Art listings
Glasgow Museums continued
MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT
Kelvin Hall. I Bunhouse Road. 287 2720. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm. Free. A museum crammed with buses. trams. fire engines. ships and other paraphernalia. devoted to the history of transport. Permanent exhibitions include Shipbuilding on the River Clyde. a large mural by David McFarlane; Walking Drum. an interactive sculpture by Stephen Healy; and Victims of Transport by Justin Carter.
All Change! Until Fri 31 Dec. The story of Glasgow's transport and technolog collections.
A Bree of Fresh Air: Scotland’s Railway Posters Until Fri 31 Dec. An exhibition of 20th century travel posters produced for shipping lines and railway companies.
PAISLEY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
High Street. 889 3151. Tue—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.
Jon Schueler: To the North Until Sun 22 Aug. The first ever British retrospective of the work of American painter Jon Schueler who relocated to Scotland in 1970.
PEOPLE’S PALACE 8: WINTER GARDEN
Glasgow Green. 554 0223. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 11am—5pm. Free. Glasgow's best-loved institution has recently undergone a major facelift to celebrate its centenary year. The new displays are set out thematically with subjects including The Patter. Visions of the C ity and Crime And Ptmishment.
80 THE LIST 8—22 Jul 2004
One Hundred Years 01 Tennis Until Thu 19 Aug. Tennis West of Scotland celebrates its centenary in this exhibition charting the history of the organisations through photographs. memorabilia. trophies and costumes.
SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM
Museum of Education. 225 Scotland Street. 287 0500. Mon—Thu & Sat E 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm. Free. Designed in 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now home to archive material on education in Scotland from 1872 onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian. Edwardian. World War II and 1960s school days. On the Beach, under the Sea Until Mon 23 Aug. Touring exhibition for ‘ children six and under focusing on the hidden treasures of the seashore. featuring
a beach hut and a giant shell for
storytelling. plus a shell investigation
centre.
ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon—Thu & Sat l0am-5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm. Free. An award-winning museum of world faiths. featuring a Zen garden. priceless art works from the world's six major religions. Dali's Christ of Saint John of the Cross and the story of religion in Scotland through words and pictures. Priests, Patrons and Piety Until Mon 27 Sep. A small exhibition charting the history of the Scots Collage Paris. 1603—2003.
Just Another Day? Until Sat 30 Apr. Glasgow Museums photographer Jim Dunn explores the religious life of Glasgow through its festivals.
Edinburgh Galleries
THE BONGO CLUB
Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604.
Surface Appeal Fri 9 Jul—Tue 3 Aug. Photography by Katherine Ballingall of poster art — gigs. political notices and all the temporary pastings that reveal the cultural life of our cities. NEW SHOW. See photo caption.
CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5 m.
Cecil eaten: Portraits Sat 10 Jul—Sun 26 Sep. First shown to great acclaim at the National Portrait Gallery in London. an exhibition celebrating the work of the influential portrait photographer Cecil Beaton (l904—l980). NEW SHOW See Big Picture. page 8.
From Castle to Palace: Artists on the Royal Mile Sat IO Jul—Sun 26 Sep. An exhibition tracing the history of the Royal Mile and the Old Town through the eyes of artists. including historic and contemporary paintings. prints. sculpture. photographs. posters. books and sound. NEW SHOW.
Titanic: The World Class Collection Sat 10 Jul—Sun 26 Sep. An exhibition charting the story of the doomed ocean-liner and its tragic sinking in 1912 featuring hundreds of artefacts. NEW SHOW.
COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22—28 Cockburn Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat noon—Spnt
Marianne Created and Michael Hill Sat 10 Jul—Sat 7 Aug. (Project Room). A two-person show of work by Marianne Created anti Michael Hill.
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Tim Roberts features in The New Generation Show at the Compass Gallery
New Life Sat l0 Jul—Sat 7 Aug. A solo exhibition of work by artist and critic David Burrows. NEW SHOW.
DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road. 62-1 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu l0am—7pm.
O Paoiozzi at 80 Until Sun 3| Oct. Free. Arranged in chronological order. the exhibition is a dizzying array of the talent and intellect that Paolozzi invested in his work. He took the tenets of surrealism and extended them to help create and develop Pop Art. The collages and screen prints on display are testament to the inspiration he derived frotn popular culture and his determination that there is no limit to the imagination. The central motifs in Paolozzi‘s work emerge as soldiers. clocks and space travel; today they produce a potent nostalgia. Paolozzi was able to not only deconstruct the barrier between high and low art but also the human body to expose its frailty. Dynamic. inspiring and faultless. See Hitlist.
After Hours Thu 8 Jul. 6pm. Free. Folk music on melodion and fiddle with Gregor Borland.
Drop-ln-and-Draw Thu 22 Jul. 5.45—6.45pm. Free. Drop-in drawing sessions introducing different types of art from the gallery‘s collection. All materials provided.
THE DI ROLLO GALLERY
18a Dundas Street. 557 5227. Mon-Sat 10am—5.30pm.
Anna Lorimer L'ntil Tue 13 Jul. Street scenes from across Europe in mixed media.
DOGGERFISHER l l Gayfteld Square. 558 71 IO. Wed—Fri
l lam—6pm; Sat noon—5pm.
Hanneline Visnes: Ring Around Paradise Square L'ntil Sat 10 Jul. An unnerving first solo show from this Norwegian-born artist based in Glasgow. In the Hmvers appears to be a delicate floral pattern taken from a Persian tile and looks like a simple celebration of how the sacred is still present in the everyday in the religious East but is more than that. Hidden within one repeat of the pattern are a huddle of eyes peering back. Throughout this fascinating exhibition. art as decoration and art as a release of potentially destructive forces are juxtaposed in frequently shocking fashion. The Paradise Square of the title. incidentally. is in Baghdad. It was the home of the largest statue of Saddam Hussein until it was torn down. LAST CHANCE TO SEE.
DUNDAS STREET GALLERY
6a Dundas Street. 558 9363. Reflections Thu 8 Jul. 10am—6pm. New landscape paintings by Edinburgh-based artist Jamie Primrose.
Bruton Gallery in Edinburgh Thu 8—Sat l7 Jul. Yorkshire gallery tours a selection of its painters and sculptors.
EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS
23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat
l 0am—6pm.
Alan Davie, Peter Lynch and Jill Bennett L'ntil Sat 17 Jul. Three artists currently on display at the Edinburgh Printmakers have all created prints reproducing their painting style. Alan Davies black and white prints are the usual busy manifestations of his imagination and interest in the mythical magic of ancient cultures. Peter Lynch‘s work. by contrast. is so completely devoid of shape or pattern that you struggle to find a reason or an attachment to it. Jill Bennett‘s work focuses on the pigeon houses in Greece and works hard to capture the atmosphere and tonalin of the area. [Essentially the whole exhibit lacks
THE EMBASSY
76 liast (‘rosscauseway 07960 413789. Thu—Sat noon—7pm.
Fire and Brimstone Sat 10Jul—Sun 1 Aug. noon—7pm. This new exhibition space