Visual Art
Dieter Appelt, Forth Bridge: Cinema. Metric Space l'niil Sun () Jan. l"ree. Recent work by (ierman contemporary artist Dieter Appelt. exploring the relationship between photography. engineering and conceptual art. A large scale montage oi the Forth Rail Bridge comprising 330 photographic prints. will be the centrepiece ol the display.
I SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE
43 45 High Street. 556 957‘). XIUll’SilI l0am 4.30pm.
The Legacy ot Tim Stead l'niil Sat 5 Jan. l0am opin. l‘ree. An exhibition of tactile sculpture. poetry and lurniture designs by the artist. designer and poet 'l‘im Stead.
I STILLS
33 ('ockburn Street. (>33 (i300.
I lam ropin.
John Stezaker COO l'ntil Sun 38 ()ct. New exhibition of cut tip and re- collaged photographs ot' laces. which is beautiful. sublime and ridictilous. but doesn't say anything particularly new. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of lidinburgh. Sotith Bridge. 650 33“). Tue Sat l0am-5pm. Monika Sosnowska: Display Sat 27 ()ct-Sat 8 Dec. l‘resh from representing Poland at the Venice Biennale and from solo shows at New York‘s MOMA and the Serpentine (iallery in London. Sosnovvska brings an exhibition of existing and newly commissioned works to Talbot Rice. The main body of Display consists of
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33 scale models that might be read as a lantastical architectural proposition. the artist will also create a site-specific
installation tor the gallery NE
Private Galleries
I ANALOGUE
It): \Vest How, 330 (Will. Mon Sat l0am 5.30pm.
David Galletly: Tenterhooks t'ntil Sat 10 Nov. lthibition oi new drawings by the Stirling-based illustrator. who has also produced the latest oi Analogue's Running xlmuk artist /ines.
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY ('ollstittllioll Street. 56] 7300. Wed Sat 1 lam 4.30pm. l'ree.
Frances Richardson: lnternus 0... Thu IS ()ct. Sculptures inspired by .\'eri di liicci's l5th ('entury painting ‘Archangel Raphael Saying an Attempted Suicide‘. which echo the paintings theme oi exalted redemption. while t'orcing us to think about our superficial acceptance ol' “reality '. lASl
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I DOGGERFISHER
ll (laylield Square. 558 7| l0. 'l‘ue l lam (ipm: Sat noon 5pm . Towards Heilprin Land Thu 35 ()et Silt 33 Dec. Solo e\hihitioll ol paintings trom llana llalperin. NH". SHOW
I DUNDAS STREET GALLERY (ya l)undas Street. 558 9363.
l0am~ -(>pm.
The Colours of Hong Kong t'niil Sun 3| ()ct. l’ainter‘ Lesley Anne |)erks and textile artist l’at Archibald exhibit
Polish-born, Warsaw-based Sosnowska bring models to the gallery, constructions that may or may not be finally realised. ‘It
the culmination ot a year-long-project oyer ‘~0 works capturing the bustle. noise and neon ol llong Kong LAS'
I INGLEBY GALLERY
b ('arlton 'l'er'r‘acc. 55b JJJI
10am 5pm
lan Hamilton Finlay & Cerith Wyn Evans Sat Io Sat 2“ ()ct. The completion ol a protect planned out betore Hamilton l'irilay\ death his early concrete poem ‘Star/Steer' has been painted directly onto the wall ol the Ingleby (iallery. and \\'yn lzyans has responded with a new neon installation. RUH'. NE“... St ‘\ )V. I INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE
I3 Randolph ('rescent. 335 5.1M».
Mon \Vcd tk l‘i‘l 9.30am 5.30pm; 'l'hu noon 5.30pm; Sat 9.30am 3 1m. EcoUrbanisme l'ntil Sat 27 ()ct. l‘ree. The vision ol three photographers il'rench. Scottish and l’olishi on the influence ol' nature on the city. LASl
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I LEITH GALLERY
()5 'I‘he Shore. l.eilh. 553 5355.
