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FGVIEW Glasgow: Glasgow Print Studio until ' Sat 24 May * * * * ts Utopia one of the greatest sedat‘ert‘ of all tzme7 Or more an age-old ' flirtation with the nrwer-never7 Consumrnated or not, it's been going ' ‘3!- strong for t‘entiiries Thomas More established the term back in i516 V with his book of that title But how is ' \ it faring in the final throes of the 20th : eentury7 3 In the work of seven art'sts in at
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Beata vesze y class is not an issue ' row: Wit ‘. a redundant army barracks Glasgow: Transmission Gallery, until Determined that gallery-noers should and Etltjlte"\‘.’t‘iltf concentration camp Thurs 8 May. have the (fiance to app-re: rate horses in i.‘1.t"(}l‘.‘.".'l"ll(‘, Keith T oyentry As dreams 90, the one Beata Vesze'y the flesh and meet the rnairi player in noirrriantly teases Russian had a few years back about a horse her exhibition a 'elark horse called supr'eriiat‘;srii tn Clrrtks‘ant/Esfafr» and \‘Vlih a pillow h-ilan-:e:'l on its batk was, (Beerore -- Vesxeiy is holdin’i a tea party ‘.'latar;ft'i', Estate, re< tanrtles o‘ (Hour sne aorees, weird '2 still plays on her at Badshallorl‘. Farm near Alexandria, hover river a white hat kilr'on The
mind, to the point ‘.\'lt£fl(? she's named Just ‘.'.'est of Glasgow She flaws to serve t'tles are take". from t.(\".(ft,‘:". her solo show at Transmission Horses up apples and (arrots to her ermine ' lieustnt; estates
‘/‘-./I.'frout Pr/leis' \fesxely sees rt as a sort frrend and cups tea to the hurriaris lo a i:et’o"e-anti-after r‘heto- Solo vision: Kenneth Hunter’s self-portrait of tlav'roht rest)()r‘se to her norturnal 'I've always be7n tlose to horses] slte fiYTlYiiitI-f? at what links like a (le Strrl- dreamlar‘iil explains 'I feel it's iriiiio'tarit to get inspzretf '. '
“lane hail, i".'iark i'lrrskrnr; sho'cis neat roux/s ihii'rs, then the ‘,r:li‘.°_' Admittedly, the Hungarian-born people to the stable to Rt)? tl‘e horses stene 'iisl‘t“\.’th!t‘(f by t’liaes tables and (hairs upturn-“<1, naeers In
\"esxely who now l:ves in Glasgow They would be very stresse-tl if they Nathan Col-92's installatrtm, an writ-red shot is taken at tlesrrre' .zrtr‘w:
has always been fond of horses. She came along to the oa'lery' l"- ii seouer‘te 9f s'rtfes, (I‘ley sl‘.-:r.‘.s nutrieroiis ‘Pirietrn an?» l 'i : ‘he
even had a ii‘areer dilemma when faCCd lvleams'hrle hat k at i'rarisrriission, ‘rnr‘nrrn, writinate‘l shetfs ‘,<:rti-i:tv:ri<>s seen «in ailotrzierits, they ,i " ;‘ erf a Wlilt theoptron of liet'omrng an artist Or Vesxely is r‘layinii wrleos of Ety a rune-int; tigirnrrzentaw ->f smooth stiles talk Litternri with ;::": aw-r like 3 onion lull-ti'ne horsey Georgie, Stlz'i?tt(‘(i |~fe-_sr.'e .-\ kirv: of ’rnvrtern .inneal' i'itl 'e'ieoant unner tir‘ofile', the wer -_~._."ol<-« is. :“ ‘he
But in Britain \“esxely has found being (lay in the !:fe of the horse, the Videos :rrianes but also ttt‘sttiUOUSiV heo'ns to persuade A hurrioretis tiara-tr :31“ ‘hOrsey' (ornes loaded wrth soCral were filmed over eight hours and Kll()‘.\ rt (ils-fi snort-ash the 'riask'r‘nfi and rnarketirio of (9(‘\liillt’">(ilt‘iif‘il ire-h “h
’onnotatrens Far from being an Georgie eating and nerohino his azav rrrasti'ueratlrr‘: as ileszrtner t3:(;(‘~"7‘r homes But are yester-:l.i'."~ :“ Y aspirino nernher of the headscarf antl throuoh the day It ones a t‘t".'. taxis: to UIi‘LKK l'ttle rr‘t‘re than a.“ rnht hrtezl rim-irian'sland tartan" ‘fitlstifil‘. a 3:2" \1 Horse and Hot/rig! b.’le(i(‘, \"eszely finds the riiea o‘ horse era“; i<iisariria __.__
it amusing} but distrnttly uninteresting Beaumont; An us Hood that eti'iirie pursuits are index-linked to I For details of transport .‘3 the tea party 9
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VISION, New British Paint/rig In The \‘Jeaknesses, uerks t'au::t‘t 'n a unsua‘ "‘-.‘:s':;':‘-iit-ir\. '. Still lifeipicaSSO'S Guitar. 685 191 and
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have Suffered a bit of an inferiority crisis Vision illustrates "l." \. ‘00," :‘f “\ riff f":"e ii'e “has, '..st:_it:<:r‘.s anti a h'i 1:: ‘ >1 but now it's new and improved tonterrioorary rt" his thank-9:" “an-a ‘4»); "t '7‘? s 'ev'ra'kizh'e it“ a", ts is“ ' i . .
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as THE LIST 2-l5 May l997