Deucesex Machina
Merging the theatrical term ‘deus ex machina’ with the game of double solitaire called deuces, Deuces ex Machina plays on the idea of artists as god-like
creators who re-create the world within their own contexts. NY artists include Jaishri Abichandani, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Diane Cheklich, Chitra Ganesh and Abigail Lazkoz. I Market Gallery, G/asgow, until Sat 16 Dec.
the idea of artists re-creating the world within their own contextstAST CHANCE TO SEE
I ARTISTS IN EXILE GLASGOW 8 -l() ()sborne Street. 552 7668.
Wed Sun noon 5pm.
Christmas Exhibition Until Sat 23 Dec. l‘ree. Selection of line art work created by professional artists from asylum seeking. refugee and international communities. drawn from as far a field as lran. Kosovo. Palestine. Congo. America and Poland. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
l2 Rose Street. 332 8128. Mon Sat noon- 10.30pm ((‘Iosed Mon 25 Tue 2(3) ((‘losed .Vlon l Tue 2).
Glasgow Photo Collages lintil Sun 3l Dec. noon 9pm. Free. (ilasgow landmarks, photographed over periods ol' weeks and months. then cut up and collaged into composite images by Adrian Brannan. You might well see someone you know. l.AS'l‘ (‘llAN('li 'I'() Slili
I OFFSHORE GALLERY
3 5 (iibson Street. 3-1] ()l H). 8am 9pm ((‘losed Mon 25 8.: Mon l).
Eight Ways to Change The World
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l'ntil liri 5 Jan. lirce. Photographic exhibition sponsored by (‘oncern Worldwide. raising questions about culture. globalisation and inequality in light ol‘ the l'N's millennium development goals.
I PENTAGON GALLERIES
36 Washington Street. 22l 2l23.
Mon l‘ri 9am 5.30pm.
3 C... l'ntil Fri 5 Jan. l‘ree. 'l‘ripartite exhibition of paintings and drawings. abstracted from landscape and ligurative ideas. from Michele David. liva (iustavsson and David Sillars.
I UBU OFF SITE
507 Alexandra Parade. 0778‘) 487‘) I 2. Sat (S; Sun I ppm.
Andrea Sulzer l'ntil Sat 23 Dec. l-‘ree. lipic new ink-based drawings from the (ilasgow School of Art graduate. investigating the relationship between landscape and memory. LAST (‘llAN(‘li 'l‘() Slili
Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 52‘) 3993. Mon Sat l()am 5pm: Sun noon 5pm; I 5pm ((‘losed Mon 25 Tue 2m. Sojourners: Scottish Artists Abroad l'ntil Sun 18 l-‘eb. l-‘ree. Historic and contemporary works. Strands l'ntil Still I l l’eb. l‘ree. lixhibition looking at our love all‘air with fabrics.
Treasured l'ntil Sun l8 l-‘eb. liree. A selection of the best—loved paintings and
drawings from the (‘ity Art (‘entre's collection. Artists include Henry. l’eploe. l‘ergusson. ('adell. llunter. liardley and Bellany.
Andrew - Portrait of a Saint l'ntil Sun 4 Mar. l-'ree. 'l‘he lirst major Scottish exhibition devoted to the patron saint of (ireece. Rtissia and Scotland.
The Royal Mile Revisited l'ntil Sun 4 Mar. Free. In 2000. retired architect William llighct embarked on a project to paint one side of Edinburgh‘s Royal Mile. from St Mary‘s Street to the (‘astle lisplanade. 'l‘he linal painting is approximately nine metres long. in six sections.
Living in the Modern World l'ntil Sun 4 Mar. Free. New purchases ol‘ challenging contemporary visual and applied art. Artists include (iraham liagen. Will Duke. Kenny llunter. Nathan (‘oley and Martin Boyce.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY
22 2S ('ockburn Street. 220 l2()().
'l‘ue Sat noon 5pm ((‘losed l’ri 22 Sat 7). liree.
Black Cube: Yael Bartana l’ntil Fri 22 Dec. New programme of film and video from emergent international artists. Yael Bartana directs her gaze at activities from everyday life in Israel.
I AST Cl lANCt' TO SEE
New Work Scotland Programme 2006 Part No l7ntil Hi 22 Dec. New work l'rom emerging artists Sara Barker. one ol‘ the founders of the Mary Mary gallery. and Jan Pottinger-(ilass. whose video piece Driven has been selected for SSA on Screen this year. lAS‘l CHANCE l‘O SEE
Visual Art
Review of the Year
I It’s difficult to have a balanced opinion about a. year where all the big names came back to roost in the large galleries and museums in Scotland, and what is usually referred to vaguely as ‘up and coming’ work by younger artists was mostly unimpressive.
Mapplethorpe’s weighty, sexy art snap retrospective ate into time and space, where more aesthetically risky work (not tits and arse naughtiness) could have been shown at the SNGMA.
Douglas Gordon’s retrospective Superhumanatural at the N68 also demonstrates this shift and reassessment of ‘big names’. Christine Borland and Callum lnnes returned with more diminutive but impressive retrospectives. lnnes’ show was a definite high, and raised issues about Scotland’s relationship to High Formalism, which we only usually see tackled in smaller ways in galleries in Glasgow. Fred Sanback’s excellent minimalist sculptural installations also caused debate, and cut opinion right down the middle.
Lucy McKenzie’s return at the Talbot Rice was also welcome, with a painted installation that was clever and followed its own formal rules in construction. Keith Farquhar continued to create impressive work that kicked masculinity in the guts and took as sideways look at that which is perceived as feminine.
And there was Glasgow International in April too, of course. Fiona Jardine’s ceremonial funereal doors and Will Daniels’ re-workings of Old Master paintings in torn paper (repainted in a trompe l’oeil style) were excellent.
But if this were a competition (which it’s not of course) Edinburgh would get the gong this year.
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