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galleries 0 museums - lectures 8. events
DUNDAS STREET GALLERY
6a Dundas Street, 558 9363. Mon—Sat 10am-6pm.
John Pawle Until Wed 25 Aug. (Portland Galley at Dundas Street Gallery). Paintings of the French and Italian rivieras and the west coast of Scotland by John Pawle. -
Shana Barr Fri 27 Aug-Sat 4 Sep. (Flying Colours Gallery at Dundas Street Gallery). New paintings by Shana Barr.
EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Daily 10am-5pm. Fringe Poster Competition Exhibition Until Sat 28 Aug. Over 250 illustrations selected from this year’s entries. The Nature Of Sweetness Until Sun 29 Aug. A group exhibition of work by six artists from Switzerland, Hansjorg Marti, Barbarella Maier, Alex Silber, Mathis Vass, Nives Widauer and M. Magdalena Z’Gra en. See review. New P otographs Until Sun 29 Aug. Swedish artist Bjorn Sterri looks at childhood memories through a series of enlarged Polaroid photographs. See review. Angus Hood Until Sun 29 Aug. New work by Angus Hood who culls his materials from magazines and works in ainting and photograph . See review.
e Thirteen Pillars Wisdom Until Sun 29 Aug. Photographic installation by Andy Moxon looking at the public’s reaction to celebrity deaths. Here Moxon creates lightboxes each containing transparencies of the thirteen pillars in the Pont D’Alma Tunnel in Paris, the scene of the death of Princess Diana. See review.
Dusted Until Sun 29 Aug. Santa Fe artist Peter Sarkisian creates a video installation using projections intertwined with three- dimensional surfaces. See review.
EDINBURGH GALLERY
183 Dundas Street, 557 5227. Mon-Fri 11am-5 m; Sat 10am-1pm.
Festiva Exhibition Until Tue 14 Sep. Paintings by artists Brendan Kelly, Josephine Graham, Joan Renton, Andrew Fitzpatrick and others.
EDINBURGH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY The Photographic Exhibition Centre, 68 Great King Street. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm; Sun 1-5pm.
International Photography Until Sun 5 Sep. £2 (£1.50). Over 200 prints by photographers across the globe in this the 137th annual exhibition.
EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS
23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue-Sat 10am—6pm.
Hisashi Momose - Prints Until Sat 11 Sep. An exhibition of prints by Japanese artist and printmaker Hisashi Momose. See also Royal Museum of Scotland. See review.
THE EDINBURGH SHAVER CENTRE 39 Queen Street, 0797 4579963. Mon-Sat 1 1am-6pm.
Mullet Until Tue 31 Aug. Paintings, drawing and sculpture by Edinburgh artists Claudia Massie, Ruaridh Mason and Mark McCue.
EDINBURGH WORLD HERITAGE TRUST (Formerl New Town Conservation Trust), 1 a Dundas Street, 557 5222. Mon-Fri 9am-1pm & 2—5pm.
Princes Street: Unexecuted Designs 1767-1999 Until Tue 31 Aug. Plans and designs for Edinburgh’s major thoroughfare, Princes Street which were never executed.
EDINBURGH ZOO
Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Daily 9am-5pm.
Urban Zoo Until Fri 3 Sep. Artist-in- residence Lesley Banks captures the modern zoo through paintings, photographs and audio works.
EDITH SIMON GALLERY
11 Grosvenor Crescent, 337 4640. Mon-Sat 10.30am—6.30pm.
Edith Simon Until Sun 29 Aug. Scalpel paintings, sculpture, drawings, installations, photographs and prints by Edith Simon.
EWAN MUNDY FINE ART
37 Thistle Street, 225 6350. Mon-Fri 11am—6pm; Sat 11am-3pm.
20th Century Scottish Art Until Sat 28 Aug. Glasgow’s Ewan Mundy Fine Art gallery present a festival exhibition of works by the Scottish colourists, Philipson, Gillies, Redpath and Bellany.
FAMOUS GROUSE HOUSE
5 Chambers Street, 220 5606. Daily 9.30am-3.30am.
Facade Until Sun 29 Aug. Architectural paintings by Michael Craik.
