VisualArt
INTERVIEW
Alexander Kennedy talks to Katrina Brown, who returns to Glasgow with The Common Guild, after nine successful years as curator and deputy director at Dundee Contemporary Arts
Alexander Kennedy Why did you become involved with The Common Guild?
Katrina Brown I was attracted to it as a new body which could take a new form and which had ambitious aims for the work it will seek to undertake and which will maintain an artist-centred practice.
AK Can you describe what the Guild is?
KB The Common Guild is a charitable organisation with a Board. Some of its character and aspirations sh0u|d be conveyed by its name ~ a sense of public spirit. shared interest. specialism. It's more than just an exhibition space.
AK Why do you think the Guild is necessary in Glasgow?
KB I don’t know if necessary is the right word and I hope our work won't only have impact in or take place in Glasgow. It seems like an important moment just now (with the development of the Glasgow International and so on) and a new organisation. such as The Common Guild. could really help build on that impetus.
AK What are the Guild's links with The Modern Institute?
KB The Modern Institute helped bring it into being. as a means of maintaining and developing significant. non-commercial public programming activity and it suppons it on a basic but important level — not least by giving me office space.
AK Why did you decide to launch the Guild's programme with Martin Creed?
KB I‘ve always really loved Martin‘s work. the way it fuses a really hardcore rigorous discipline with undoubted humour. As an artist who grew up in Glasgow (he lived here from the age of three), he has an amazing international career but has hardly ever shown here in any significant capacity — he seemed like the perfect choice. His performance will be exhilarating, a little terrifying, very funny and totally surprising.
AK What are your plans for the future?
KB Lots. I‘m really keen to let the programme shape what people think about what it is, so there will be no big advance marketing campaign, just really high quality, outstanding projects, exhibitions and events.
90 THE LIST 1?) 20 Mar 900/
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 Kirstin Innes.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528.
l lam l lpm.
Suppressed Echo t'ntil Wed 4 Apr.
1 lam l lpm. Free. l'pcoming (ilasgow— based artist Danny Ilolcrol't has constructed a huge. site specific wooden mobile. through which projections and light are distilled. casting shadows all over the Arches‘ exhibition space.
I BURRELL COLLECTION
2060 l’ollokshaws Road. 287 2550. Mon Thu & Sat l0am 5pm; Fri & Sun llam 5pm; llam lpm. Free. Seventeenth Century Samplers l'ntil Sat 3| Mar. A selection from Sir William Burrell‘s collection ol‘ British embroidery samplers.
The Emperor’s Terrapin t7iitil Sun 25 Mar. ()ne of the largest pieces of carved jade in existence. thought to have belonged to the sixteenth century Mughal emperor Akbar. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900.
Tue Fri llam bpm; Sat l0am opm. Jaygo Bloom: Rock Electronique Sun 18 Sat 31 Mar. See picture caption. right.
Nick Crowe: Commemorative Glass .0. l'ntil Sat 3| Mar. A major exhibition of (‘rowe's new and recent glass sculpture. which takes on a wide range of politically-charged themes. with varying degrees ol‘ success. Runner Mon 1‘) Tue 27 Mar. (‘ollaborative project from Amy Feneck and Laura Mansfield concerning explorations of" urban space using the action of running. NEW SHOW
Video Killed the Painting Star Tue 20 Mar and Tue 27 Mar. 7pm. Free. ticketed. A series of‘ free screenings of work by students limit] the (ilasgow School ol‘ Art on the Masters ol’ Fine Art course. plus other work from the [K and US. NEW SHOW
I COLLINS GALLERY
lfniversity of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon Fri l0am 5pm: Sat noon --1pm. Free.
Simon Carroll: Suggestion and Statement .00 t7ntil Sat 24 Mar. Free. See review. page 88. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Iiastwood Park. Rouken (ilen Road. (iil‘l‘nock. 577 4970.
Keith McIntyre: The Unconquered L'ntil Sat l7 Mar. 1 lam 4pm. Free. A dynamic transcription ol"l'orben Betts‘ anarchic script. in association with theatre company Stellar ()uines. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal [Exchange Square. 22‘) 19%.
Mon Wed 8; Sat l0am 75pm; Thu
10am 8pm: Fri & Sun l lam 5pm:
I lam lpm . Free.
the eyes have it Until Sun l8 Mar. During her period as artist in residence at (ioMA. Kathleen Little produced this new series of photographic portraits of visitors to the gallery. stall and friends. with the intent ol’ paring down portraits to the bare essentials and using colour to emotionally engage the viewer. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Graham Fagen: Downpresserer Thu l5 Mar Mon 28 May. An exhibition of new work by (iraham Fagen
examining Scotland's involvement with the slave trade. ()rganised to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the Abolition Act. on Sun 25 Mar and part oT a series of projects all over Scotland. NEW SHOW
GOMA: Artists Talks Thu 22 Mar. b.30pm. Free. Artist (iraham l-‘agen talks about his current (i()MA exhibition.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The .\lackintosh (iallery. lo7 Renl'rew Street. 353 4500. Mon Fri l0am 5pm; Sat l0am 2pm. Free.
Fleeting Arcadias l'ntil Thu l‘) Apr. Thirty years ol‘ British landscape photography from the Arts (‘ouncil (‘ollectionz including works by Fay (iodwin. Roger Palmer. Martin Parr. Susan 'l‘rangmar and ('hris Wainwright.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium (iallery. Foulis Building. 167 Renl‘rew Street. 353 473]. Mon Fri 10am 5pm: Sat l0am lpm. Free.
Filling the Mud with Nilight t'ntil Fri lo Mar. Wendy Kershaw displays her unique ceramic work and photographs other low month residency in Shanghai and (‘hina's ancient porcelain capital. Jingde/hen.
LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I THE LIGHTHOUSE
ll Mitchell Lane. 22] 6362. Mon & Wed Sat l0.30am 5pm; Tue
l lam 5pm: Sun noon 5pm; noon 4pm: 10.30am 4pm. £3 (£1 LL50).
From the Ground Up l'ntil Thu l5 Mar. Scottish charity Voluntary Design & Build. aim to give students ol architecture and design the opportunity to complete small building projects across liurope. Their aim is to produce buildings that are architecturally stimulating and sustainable. both tor the environment and the communities they support. LAST CHANCE TO SEF Sadness and Gladness l'ntil Mon 7 May. A rare chance to see documentary
Jaygo Bloom: Rock Electmnique
An installation by the Glasgow-based artist exploring how extreme pressure creates apparent opposites. The viewer will experience a ‘top volume blow-out audio visual sensation’, directly referencing the work of composer Pierre Henry and film director Michelangelo Antonioni.
I /nt(—3rmod/'a at the CCA, G/asgow, Sun 78 Mar—Sat 31 Mar.