Mon l‘ri llam 5pm; Sat llam 4pm. Peter Goodtellow Hi 19 ()ct Sat 3 Noy. l‘ree. Solo exhibition ll‘olll l’eter (ioodl’ellow NE W Si low
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3 St Stephen Place. 335 (i357. Mon l-‘ri |0..‘~0am 5.30pm1Sat l0am 5.30pm: Sun noon 5pm l’ree.
A Mixed Collection oi Scottish Landscapes l'ntil Hi 3 Nov. (il'ottp exhibition teaturing artists Alison Aldjo.
s 23 fantastical architectural scale
seems to me that what I do is somehow in opposition to what architecture stands for,’ says the artist. “Architecture organises, introduces order, reflects political and social systems. My works introduce chaos and
uncertainty.’
I Talbot Rice Gallery, Unlversrty of Edinburgh. Sat 27 Oct—Sat 8 Dec.
88 THE LIST 18 Oct—1 Nov 2007
Jonathan Shearer. l’at Kramek. .~\lan “alson and :\llc‘l.t Dubnyckyi
I SCOTTISH GALLERY
lb lhiildas Street. 55S 1300 Mon l'i‘l |0am bpm; Sat |0am me
Alison McGill: New Paintings l'ntil \\ed il ()ct (‘ollection ot new works with pigment and wax trom the lidinburgh-based artist. \y ho has recently begtm to concentrate on geographical . scenes t.»\:%? t‘~1»‘\Nt‘i TO SEE Rupert Spira and Hiroshi Suzuki l'ntil \Ved ‘sl ()ct lhis mixed exhibition mostly tocuses on bowls Rupert Spira's delicate ceramic \essels. otten inscribed w ith poetry. and Hiroshi Su/uki's elaborate metalworked and silyersmithed pieces lAtll t‘l JANt‘l
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William McTaggart RSA RSW (1835-1910) l'ntil \Ved 3| ()ct Paintings and watercolours. l AS? tillANtli TO SEE
I TRAVERSE THEATRE (‘ambridge Street. 33S I404. Mon Sat l0am midnight; Sun 0pm midnight Corinthians 13:11 l'ntil Sat I |)ec Scottish sculptor Stuart .\lc('al'ter'
lllo\ es into two-dimensional installation. exploring ('hristian iconography.
Artist Spaces
I OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL
30 3t» l)almeny Street. l.eith. 55o 7 I00. This is a Time for Dreaming l'ntil Sat 30 ()ct. (iroup show by l3 emigre artists most from Poland. all lidinburgh-based inspired by and rellecting on their adopted home lASl CHANCL l0 Slit
I PORTOBELLO BEACH l’ortobello.
Wonder l'ntil I'l‘l 3| l)ec. Huge public art installation on l’ortobello beach. by Scottish artist llill Jephson Robb.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (FOSSIL GARDEN)
30a lnverleith Row. 553 7l7l.
l-lard Rain - The Exhibition l'ntil 'l'hu 3| Jan. l0ani 4pm. liree. Images inspired by Bob Dylan’s epic song. reflecting mankind's headlong collision with nature. Displayed as a giant outdoor banner in the oasis ot the Royal Botanic (iarden.
Outside the cities
I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
I53 Nethergate. Dundee. 0| 383 909900. Tue. Wed. Hi 8; Sat
10.30am 5.30pm; 'l‘hu
l0.30am 8.30pm; Sun noon 5.30pm. Johanna Billing O... l'ntil Sun 4 Nov. Solo show oi socially engaging video installations by the young Swedish artist. in which she documents changes occurring in the contemporary world and meditates on how they allch her angst-ridden young generation. See review. page 85.
I THE CHANGING ROOM
35 The ('raw lord Arcade. King Street. Stirling 0178f) 4793M. Wed Sat
noon -5pm. Free.
The Clay Wall 00.. t'ntil Sat 27 ()ct. Solo exhibition by Duncan Marquiss. at the centre of which is his video work shot around the town oi Ahoyne and 'l‘orphins where he grew up. which he developed after reading about the trial of a eoven oi witches in Torphins in L596. It's a visceral. almost naUseating piece. leaving the viewer unsure whether they've witnessed a horror movie or a realistic insight into adolescent escapism. LAST CHANCE TO SEE