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listings
Exhibitions are listed by ci and category, then alphabetical by venue. Please send details to our 0 ice at least ten days before publication. Art listings compiled by Helen Monaghan.
GLASGOW GALLERIES
ART EXPOSURE GALLERY
1‘) Parnie Street. 552 777‘). Mon -Sat 0000“5pHL
The Christmas Show Until Mon 26 Jan. A selection of paintings. jewellery and ceramics by new and regular gallery artists. with prices starting at under £100.
Nooks And Crannies Fri 30 Jan—Mon 23 Feb. Paintings by various artists. including Brian Iivans and Ian McNicol. capturing the unusual places and buildings that cart be found in Glasgow.
BAR 10
10 Mitchell Street. 221 8353.
Exidore Diaries 97 Until Sat 3i Jan. Blown tip poster-sized diary doodles by the Iixidore artists.
BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART
Regent House. 1 l3 West Regent Street. 226 5413. Mon-Fri l0am—-5pm.
Glasgow Style Until mid Feb. An exhibition of work by Annie French. Jessie M. King. ILA. Taylor. (‘harles Rennie Mackintosh. Talwin Moms and contemporary artists Norman Edgar. Norman Kirkham and W.J. Maskell. BELVIDERE HOSPITAL
Art In Hospital. I360 London Road. 21 1 8534. Tue 8; Thu 10am—5pm (or by appointment ).
Dark Clouds Over Madrid With Fish Until Sat 28 Feb. An exhibition of work by patients of Blawaithill and Kniglitswood hospitals.
ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART
I34 Blythswotxl Street. 332 4027. Mon—Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat 10am~~ I pm. Contemporary Scottish Art Until Sat 3|
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PETER M. MACKENNA
31 jANUARY - 14 FEBRUARY 1998
Monday to Friday 11 am - 6 pm Saturday 10.30 am - 4 pm
THE TORRANCE
GALLERY
2913 DUNDAS STREET EDINBURGH EH3 GQQ
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84 THE LIST 23 Jan—S Feb 1998
Jan. A selection of work by various Scottish artists.
Winter Landscapes Sat 3i Jan—Tue 24 Feb. Landscape paintings by various artists including Duncan Shanks. John Huston and Jack Knox.
First Glass Sat 31 Jan—Tue 24 Feb. New designs in contemporary glassware. Valentines Sat 31 Jan—Tue 24 Feb. Jewellery and applied arts.
BULKHEAD
Strathclyde buses.
Personal Dilemmas Until Fri 30 Jan. A photographic exhibition by Alan Crossan. Anne Hardy and Iseult Timmermans. which can be seen on the bulkhead of Strathclyde‘s bus fleet.
CCA
346—354 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. Mon—Sat I lam—6pm; Sun noon-5pm. Cafe. [D].
Beck's New Contemporaries Until Sat 3i Jan. Annual touring exhibition of work by young artists. selected by international curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. Sarat Maharaj and Gillian Wearing.
COLLINS GALLERY
University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 552 4400 ext 2682. Mon -Fri 10am—5 in; Sat noon—4pm. [D].
Travels liliith A Wondrous Machine From Arcadia To Arkadia Until Sat 7 Feb. An installation of contemporary textile art by Paddy Killer.
COMPASS GALLERY
I78 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon-Sat l0am—5.30pm.
Christmas Exhibition Until Sat 3t Jan. Paintings. prints. sculpture. ceramics and jewellery by various artists. Contemporary Scottish Paintings, Prints And Sculpture Mon 2—niid Feb. Mixed media exhibition by various artists. 18 KING STREET
I8 King Street. 552 2540. Daily nooii-6piti. Elvis Lives! Until Sun 25 Jan. See Project Ability.
Rope Of Sand Sun I—Sat 14 Feb. Sand sculpture by Alan Cairns. Kate Robinson and Paul Marsden.
EWAN MUNDY FINE ART
221 West George Street. 248 9755. Mon-Fri I0am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—2pm. Mixed Exhibition Until Sat 3l Jan. ()ils. watercolours. etchings and drawings by Scottish artists.
