LISTINGS
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 Kathleen Morgai.
I ART EXPOSURE GALLERY 38 Bath Street. 331 2617. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6pm. Edinburgh Artists Until 25 Aug. Overcoming the east-west divide. this show features the work of Edinburgh- based artists including Cockburn. Standen. Gillies and Edinburgh Printmakers.
I ART GALLERY & MUSEUM, KELVINGROVE 357 3929. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun llam—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Voluntary guides are available free of charge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the enquiry desk.
The Prince of Wales Watercolours Until 4 Sept. £1.50 (children under eleven free). An exhibition of 50 paintings — many not seen by the public before — in aid of the Prince’s Charities Trust.
The Woodcarver’s Craft Until 25 Sept. Exploring the changing art of woodcarving over three centuries. this exhibition features everything from puppets to pulpits.
Modern Art from the Collection New permanent display. David Hockney. Bridget Riley. Alan Davie. Jasper Johns. Bruce McLean and Eduardo Paolozzi are featured in an exhibition of pop art and work inspired by the heady 60s.
I ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART 134 Blythswood Street. 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat lOam—lpm.
Small Pictures Until 26 Aug. Watercolours. oils. collage. etchings and pastels by contemporary artists. mainly from Scotland. but many from further afield.
Trevor Forrester Until 26 Aug. New work in pewter and brass by the artist whose brooches and ear-rings have stories to tell. Also on show throughout the summer are Malcolm Appleby. Sarah liitzalan- Howard. Nicola Becci and more.
I BURNSIOE GALLERY 190 Dukes Road. 613 3663. Daily 10am—5pm (closed Tue and Sun).
[in Pamon Until 3 Sept. Scottish landscapes. still life and scenes from -Greece.
I RURRELL COLLECTION Pollokshaws Road. 649 7151. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am-5pm. Cafe. [D].
Edwardian tycoon William Burreli‘s collection of furniture including paintings, ceramics and glass is housed in an elegant. purpose-built gallery. Recorded descriptions and thermoforms available for the benefit of visually impaired visitors.
flew Perspectives: The ltallan Renaissance Until 25 Sept. A fresh look at ltaly‘s 15th century cultural explosion featuring paintings, glassware. ceramics. armour. illustrated books. textiles and musical instruments.
I CCA 346—354 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm. Cafe. [D]. John llinde: lllndeslght Until 27 Aug. A pioneer of early colour photograhy. John Hinde built a picture postcard empire
from his base in Ireland. This provocative exhibition of his work includes memorable images of rural Irish idylls and 1950s Butlin's holiday camps.
I COLLINS GALLERY University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 552 4400 ext 2682. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—4pm. [D].
llita llensen: Photographic Installations Sat 20 Aug—l7 Sept. The Munich-based artist is in residence at the gallery throughout August. preparing photographic installations for her solo exhibition. incorporating sculpture. collage and drawing.
I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm. flew Generation Until 31 Aug. Pick of the Glasgow. Edinburgh. Dundee and Aberdeen art school degree shows.
I CRANIIILL ARTS GALLERY 18 King Street. 552 2540. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm (closed Wed); Sun l—5pm.
Glaswegian Ceramics Until 31 Aug. Celebrating the role of tiles as a backdrop to Glagsow life. the gallery has created a large wally close. it complements a range of works. from screen-printed picture tiles to terracotta sculptures. many by community-based arts organisations.
I CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5.30pm.
Mixed Work From Stock Until 31 Aug. A selection from the 19th and 20th centuries.
I ORUMCIIAPEL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS COUNIL Mervat House. 31 Hecla Square. Drumchapel, 944 9022. ' Mon-Fri 9am—5pm.
Stephen Beddoe Until 31 Aug. Photographs of two years‘ commissioned works — from ironwork to roof tile works — by the Drumchapel public artist in residence.
I CAFE COSMO Glasgow Film Theatre. 12 Rose Street. 332 8128. Mon—Sat 2—11pm; Sun 5—11pm.
