Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to artOlichomk. Listings compiled by Kirstin Innes.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528.
1 lam—1 1pm .
Graphic Art Collective Until Tue 27 Feb. 1 lam—1 1pm. Free. Showcasing some of the most interesting silkscreen. digital and commercial graphic work being produced in the country. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue—Fri 11am—6pm; Sat 10am—6pm . Nick Crows: Commemorative Glass Fri 16 Feb—Sat 31 Mar. A major exhibtion of Crowe‘s new and recent politically- eharged glass sculpture. NEW SHOW
I COLLINS GALLERY
University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—4pm. Free.
Simon Carroll: Suggestion and Statement Sat 17 Feb—Sat 24 Mar. Free. An exciting exhibition of ceramics by one of the UK’s leading contemporary potters.
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square. 229 1996. Mon—Wed & Sat 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—8pm; Fri & Sun
11am—5pm;l lam—1pm . Free.
Body Language Until Sun 11 Mar. A selection of figurative works from Glasgow Museums‘ modem collection. Featured artists include John Byrne. David Hockney. and Eduardo Paolozzi. Julie Roberts: The New Woman Artist 0... Until Sun 25 Feb. Free. After a century of feminism and post- feminism. Roberts' paintings take the position of the late 19th Century female artist as subject. LAST CHANCE TO SEE the eyes have it Until Sun 18 Mar. Series of intense. pared-down photographic portraits by the GOMA artist in residence.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
48 King Street. 552 0704. Tue—Sat 10am—5.30pm. Free.
Group Exhibition Until Wed 28 Feb. An exhibition of work by artists associated by the gallery. including Adrian Wisniewski. and Elizabeth Blackadder. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium Gallery. Foulis Building. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4731. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am—1pm . Free. Filling the Mud with Nilight Tue 20 Feb—Fri 16 Mar. Wendy Kershaw displays her unique ceramic work. alongside photographs of her four—month residency in Shanghai and China’s ancient porcelain capital. Jingdezhen. NEW SHOW
I KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
Argyle Street. 276 9599. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 1am—5pm ; llam—lpm . Free.
ONCE .0 Until Sun 25 Feb. A close-up film portrait of the inhabitants
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I THE LIGHTHOUSE
1 1 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. Mon & Wed—Sat 10.30am—5pm; Tue 1 lam—5pm; Sun noon—5pm; noon—4pm ; 10.30am—4pm . £3 (ill-£1.50). Glasgow 1999 Design Medal 2006 Until Sun 18 Feb. Shortlisted entries for the award that celebrates young talent in contemporary design and engineering work. LAST CHANCE TO SEE Northern City 9000 Until Sun 4 Mar. Free. Subtitled Between Light and Dark. a series of cross~discipline ‘conversations‘ results in visual essays on the schizophrenic. Jekyll and Hyde character of Edinburgh. Artists Dalziel & Scullion. Nathan Coley and Victoria Clare Bernie meet three Edinburgh-based architecture practices.
I PROJECT ABILITY
Centre For Developmental Arts. 18 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm. Free.
John Skivington Until Fri 2 Mar. A collection of historical models by the Trongate Studios artist.
New work on paper Until Fri 16 Mar. A collection of drawings by five artists from Scotland. Sweden and the Netherlands.
Private Galleries
I CAFE COSSACHOK GALLERY 10 King Street. 553 0733. Tue—Sat 11.30am—11pm.
Georgia on my Mind Until Wed 28 Feb. Three Georgian artists — Mamuka Pruidze. Zaza Nebieridze. Zurab Gikashvili — bring the warm colours of Georgia (Caucuses) to the tapestry of Celtic Connections. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
Hazel Walker: new paintings Until Sun 25 Feb. New paintings by Hazel Walker. LAST CHANCE TO SEE Simon Manby Until Sun 25 Feb. New sculpture by Simon Manby. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I MARY MARY
Suite 2/1. 6 Dixon Street. 226 2257. Thu—Sat noon—5pm.