THE FOUR PLUS ONE GALLERY
2 Warrender Park Road, 667 5152. Mon-Sat 10am—6pm.
Scottish Craft Exhibition This new gallery set up by jewellers Nicky Catley and Kay Bruce, fashion designer Jane Mackie, textile designer Heather Lucchesi and toymaker Paul Neal, to showcase the work of up—and-coming craftmakers and designers in Scotland. Permanently on display is a range of crafts and applied arts by a selection of artists.
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HANOVER FINE ARTS
223 Dundas Street, 556 2181. Mon-Fri 10.30am—6pm; Sat 10am-5pm.
15th International Festival Exhibition Until Sat 4 Sep. Paintings by over 40 artists from Scotland, Belgium, Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
The Himalayas Revisited Until Sat 4 Sep. Oils and watercolours of the flora and landscapes of Nepal by Roger Banks.
FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon-Sat 11am—6pm; Sun noon-5pm.
Kiki Smrth Until Sat 11 Sep. Renowned for her sculptures of the human body including the controversial Hanging Woman papier-mache piece, the internationally acclaimed New York artist Kiki Smith shows a new body of work in
this her first major exhibition in Scotland.
Continuing to use unconventional materials, she turns her attention to the animal world creating a series of drawings entitled Cat Head and a neon light sculpture in the gallery space.
GALERIE MIRAGES
46a Raebum Place, 315 2603. Mon-Sat 10am—6pm; Sun 12.30-4.30pm. Jewellery Of The World Until Sat 18 Sep. Jewellery from Zimbabwe, India, Africa, Thailand and Denmark. Treasures From The Silk Route Until Sat 18 Sep. Textiles and artefacts from Central Asia and India.
GILDED BALLOON
233 Cowgate, 226 2151. Daily 10am—4pm.
Still Funny Until Mon 30 Aug. (Cafe Bar). Photographs of comedians including Eddie lzzard, Stephen Frost
HAWKINS AND HAWKINS
9 Atholl Crescent, 229 2828. Daily 10am—5 m.
Songs (it Volatility Until Tue 24 Aug. Monotype and word drawings by Patrick Jones.
HOLYROOD ART CLUB
The Candlish Hall, lst floor, St George’s West, Shandwick Place. Mon-Sat 10am-6.30pm.
Art Exhibition and Sale Of Paintings Until Sat 28 Aug. A selling exhibition of arts and crafts.
INGLEBY GALLERY
6 Carlton Terrace, 556 4441. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm.
Callum Innes and Patrick Heron Until Sat 11 Sep. The international artist Callum Innes who is based in Edinburgh shows new paintings in a rare showing of his work on home ground. Innes has been nominated for major art prizes including the Turner and Jerwood, and last year, he was the winner of the prestigious £26,000 Nat West Prize for Painting. Showing alongside Innes is a tribute to Patrick Heron who died earlier in the year. An important figure in the development of
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51A GEORGE STREET
51a George Street, 556 4441. Daily 10am—6 m.
Howanfllodgkin, Andy Goldsworthy. Ian Hamilton Finlay and Emily Young Until Mon 31 Aug. An outstation of The lngleby Gallery shows work by contemporary artists.
FIRTH GALLERY
35 William Street, 225 2196. Mon-Fri llam-5pm; Sat 11am-2pm.
Andrew Walker, Robert Innes and Alan Kilpatriclt Until Sat 4 Sep. Paintings inspired by the Scottish and French landscape.
FLY BAR
2 North St Andrews Street, 556 9016. Daily 11am-3am.
Susan Richards Until Sun 5 Sep. Stills from a short film entitled Little Elvis by Susan Richards.
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An exhibition of paintings. photographs and sounds by
Lesley Banks Artist-in-Residence 1999 Edinburgh Zoo
The Gallery Edinburgh 200
Open every day 23 July - 3 September 1999 9.00arn - 6.00pm
Admission free Telephone 0131314 031 i
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TALBOT RICE GALLERY
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL EXHIBITION
Recet paintings by ROBERT MAC LAURIN
7 AUGUST - 11 SEPTEMBER MONDAY - SATURDAY 10-5. SUNDAY 2-5
Although Rob Maclaurin was educated at Edinburgh College of Art and lives in Edinburgh, he is fascinated by the arid lands of Australia.
His journeys to that country. Tasmania and New Zealand have resulted in a series of large landscapes which are ‘lit by memory and enlarged by imagination'.
Please call 0131 650 2211 for further details and full EVENTS programme.
19-26 Aug 1999 THE usr as