FREE GALLERY
3| Chisholm Street. (entrance through Free Hairdressing). 552 7100. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Laura Bees and Tracey Skelton Fri 30 Jan—Tue 3 Feb. New work by Laura Rees who does unseemly things to toy animals and Tracey Skelton's new sound and video installation which explores rehearsals. GALLERY OF MODERN ART
Queen Street. 229 1996. Mon—Sat 10am~5pm (closed Tue); Sun I lam ~5pm. ()ne of Glasgow's newest galleries. with four thematic floors based on the elements: earth. air. fire and water. Featured artists include Howson. Hockney. Campbell. Bellany and Byme as well as interactive exhibits and a swish cafe decorated by .Adrian Wiszniewski.
Witness To Mortality Until Sun 22 Feb. Joseph Mc Kenzie's powerful photographs documenting Irelaan iii the late 60s. at the rekindling of The Troubles. as well as unseen images of Glasgow.
Eucrea - Computer Art Fri 30 Jan Sun I5 Mar. Computer-generated designs created by artists with a disability.
t. GARNER GALLERY
4 Parnie Street. 552 4585. Tue-Sat 10am—5pm; Sun noon-~4pm.
Mixed Bag Until Fri 30 Jan. An assorttnent of contemporary ceramics by over 50 artists. ranging from sculpture to functional pottery. __ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street. 221 3095. Mon—Sat 9.30am —5.30pm.
The Winter Collection 1997 Until Sat 3! Jan. A mixed-media show featuring the work of Cadell. Iiardley. French. Rossi. Grant and Vaughan.
British Paintings, Drawings And Sculpture Mon 2—mid Feb. Mixed media works by various artists from 1880 to the present day.
GLASGOW INDEPENDENT STUDIO 4th Floor. 64 Osbourne Street. 552 I472. Sat noon—5 m (or by appointment).
Our Love as Too Beautiful To Be Born Until Sat 3| Jan. Paintings by Sarah Tripp. See review.
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
22 King Street. 5520704. Mon Sat 10am—530pni.
Christmas Show Until Sat 24 Jan. A display ofcontetnporary art including a wide selection of prints. by established and emerging artists. plus sculpture. ceramics and jewellery.
Stocking Fillers Utitil Sat 24 Jail. ()riginal prints. jewellery. ceramics and handmade cards. all priced under L‘ I00.
Elizabeth Blackadder Sat 3t Jan Sat 23 Feb. A look at the work of Iilirabeth Blackadder. concentrating on the years 1984—1998 including screenprints.
etchin ‘s. woodcuts and watercolours. Love t tst Proof Sat 3t Jan~Sat 28 Feb. A mixed exhibition of printmaking in celebration of St Valentine‘s Dav. __ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART
The Mackintosh Gallery. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon-Thu I0am—8.30pm; Fri 10am-5pm; Sat 10am noon.
Neil Dallas Brown Until Fri 30 Jan. New shaped paintings and constructions. See review.
Sculpture Mon 2 Sat 7 Feb. Work from the Sculpture Department.
GOETHE INSTITUT
3 Park Circus. 332 2555. Mon Thu
10am 8pm; Fri l0am~3pmz Sat
10am lpiii.
German Prose Since 1945 Until Fri .10 Jail. A documentary exhibition looking at what remains of the abundant post-war literature by German writers.
HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY
University of Glasgow. University Avenue. 330 5430. Mon—Sat 9.30aiii-5pm. Mexican Prints Until Sat 14 Mar. Prints frotn the collection of Reba and Dave Williams.
Tools For The Shaman ()ii permanent display in the refurbished Sculpture Courtyard. Jake Ilarvey shows monumental “(irks EDS—dilflflbil 29:11.1!- . KELVINGROVE GALLERY 8: MUSEUM
287 2699. Mon Sat 10am 5pm; Sun
I Iain 5pm. Cafe. [D]. \"tlllllllill'y gtiides are available free of charge to conduct parties or individuals round the main galleries. Ask at the cut uiry desk.
The British Gas World Wildlife Photography Exhibition Until Sat 3i .lan. The winning entries of the Wildlife
Photo 'rapher of the Year Competition.