Lorna Macintyro .09 Until Fri 23 Feb. Unsentimental collection of sculptural and photographic works which point out that there is very little difference between the man—made and the natural in post-industrial society. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE
73 Robertson Street. Suite 6. Floor 1. 248 371 l. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—5pm.
Simon Periton at the Modern Institute 0.. Until Sat 24 Feb. For his second solo exhibition at The Modern Institute. Periton has developed a new series of portraits. building them up from found patterns with sources as diverse as cultism. colonialism. Islam. Pop Art and politics. but the prettiness of his work belies the seriousness of his cultural references. just as his use of pattern obscures his subject matter. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I RGI KELLY GALLERY
1 18 Douglas Street. 248 6386. Mon—Fri 10.30am—5pm; Sat 10.30am—1pm. Spring Show Until Sat 24 Feb. A new collection of paintings by Steven Nadja. collected from his travels in Namibia. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I SORCHA DALLAS
5 St Margaret’s Place. 553 2662. Tue—Sat l—5pm-.
Charlie Hammond: Solo 00.. Until Sat 3 Mar.
See review, page 92.
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An exhibition of drawings and work on paper, which demonstrates the breadth of
work being generated within, and at the fringes of, Glasgow’s artistic community. Exhibitors from Hope Street Studios, Southside Studios and Wasps show work alongside a wide spectrum of artists from outside the
studio system.
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I TRANSMISSION GALLERY
45 King Street. 552 4813. Tue—Sat
1 lam—5pm.
Hot Rock CO. Until Tue 27 Feb. See review. page 92. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I OFFSHORE GALLERY 3—5 Gibson Street. 341 01 10. 8am—9pm . Oli Higham: Think Until Mon 26 Feb. A collection of paintings and installations which asks why we think certain ways and how we can break cycles. without providing all of the answers. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Edinburgh
Public Galleries
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun noon—5pm; l—Spm . Sojourners: Scottish Artists Abroad Until Sun 18 Feb. Free. Historic and contemporary works. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Treasured Until Sun 18 Feb. Free. A selection of the best-loved paintings and
: drawings from the City Art Centre’s
collection. LAST CHANCE TO SEE Living in the Modern World
0... Until Sun 4 Mar. Free. Densely—packed exhibition of new purchases. including Graham Fagen‘s installation Not/tank. Will Duke’s animation Wefitshitmed (he (‘i!_\' on stolen memories. Kenny Hunter‘s prints Modem Routes and Nathan Coley’s Villa Savoye.
I DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road. 624 6200. Daily 10am—5pm; noon—5pm.
Cutting Edge: Geometry in Art 191 O-1965 Sat 24 Feb—Mon 30 April. Free.
Occupying the whole top floor of the gallery. this display ranges from work by
. Picasso and Mondrian to Bridget Riley
and Josef Albers. NEW SHOW
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat 10am—6pm. Free.
é Traces of Life Until Sat 3 Mar. Free. : Scottish artist Jenny Martin presents a
series of works from her travels to India and Pompeii; images of ancient civilisations and bustling contemporary market places exploring the different ways that people leave signs of human
: activity.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon—Sat
1 lam—6pm; Sun noon—5pm .
The Wayward Thinker Until Sun 8 Apr. Free. This is the first European solo exhibition of young American artist. Trenton Doyle Hancock. The installation is a submersive. theatrical experience. drawing the viewer into an epic. mythologised autobiographical project. See interview. page 96.
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SCOTLAND
The Mound. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. Goya: Monsters and Matadors 0... Until Sun 25 Feb. 2A hugely significant collection of Goya's etchings
- which displays how unsettlineg
contemporary he was. and reminds us that without Goya. Picasso would not
have arrived at 'Guernica' and the f Chapman Brothers would have had . nothing to gorge on. LAST CHANCE TO
SEE
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15 Rutland Square. 229 7545. Mon—Fri 9am—5pm.
Place, Programme and Presence Until Fri 2 Mar. Exhibition showing the creative partnership between architects Graeme Hutton and David Jameson. and their efforts to create buildings which establish legitimate relationships with
their context.