Alasdair Gray
Still! 3"“ Shelly Nadasy'w ‘Orang,’
with the promise of a magic show.
a pack of foxes and ‘the destruction of Gotham. iny'oly'ing alumni like Anthony Shrag alongside the current stttdents.
‘By running this as part of the official festival programme. we‘re reconnecting what's coming out of Glasgow School of Art now with the city. and with the international contemporary art scene. All these international students — from Turkey. from America. from Israel — end up living in and making their work in the city. I think we‘ve got one of the most vibrant. multicultural local art scenes outside of London.‘
66 Osborne Street, Merchant City, Fri 11-Sun 27 April
The Polish painter. one of the tnost talked-about young artists in
Still from film by Wilhelm SasnaI
the world just now. has recently moy ed into lomm film. and has created a new work specially tor (ii. based around the recent phenomenon of Polish immigration to Scotland.
The piece he‘s created. in memoriam of Angelika Kluk tthe Polish exchange student murdered in (ilasgow in 2006). is an eight- minute film built around a song Sasnal wrote with a Polish punk band. (ii is naturally protectiy e of the project. which organisers are aware could lead to outbursts of tabloid sensatiomilism.
‘()by'ious|y. we were aware that this was a particularly sensitiyc issue. and there was a lot of debate abottt the projectf .\lcl\'ec says. ‘llowey'et‘. w e‘y e tnade may attempt to approach the matter responsibly. We‘ye contacted Angelika's family. There are different conte\ts that you can pttt something like this in -— throughout the history of songwriting there‘s a tradition of artists like Bob Dylan writing songs about ey'ents like this in order to help people come to terms with them. What Wilhelm has done is create a Polish response to the event Using the
spoken responses of Polish immigrants living in (llasgow. and in a sense giy'ing Angelika a y'oice.‘
Given to the People: Simon Yuill
GalGael Shipyard, Govan, Fri 18-Sun 20 Apr
“Simon's original proposal was to look at the recent history of radical protest in (ilasgow oy'er the last 3()-4()years — examining priy'ate people engaged in public protest. Often. I think. this sort of history is swept men or forgotten aboutf says McKee.
Yuill. working with local musicians Foxface. has created a new version of the story of the Pollok Free State. a community established in the treetops of Pollok Park in the l‘)‘)(ls in protest at the M77 dey‘elopments. As Glasgow‘s green spaces come under threat again. McKee feels that the timing is perfect. He says. ‘Ey'erything feels in flux just now. and Simon's exhibition is
particularly pertinent giy en recent cyents with the Saye l’ollock
l’ark and Sayc ()ttr Botanics campaigns. the idea of public [il'ttlcsl is slill aliyc In (llil\:_'ll\\..
SWG3, Fri 11-Sun 27 April
The Local is the social hub of the l'csliutl named. as it's based in deepest darkest liinniston. A collection of artists. including big names like .lim Lambie and 'l’iniorous Beasties. alongside coinparaliy'c unknowns. will transform SW03. the gallery and former ('ommes des (iarcons wareltouse run by art facilitator .\lutley. into a late- opening bar. cafe. club. gallery and performance space.
"l‘his is a big. sprawling eyent it's as much about the space itself as what‘s in it.~ says McKee. 'lt‘s pttblic and priy'ate yes. we want to haye a good party". bttt we also want to give the artists iny'oly'ed a chance to recreate the space for themsely‘es. What I think they want to do with this is resist that glossy. Lottery —funded idea of (ilasgow. and of art. They want to do something much rougher.
tnuch more local. That this sort of
and somewhat ironically
thing keeps happening is y'ital for the city. so I'm delighted that it's a part of (ii. It's an anarchist
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Washington Garcia presents Kalup Linzy Off-site venue at 16 Trongate, Fri 11—Sun 27 Apr
'l‘he e\-retail site In 'l‘rongate is a new yenttc for the Washington (iarcia floating gallery. which has prey iously dug in at a tenement llat and a disused stable in Pollok l’ark.
McKee says. '\\'ashington (iarcia are three Very interesting (ilasgow -based artists. who in yery typical (ilasgow fashion haye bonded together to fortn an artist-run collaboration. Basically what w'e‘y'e got is three locally- based emergent artists. cttrating an emergent artist froin elsewhere. This sort (ll. eyent is may important to (ii: creating international links not just between art dealers and gallery owners. but between the al‘lisls themselyes.‘
The international artist in question is Kalup Lin/y. a young New York \lthU artist who creates pop culture-saturated pastiches. using the schlocky melodrama of MTV and American soap operas to take the media to task on the stereotyping of black culture. He has a phenomenal collection of wigs. a long-running one man soap opera called A” My (‘hilltm streaming off his website. and will be performing himself as well as creating a new performance piece for the gallery.
For full listings, see www.9lasgowinternational.org
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