct. Imagined animals and people are enclosed within weird and wonderful landscapes and interiors in this French artist‘s oil paintings.
I GALLERY 41 41 Dundas Street. 557 4569. Mon—Sat 10.30am—5.30pm. Recent Work Painting. tapestry and weaving.
I HANOVER FINE ART 22A Dundas Street. 556 2181. Mon—Fri 10.30am—6pm; Sat 10am-4pm.
Syd Walker Sat 23 Oct—6 Nov. Paintings and pastels by this Montrose-based artist. I KINGFISHER GALLERY 5 Northumberland Street Lane. 557 5454. Tue—Sat Ham—4.30pm.
Jeanette lassen Until Tue 29 Oct. Decorative. whimsical painting.
I THE ITALIAN INSTITUTE 82 Nicolson Street. 668 2232. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm. Franco Ferrovecchio: 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 10am-5pm.
The F Stops Here Until Sat 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 Encyclopedle Until Fri 29 Oct. A survey of the manner in which architecture and architectural subjects are portrayed in the 28 volumes of the French Encyclopedic which was published between 1751 and 1772. The 43 plates ofclassical antiquities illustrate the 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. All manner of archive material and old toys relating to childhood through the
ages.
Children’s Cinema: The Golden Age Until 20 Nov. An exhibition of toys. magazines. projections and photographs from the 19305-50s. There is also a mini-cinema which will show a short film of people‘s