The ap Shawl For Glasgow Until Sun 15 Feb. A community textile project organised by Project Ability which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the independence of India and Pakistan.
Open Sesame Until Sun 12 Apr. .A large display of ethnographic and artistic objects from the world of Islam which have never been on show before. Part of a city-wide series of exhibitions and entertainment celebrating the art and culture of the Muslim worltL
LILLIE ART GALLERY
Station Road. Milngavie. 943 3247. Tue—Fri |0am~~lpm. 2~5pmz Sat Sun 2—-5pm.
Mary And William Armour Until Sat 7 Mar. An insight into the life and work of the Annours with a wide range of work on display. including oils. vvatercolours and wood engravings. U _ _ _ THE LLOYD JEROME GALLERY 200 Bath Street. 33l 0722. Tue Sat 9am—6pm; Thu I lam—8pm.
Five Tiger Soup Until Thu 5 Feb. Paintings and prints inspired by a year spent iti Hong Kong. by New York artist S_cott Rilev._ MCLELLAN GALLERIES
270 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1854. l)illl_\ 10am—6pm. £3.95 (£3.20): fainin ticket £13.
The World Of 007: The Official James Bond Exhibition Sat 24 Jan Sun I‘) Apr. Cinema‘s most famous secret agent. James Bond. is the subject of this exciting exhibition from the creators of the recent Star Trek show. Gadgets galore. props. costumes. film action and memorabilia. plus the Aston Martin DB5 featured in the
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Dictionary Of A Building Reconstruction of one of US public artist, Siab Armajani‘s garden schemes. You can also take in his cute cupboard and glue models of tables and chairs. See review. Edinburgh: Matthew Architecture Gallery until 6 Feb. Beck's New Contemporaries Bronze Y- frOntS and deep-frozen electrical sockets, feature in this long-standing annual show. A kind of creme de la Creme of young talent, eighteen artists fresh out of college were selected from over 1200 submissions. Glasgow: CCA until 31 Jan.
In Visible Light A show that looks at the way photography is used to manipulate ideologies. Happy snappers include Victorian self-styled scientists and contemporary stars Gillian Wearing, Cindy Sherman and lo Spence. Edinburgh; lnver/eith House until 15 Feb. Correspondences Cultural exchange gets hip with a show of highly exciting, mixed- media work by a band of young Berlin artists and their Scottish counterparts.
E dinburgh: National Gallery of Modern Art until 2 Feb.
Discovering The Italian Baroque Saints, Virgins and pastoral scences by the big boys of the Baroque — Guido Reni, Guercino and Carracci ~- from the collection of Sir Denis Mahon. Edinburgh: National Gallery until Sun 15 Feb.
Natural Science The insatiably curious Cordelia Parker who unravels teaspoons to the length of Niagara Falls and gets British Customs to hand-over incinerated caches of cocaine, shows work alongside artists Gerhard Lang and Alan Thomson. See preview. Edinburgh: 28 Jan—27 Mar.
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Mon —-Fri 8am-6pm.
Ego Until Sat 3| Jan. Photographic portraits by David litistace including LIWLIII McGregor. Willem Dafoe. John Hurt. Alan Rickman. Radiohead. George Mac Kay Iiipwn. Will Self and may more. PROJECT ABILITY
Centre For Developmental Arts. I8 Albion
i Street. 552 2822. Mon—Fri |0ain-5pm. , Elvis Lives! Until Fri 27 Feb. A visual
celebration of the king of rock 'n' roll.
Iilvis Presley. through the eyes of adults
with learning disabilities from all over the world. The exhibition has been organised by Project Ability and takes place in venues across the city and on the Internet. Participating galleries are: Trongate Studios. Glasgow Film & Video Workshop. 18 King Street Gallery. Java Internet Cafe atitl Glasgow Film Theatre.
SHARMANKA KINETIC GALLERY
2nd Floor. 14 King Street. 552 7080. Sat & Stiii noon—4pm.
A pertnanent collection of kinetic sculptures by quard Bersudsky.