Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Art and Exhibition listings compiled by Beatrice Colin.
I ART EXPOSURE GALLERY 38 Bath Street. 331 2617. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6pm. Christmas Show Until 30 Jan. Huge range of work from gallery artists and new exhibitors. See also Christmas Art.
I ART EXPOSURE IN CENTRAL STATION Unit 6. The Caledonia Centre. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6pm.
Painting by Regular Gallery Artists Bryan Evans. Joe Urie and others.
I ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, KELVINGROVE 357 3929. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun 1 1am—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Voluntary guides are available free of charge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the enquiry desk.
Modern Art From the Collection New permanent display. David Hockney. Bridget Riley. Alan Davie. Jasper Johns. Bruce McLean and lfduardo Paolozzi are featured in an exhibition of Pop Art and work inspired by the heady 60s.
I BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 226 5413. Mon-Fri 10am—5pm; Sun 10am—1pm.
The Jessie M. King Archive provides information on all aspects of the popular Scottish artist. Plus l9th/20th century work from stock.
I ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART 134 Blythswood Street. 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm.
Barry Atherton Until 21 Dec. Recent paintings plus new jewellery and metalwork by the Glasgow Fine Metals Group and recent ceramics by Lucy Jessamy Dunce.
I BUILDING 3 Atlantic Quay. Broomielaw. 556 6569. Mon—Sat 1 1atn--6pm.
Fuse Until 18 Dec. Forty pieces of art from local artists involved in the Fuse Project. an extremely successful subsidised studio initiative.
I BURRELL COLLECTION Pollokshaws Road. 649 7151. Mon-Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Cafe. [1)].
The collection of Edwardian tycoon William Burrell. including furniture. paintings. ceramics and glass. housed in an elegant purpose-built gallery. Recorded descriptions and thermoforms available for the benefit of visually impaired visitors.
from Brazil. an expansive collection of bronze sculptures by Dégas. depicting women. dancers and horses.
I CCA 346-354 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm. Cafe. [D]. Bloodlines - Vito Allo Specchio Sat 4 Dec-15 Jan. ()wen Logan‘s three-year photographic project about Italian migration. The exhibition consists of two sequences. one taken in italy and one in Britain. which record the cultural difficulties of an emigre community. in Gallery 2. a colour film taken in the 1930s of the Italian community in Scotland will complement the main show. See also Christmas Art.
I COLLINS GALLERY University of
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Degas in Bronze Fri 3 Dec—13 Mar. Direct
l 3 DOUBLE DUTCH
3 Holland, land of market gardens, 3 liberal attitudes to drugs and a highly developed Video Art scene has now l found itself a brief cultural outpost in Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery. llere, i the video installations of Jaap de . .longe, Justin Bennett and Frits Maats E are on display. Whether these three salient features t of the Netherlands are related may just be a journalistic excuse to impose an unusual opening sentence, but suffice to say that de Jonge’s work 3 Horizon ‘consists of a ‘train’, running l back and forth along the wall at eye 3 level. The train is an lCD monitor j which functions as a window, through j which can be seen a digitalised panorama derived from shots made of Mars from an unmanned spacecraft.’ To the layman its just this sort of description that makes Video Art synonymous with Installed Wierdness. This isn’t surprising given that the medium had it’s birth pangs back in the 60’s, when Korean artist llan June I Paik first set the tape rolling with the ; first Sony video recorder. llardly surprising either that Video Art has constantly been evolving on a radical, ‘ experimental edge. This ancestry is of a markedly é different tradition to that of
mainstream animation and cinema and this exhibition runs alongside the
Edinburgh Fringe Film and Video Festival. The Festival’s remit is to attempt to broaden the scope of the programme of five days of film and video by showing work which doesn’t
. necessarily gain screenings in the
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conventional context of cinema or TV.
‘Gur aim is to promote a whole range of artistic practices that artists aren’t seeing in Scotland,’ claims the messianic Chris Byrne, festival co- ordinator.
