Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Ruth Hedges.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
25.3 Arger Street. (ll-ll 240 7528. MultiPliCity O. l7ntil Wed 7 Sep. New work based on time spent in Munich and Iidinburgh. examining the post-war architectttre of modernism. its construction. geometry and presence. See review. page 6|
I BURRELL COLLECTION
2060 Pollokshaws Road. 287 2550.
Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm: Fri 8; Sun I lain 5pm. Free.
Curator’s Favourites Wed 31 Aug. I2.30~lpm. Free. Rebccca Quinton. curator of costume and textiles discusses 17th century samplers by Mary d-liste
and Frances (‘heyneyz ".t I
THE BEST EXHIBITIONS
3|! Woman 0! the Dunes Gorgeous new print of Hiroshi Teshigahara’s erotic. metaphorical and mystifying tale about an etymologist and a strange lady of the desert. See review. GFf, Glasgow. * Sensaclonal! Mexican Street Graphics Artwork that splashes across shop hoardings, billboards, posters and comics in Mexico comes to the Glasgow School of Art. See review, page 61. GSA, until Fri 76 Sep.
ill Barbara Kruger - “twelve Barbara Kruger’s second major installation in Glasgow uses the hanger-like space of Tramway to screen Twelve, a series of talking heads which show their inner thoughts running across the bottom like operatic surtitles or the videprinter from Saturdays of yore. Tramway, Glasgow, until Mon 26 Sep.
4‘ Ilias Papailiakis Cut to the Chase. Oil paintings on the subject of hunting and the painting of hunting by this Greek artist are exhibited in an exchange with the Breeder, Athens. Sorcha Dal/as, until Sat 70 Sep
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Curator’s Favourites Wed 7 Sep. 12.30 lpm. Free. Iintma Leighton. curator of (’hinese and oriental
civilisations. gives a talk on the Burrcll's collection of (‘hinese Neolithic pottery.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue Fri llam 6pm; Sat l(lam 6pm. Come to Where the Flavour is 0.. Ifntil Sat 3 Sep. 9am I lpm. Free. Stefan Nikolaev’s sculpture and film seeks permanence in materialism and time. LAST CHANCF TO SEE
Not on the Label Fri 2 Sep. 2 4pm.
Free. Scientists I)r Arpad Pus/tai. I)r Sttsan Burdoc/ and ('arey ('oombs
discuss freedom of artistic and scietttilic research in the lace of global corporate
funding.
I COLLINS GALLERY
lfniyersity of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon Fri l(lam 5pm;
Sat noon 4pm. Free. George Wyllie: The Cosmic
Voyage Sat 27 Aug Sat 8 ()ct. Free.
()ne of Scotland's best loved artists presents a multi-lacetcd exhibition of
prints. hooks. drawings and sculptures.
NEW SHOW
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART
Queen Street. 22‘) l‘)‘)(). Mon \Vc‘tl (S:
Sat l(lam 5pm; Thu l(lam 8pm: Fri tk
Stnt Ilam 5pm. Barbara Kruger 000 Sep. The New York-based artist has made a large-scale installation on the
theme of tlolilc‘siic \ iolencc to tie in w ith the gallery 's long-term programme Rule
of Thumb.
Artists Talk: Roddy Buchanan Thu
I Sep. 6.30 7.30pm. Free. Beck‘s
Futures w inner Roddy Buchanan who's
planning a major 2007 exhibition at (ioMA on the topic of sectarianism.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
22 62; 25 King Street. 552 070-1. Tue Sat
l(lant 5.30pm. Places Seen t'ntil Sat 27 Aug.
Iixhibition of artistic interpretations of
places observed and \ isual representations of places imagined.
translating topography into the romantic. futuristic. reminiscent or abstract. LAST
CHANCE TO SET. Natural Progression Fri 2 Sep Sat 15 ()ct. First solo show by (ilasgow
Jim Harold
I'ntil Stilt 25
based artist Bronwen Sleigh. exploring the relationship between the natural environment and industrial architecture within it. See picture. page 64. NEW SHOW
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh (iallery. I67 Renfrew Street. 353-1500. Mon Fri I0am 5pm: Sat l(lam 2pm. Free.
