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listings

Exhibitions are listed alphabetically b ci and category, then

alpha etically b 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

19 Pamie Street, 552 7779. Mon-Sat Ham—6pm. Open 1—5pm on Sun 19 Dec. The Christmas Show Until Mon 31 Jan. Paintings, ceramics and sculpture with prices ranging from £3 to £300.

BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART

Regent House, 113 West Regent Street, 226 5413. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm. Christmas Exhibition Until Fri 31 Dec. Annual festive exhibition with a selection of paintings.

Glasgow Style Tue 4—Mon 31 Jan. An exhibition of work by Annie French, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Talwin Morris and contemporary artists Norman Edgar, Norman Kirkman and W.J. Maskell.

ROGER BILLCLIFFE FINE ART

134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm exc Thu until 7pm; Sat 10am—4pm.

Rupert Spira Until Thu 30 Dec. Recent works by one of Britain’s leading ceramicists Rupert Spira.

Goudie - Ceramique Until Thu 30 Dec. Ceramics and associated paintings and drawings b Alexander Goudie. Objects O Desire - Designs For Christmas Until Thu 30 Dec. Jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, automata and silverware by over 50 leading designers.

THE BLYTHSWOOD GALLERY

Suite 101/4, First Floor, Baltic Chambers, 50 Wellington Street, 248 1991. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm: Sat 10am—1pm.

Christmas Exhibition Until Wed 22 Dec. Scottish paintings by 19th century, 20th century and contemporary artists.

BUFFALO GALLERY

120 Carstairs Street. 550 0888. Tue—Sat llam—6pm.

The Alcohol 0f Influence Thu 16—Thu 23 Dec & Tue ll—Sat 29 Jan. Paintings

by Garry Richard Gilchrist.

BULKHEAD

24-Hour Viewing Window, 264 High Street, 572 0161.

Who The == Do You Think You Are! Fri 17 Dec—Sat 8 Apr. A series of exhibitions featuring the work of four selected artists.

CAFE CHERUBINI

360 Great Western Road, 334 8894. Mon-Wed 8am—7pm; Thu—Sun

8am—1 m.

Merry, erry Exhibition Until Fri 24 Dec. Paintings by local artists.

CAFE COSSACHOK GALLERY

10 King Street, 553 0733. Mon—Sat 10.30am—11pm; Sun 1—11pm.

Shadows Into Light Until Sun 19 Dec. Photographs by Mona Rai.

Ukraine Vertep Mon 20 Dec—Sun 23 Jan. Glaswegian children and young artists create Vertep’s stages and puppets in the traditional Ukraine Christmas crib.

CCA AT MCLELLAN GALLERIES

270 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7521. MonxSat lOam—Spm; Sun 11am-5pm. Neal Beggs Glasgowbased artist Neal Beggs creates a new installation for the entrance corridor space at the venue, consisting of two large blocks of text on the corridor walls. One wall lists the 284 Scottish Munros (mountains over 3000ft) and on the opposite wall, is a list of the 304 multi-storey tower blocks built in Glasgow between the 19505 and the 1970s

Anti-Prophet Until Sat 29 Jan. Screening on Tue, Wed & Sun, 2pm & 4pm; Thu—Sat, 2pm, 4pm & 6pm. This documentary film, Anti-Prophet by Sarah Tripp, is the result of a series of interviews she made with five people

about their beliefs and their lives,

whereby each interviewee names the next person to be interviewed. See review.

COLLINS GALLERY

University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, 552 4400 ext 2682. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—4pm.

The Plate Show Until Thu 23 Dec. A major international exhibition of artworks on ceramic plates by contemporary artists, ceramicists and craftspeople.

COMPASS GALLERY

178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. MonxSat 10am—5.30pm.

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DECOURCEYS

Cresswell Lane, 342 5822. Tue, Thu & Fri 11am—5pm; Sat 10am—5.30pm; Sun noon—S m.

Scottis Art Schools Emerging Artists Partnership promote the work of students and graduates from the Scottish art schools, with all works for sale ranging in price from £70—£200.

EWAN MUNDY FINE ART

221 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon—Fri 10am—5.30pm; Sat 10am—2pm. Christmas Exhibition Until Thu 23 Dec. New acquisitions featuring paintings by JD. Fergusson, Bellany, Philipson, Crosbie and Cameron.