Video Art currently sits in an uncomfortable position between the visual arts and the film and video scene. But the contradictions inherent
f in using a time-based medium - it only :’ exists if you play it - to create a piece . of art which can only be given value if
it’s made into an object and then sold to a gallery are also very seductive. Byrne claims it is these challenges
Q which have drawn many of the more
interesting conceptual artists to the
Interesting or just inscrutable? Or is that just yet another contradiction? Mmm. (Stephen Chester)
Video Art From the Netherlands is at the Collective Gallery until 18 Dec.
; Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 552
f 4400 ext 2682. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat
.' noon—4pm. [D].
2 Assam: The Language of Tea Until 23
1 Dec. Photography by Colin Cavers of the
i Assam area of North East lndia which he
; contrasts with archival material from well
1 known tea companies and photographs of
! his family who once lived on a tea
§ plantation in lndia.
3 Crafts for Christmas Until 23 Dec. See
[ also Christmas Art.
‘ I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm. Christmas Exhibition Until 30 Jan. See
I also Christmas Art.
I CONVERSE GALLERY 3 Royal Exchange Square. 85 Queen Street. 221 3677. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Somalia Enslaved Until Fri 10 Dec. Admission £1. Photographs and video footage of the work of UN humanitarism in war-tom Africa.
I CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5.30pm.
The Winter Collection Until 30 Jan. See Christmas Art.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUOIO 22 King Street. 552 0704. Mon—Sat 10am-5.30pm. Members Christmas Show Until 30 Jan. See Christmas Art.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon—Fri lOam—Spm; Sat lOam—noon.
Terry Farrell Until 17 Dec. An exhibition of urban design.
I WILLIAM IIAROIE GALLERY 141 West Regent Street. 221 6780. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am— 1 pm.
John Gardiner Crawford Until 23 Dec. Atmospheric acrylics and watercolours of the Angus coast.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow. 82 Hillhead Street. 339 8855 ext 5431. Mon—Fri 9.3()am—-5pm; Sat 9.30am-5pm.
C.F.A. Voysey: Decorative Designs Until 22 Jan. An exhibition of work by one of the most successful and versatile Arts and Crafts architects and designers of the period. This is a selection of over 50 designs from 1880 and 1930.
I RUNTERIAN MUSEUM Glasgow University. University Avenue. 339 8855. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
The bequest of William Hunter. a student ofGlasgow University in the 1730s. who left his substantial collection of books. prints and various other curiosities to the university.
I INTERMEOIA 65 Virginia Street. 552 8651. Tue—Sat noon—6pm.
Yield Sat 4—24 Dec. Recent work by eight young. emerging artists including Lesley Burr and Joe Davie. See also Christmas Art. BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 226 5413. Mon—Fri lOam—Spm; Sun 10am—1pm.
Lucy Jessamy Dunce Until 21 Dec. An exhibition of ceramics elaborately decorated with architectural motifs. floral images. insects and houses.
The Four Annes Until Sat 4 Dec. A joint exhibition of recent paintings by four female artists.
I LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie. 943 3247. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat—Sun 2—5pm.
Skye Connections Sat 4—23 Dec.
7 Landscapes in oil and goache by Pain
Carter.
I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 357 3929. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun llam—-5pm. Devoted to the history of transport. a museum crammed with buses. trams. fire-engines. ships and other transportation.
I EWAN MUNOY FINE ART 48 West George Street. 331 2406. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
Gary Anderson Until Sat 4 Dec. New paintings.
I PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM Glasgow Green. 554 0223. Mon-Sat lOam—Spm; 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 suffragettes‘ campaigning material. From Here to Maternity Until 9 Jan. An exploration and celebration of the experience ofchildbirth. Pregnancy and childcare are looked at from historical and contemporary perspectives with photography. objects and transcripts of oral history.
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.
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