* Sensacional! Mexican Street Graphics 0... lfntil Fri I6 Sep. Murals. I‘Iyers. paintings and posters capturing urban Mexico. See review. page 6| and Ilitlist.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atritnn (iaIlery. Fottlis Building. I58 Renfrew Street. 353 4589. Mon Thu l(lam 8pm; Fri l(lam 5pm.
Things Unhappen ooo Until Fri 2 Sep. An exhibition of work made by graduates from the (ilasgow School of Arts Visual (‘oinmunication course. 2002. who were asked to create something that could not be sold. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIO
The Briggait. l-ll Bridgegatc. 553 I188. Scotch Argus Until Fri 26 Aug. New drawings and video work by Kate Foster who took an insect. a textbook and ‘sine inusic‘ with her to the Western Isles.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY
l'niversity of (ilasgow. 82 Ilillhead
Street. 330 543l. Mon Sat 9.30am 5pm.
Free.
Intimate Friends: The Scottish Colourists l'ntil Sat l ()ct.
9.30am 5pm. Free. Paintings. watercolours and drawings by the Scottiin colourists (‘adell. Fergusson. Hunter and Peploe.
Jessie M King l'ntil Sat 29 ()ct. 9.30am 5pm. £2.50. An exhibition showing various works by this leading (ilzisgoyy (iit‘l.
I THE LIGHTHOUSE I l Mitchell Lane. 22] 6362. Mon &
Wed Sat l0.3()am 5pm; Tue llam 5pm:
Sun noon 5pm. £3 (80p).
National Programme Student Awards for Architecture 2005 l'ntil Sttn l I Sep. Featuring entries from universities and art colleges across Scotland.
I LUV GALLERY I226 (iovan Road. 445 5 I00. Mon Fri I.30 4.30pm: Sat l2.3() 4.30pm.
No Negatives l'ntil Fri 9 Sep. ; Photography by Iain Farrell.
§ I MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street. 565 4 I00. Fri & Sun I lain 5pm; Mon Thu & Sat
l0am 5pm.
Art Treasures of Kelvingrove l'ntil Sun 30 ()ct. As the Kelvingrove Museum 8; Art (lallery is closed for major refurbishment. over 200 of its paintings have taken tip residency at the McLellan (ialleries.
ArtBItes! Thu 25 Aug. lpm. Free. Short talk on ‘l.ord Mungo Murray" by John Michael Wright.
I MITCHELL LIBRARY
20I North Street. 287 2999. Mon Wed I0ain 6pm; Thu 10am 8pm: Fri Sat l(lam 5pm.
John Bellany - Odyssey lintil Sat l0 Sep. A selection of paintings by one of Scotland's best-known painters John Bellany.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 (‘astle Street. 553 2557. Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm; Fri 8; Sun IIam 5pm. Free.
Women and War .00 Until Sun 30 ()ct. Photographs by Jenny Matthews. who’s worked in war zones sttch as lil Salvador. the Middle liast. Africa and Afghanistan since I982. This exhibition shows women‘s experience of war and its aftermath in their roles as mothers. wives. lighters. refugees and sttrvivors.
I STREET LEVEL
PHOTOWORKS
26 King Street. 552 2I5I. Tue Sat
l(lam 5pm. 1 Jim Harold - Across a Fractured ; Landlscape) t'ntil Sat 2-1 Sep. Photographs taken between I998 and
2005 by (ilasgow-based photographer.
Jim IlaroId. of the buffer zone that div ides northern and southern (‘yprus
See picture. page 62.
Jim Harold Sat 3 Sep. l(lam 5pm.
Artist Jim Harold gives a talk on his exhibition ‘Across a Fractured i Landtscapel'. followed by a discussion with David Brittain.
The city of Nicosia lies on the border between north and south Cyprus — an official UN buffer zone. The airport used to be the main point of entry for visitors to Cyprus but now lies a
decaying. Glasgow-based photographer Jim Harold, who also works in sculpture, text and installation, visited and took pictures of the no man’s land between 1998 and 2005. These are his documents. I Across a Fractured Lartrllsr:ape). Street Level, until 24 Sep.