Laini Crismas: Mixed Media Works Until 31 Aug. A cross-media exhibition from the world-travelled artist and dancer. presented by the Glasgow inter-arts group Open Circle. Chrismas' work. which uses different textures and dreamy colours. is complemented by the poetry of Polish- bom Basia Palka.
I FRINGE GALLERY Castlemilk Shopping Centre. Castlemilk Drive. 634 2603. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
Our Place Until Tue 23 Aug. Putting the community back into art. this exhibition of slides and large-scale paintings by Castlemilk young people and play leaders reflects their local environment.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO 22 King Street. 552 0704. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Terra Incognito Until 27 Aug. Addressing traditional approaches to printmaking using glass. wood and metal are Jonathan Cassels. Paul Cassidy. Norman Mathieson and Janie Nicoll. Includes a series of demonstrations and talks.
I GLASGOW SCIIOm OF ART 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm.
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Federico Pellti Until 31 Aug. Photographs by Peliti. documenting life in india during the reign of Queen Victoria. Post-Degree Shows Until 2 Sept. The pick
of the desi n and craft de ree exhibition. I RUNTE ART GALLE Y University of
Dada wears the pants
Forecast is an exhibition oi new work by Ziie Walker, Deirdre McCloskey and Mairead McCloskey - three young female artists working in Glasgow. Upon entering, the first thing that strikes you are Mairead’s giant photographic portraits of skin: Strain, Lattice and Seam. Images of the imprints that clasps, buckles and tight elastic can leave behind, they show the literal constraints or bindings imposed on the female form by women’s clothing. Engaging though the prints are, they become less a statement about costume than extolling the pleasures of nudity - you can’t help think: ‘Thank God they’ve taken those tight pants off.’ The exhibition’s most arresting piece is Ziie Walker’s Dream Bride Floatation Dress, a huge, inflated, plastic wedding gown suspended from the ceiling with its absurdly packaged, vacuum-packed prior self nearby. The cover shows a woman wearing the dress - for rubber doll connoisseurs, this is one you would take home to meet your parents. The piece succeeds in showing how weddings have become a laughable, kitsch and throwaway convention in Western
society. Further afield lies Deirdre McCloskey’s work, which illustrates
vanity gone astray or obscured and includes a series of minors smeared with pink goo (unfortunately defaced by someone who wrote Mick and Cops) and a comb clogged full of old hair called Comb (ills) 191 6. llearby is a piece of tissue paper on a glass plinth, entitled Cast of Sex. Art for art’s sake? ‘Yes very much so,’ replies artist Deirdre McCloskey. ‘The piece is in answer to Duchamp’s cast of the insides of the female genitals. This is the outside.’
This is where the exhibition as a whole falls down. Where Dada was based on challenging artistic conventions, this is based on knowing artistic conventions, and you wonder: ‘Who are you telling this to?’
Certainly not the Glasgow workman who was squinting through the doorway, asking why there was a photograph of a giant tummy next to a floor of whining geraniums. He didn’t come in. (flick Dewar)
Forecast is at 99 Hutcheson Street, Glasgow until 31 August.
Glasgow. 82 Hillhead Street. 339 8855 ext 5431. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 9.30am-5pm.
C.ll. Mackintosh The Chelsea Years: 1915-1923 Until 27 Aug. A look at Mackintosh’s later work carried out in London. including a series of mostly unrealised architectural projects. textile and graphic design work. showing the direction his ideas were taking.
I NUNTERIAN 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 a substantial collection of books. prints and other curiosities to the university.
I LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie. 943 3247. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat—Sun 2—5pm.
Flora Wood Sat 20 Aug—17 Sept. A retrospective exhibition of paintings and sculpture.
I MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1854. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. [D]. £1.50 (50p). Shannanka Russian Street Drgan Theatre Until 25 Sept. Sat/Sun 1pm and 2.30pm. £3 (£1.50); £2 (£1) for groups of five or more. Extended due to public demand. Eduard Bersudsky's miniature puppets feature in this multi~media show for children of all ages. Russia's turbulent history from Stalin to Perestroika is plotted with wit and imagination.
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