Scottish Paintings Wed S—Mon 31 Jan. An exhibition of Scottish paintings from 1880 plus contemporary works.

CYRIL GERBER FINE ART

148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Monéat 9.30am—5.30pm.

The Winter Collection Until Mon 31 Jan. A special collection of paintings featuring the work of Eardley, Fergusson, Hunter, Knox, Byrne, Banks and WC. Gillies.

GLASGOW FILM THEATRE

Cafe Cosmo, 12 Rose Street, 332 8128. From Necropolis To Metropolis Until Fri 31 Dec. Glasgow-based artist/photographer Patricia Gibson documents the last resting places of the influential and famous in Parisian cemeteries in an exhibition of photography, complimented by views of Manhattan and New York.

The Wha? Wed 5-Mon 31 Jan. Glasgow School ofArt graduate Michael Jones examines the ‘underground’ club culture of Glasgow in this exhibition of new work.

FLY GALLERY

322 Duke Street, 554 1125. Mon—Fri noon—6pm; Sat lOam—4pm; Sun noon—4pm.

Misty In Roots Until Thu 23 Dec. Created by Alan Michael and Alex Frost. New work by Duncan Campbell, Lorin Davies, Howard Fried, Lucy McKenzie and Ewan Emrie. See review.

FRINGE GALLERY

18 Castlemilk Arcade, 634 2603. Mon—Sat lOam-Spm.

Dubuffet - Les Murs Until Sun 9 Jan. This Hayward Gallery National Touring Exhibition shows fifteen lithographs from French artist Dubuffet‘s ‘Les Murs', created in 1945, which document the surfaces and textures of decaying walls. The fifteen plates are among his most important graphic works. See review.

GALLERY OF MODERN ART

Queen Street, 229 1996. Mon-Thu & Sat lOam-Spm; Fri & Sun llam—Spm. Prose And Cons Until Sun 30 Jan. New work by Nicola Hicks in her first solo exhibition in Scotland. Sculpting in plaster and straw, Hicks creates a menacing world inhabited by half- human, half-animal creatures, inspiring the writer Will Self to pen the short story, ‘The Straw That Broke The Camel's Back.’

Entwined - Contemporary Miniatures Until Mon 24 Apr. Twin sisters Amrit and Rabindra Kaur Singh explore family life, religion and politics through richly coloured and patterned Indian paintings fused with Western influences.

GATEHOUSE GALLERY

Rouken Glen Road. 620 0235. Wed—Sun 1.30—5.30pm.

Christmas Exhibition Until Thu 23 Dec. Paintings, sculpture and jewellery by a selection of artists.

GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO

25 King Street, 552 0704. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.

Elspeth Lamb Delta Until Fri 24 Dec. Following the success of Touc/tstones, her exhibition of 1990, Elspeth Lamb transforms the gallery space with an installation of traditional and digital prints, which explore time, space and imagination.

Christmas Show Until Fri 24 Dec. Glasgow Print Studio artists present small prints for Christmas in mixed media at varying rices.

Christmas Won erland Until Fri 24 Dec. A selling exhibition of contemporary prints, jewellery, ceramics, glassware, textiles and handmade cards, all priced under £100.

THE GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM (Formerly Glasgow Independent Studio), Top Floor, 64 Osbourne Street, 552 1472. Happy Birthday Jesus Sat l8—Fri 31 Dec. Mixed media work by members of the studio.

THE GLASGOW ROOM

Ground Floor, Princes Square, Buchanan Street, 221 8162. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm; Sun 11am-5pm.

New Artists A varied selection of work by up-and-coming artists featuring sculpture, textile design, paintings and jewellery.

GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mackintosh & Newbery Gallery open Mon—Thu 9.30am—6pm; Fri 9.30am—5pm; Sat 10am—noon. Podium Gallery open Mon—Fri 9.30am-5pm; Sat 10am—5pm. Atrium Gallery open Mon—Thu 10am—8pm; Fri lOam-Spm. First Year At The Mac Until Thu 16 Dec. (Podium Gallery). A look at the work of first year students at the Mackintosh School of Architecture.