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Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to artGlist.co.uIt. Listings compiled by Kirstin Innes.
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Glasgow
I VARIOUS VENUES
Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art Fri l I-Sun 27 Apr. Times vary. Prices vary. The city of Glasgow's curated and commissioning annual international festival of contemporary visual art. www.glasgowinternational.org See featttre. page 20.
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 565 I000. I0am~midnight.
run: Graeme Miller: Behold Until Sat I9 Apr. 6.30pm. An intimate and resonant audio-visual installation by Graeme Miller. which connects its audience with the disturbing phenomenon of people who fell from the sky. Part of the Are/res Theatre I'estival 2008. FREE Glasslag Thu I0 Apr—Wed 7 May. ('arefully constructed stained glass panels by Angela Steel.
Will St Leger: Art Raid Tue I5 & Wed I6 Apr. 8.40pm. £7 (£5). Irish stencil activist Will St Ledger presents a rogue show of contemporary street art in an unconventional setting. the first ever an exhibition where you are actively encouraged to steal the works. Watch ottt for the security guards. though. Part of the Arches Theatre I-estival.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue-Fri I lam—6pm; Sat I0am—6pm. Catherine Yass: High Wire Fri | l Apr-Sat 24 May. A multi-screen Iilm and video installation receiving its premiere at the (‘C'A for Glasgow international 2008. High Wire continues (‘atherine Yass' interest in vertiginotts spaces: architecture. height and scale have been dominant formal themes in her previous work. See feature. page 20. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
Flirt Cast Some Light Sat l2-Sat 26 Apr. 2pm. Programme of artists' Iilm and video curated by Helen de Main and Maj Hasager. I’art ofGlasgow internatimtal 2008.
rue: Curator’s Talk: Nina Montmann Mon I-I Apr. 6.30pm. The author of Art and its Institutions: ('urrent ('otljll't'ts. Critique and (‘ollulmralions gives a talk on the changing conditions of an institutions. Part ofti‘lasgow internatimtal 2008.
rue: Participate: Elena Cologni Tue I5—Thu I7 Apr. Visitors are asked to participate in Elena (‘ologni‘s one-on-onc installation which will create a collection of video self-portraits. flu: Private Thoughts and Public Spaces; Public Acts and Private Places Mon 2I Apr. I0am—5pm. Ticketed. Public symposium examining the shifting relationships between what is public and what is private and how that discussion alfects contemporary sculptural practices. drawing on the ideas of German artist and invited speaker Mischa Kaball. Part of Clasgoii' international 2008.
I COLLINS GALLERY University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon-Fri I0am—5pm: Sat noon—4pm. rug: Alex Frost Until Sat 3 May. Sorcha Dallas and Jenny C rowe curate a solo exhibition of new work by Alex Frost for the Collins Gallery. Part of Glasgow international 2008. [all ‘run run’ Fri ll Apr-Sat 3 May. C o-curated by Sorcha Dallas and the artist Alex Frost this group show brings together a range of local and international contemporary artists whose
work explores the Use and knowledge of tools. crafts and computer technology. and philosophical ideas that relate to the manipulation of data. Part ofGlasgmv intermttional 2008. See preview. page 93. I COMMON GUILD AT 21 WOODLANDS TERRACE
2| Woodlands Terrace. 223 0087. Thu—Sat noon—7pm.
[Ill Adel Abdessemed Fri II Apr—Sat 7 Jun. Abdessemed has attracted increasing attention in recent years for his both punchy and poetic work. Though diverse in form his works are characterised by a simple. straightforward and transparent use of his chosen media — including video. photography. sculpture and drawing — and an often playful approach to existent forms. symbols or conventions. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I THE FRIDGE GALLERY Southside Studios. I7 Westmoreland Street. 07932 7l0877. www.1hefridgegallery.org. Mon—Sun
I lam—7pm.
full ZatorsIti + Zatorski: The Last 3600 Seconds of Wasp Fri I l Apr—Sun l I May. Video installation by British artist duo '/.atorski + Zatorski. ('arefully choreographed to an emotive Philip (ilass score. the demise of this small creature is melodratmttised and infused with a surrealist celebration of the absurd. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I GALGAEL SHIPYARD l5 Fairley Street. (iovan. Please email inl'o(a‘giventothepeople.org for info about coming to the event. In! Simon Yuili: Given to The People Fri Iii—Sun 20 Apr. Retelling of the story of the Pollok Free State. the tree-top community established in protest at the M77 developments in the mid- I990s. Yuili has created new art and film works. working with local residents. members of the Pollok Free State and folk band Foxface. Part ofGlasgow international 2008. See feature. page 20. I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square. 229 I996. Mon—Wed & Sat I0am—5pm: Thu Ilium—8pm; Fri & Sun I lam—5pm. [III Torsten Lauschmann MI Until Sun 25 May. Lauschmann brings together photography. sculpture. projections and sound into a vision that is at once a dramatisation and a simplification of the everyday. from where the viewer experiences shimmering. fleeting transcendence. nu Jim Lambie: Forever Changes Fri l I Apr—Mon 29 Sep. An exhibition of new work by the internationally renowned. Glasgow-based artist. Jim Lambie. This will be Lambie's biggest exhibition in Glasgow to date and will include a new version of his celebrated black and white vinyl floor. This installation. accompanied by a series of new sculptural works. will fill GoMA's large. ground floor gallery space. Part of Glasgtm- international 2008. See feature. page 20.
I GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL OFF-SITE VENUES
To be announced. See www.glasgowintemational.org
Ani Baronian and Rim Wunnam Fri I l—Sun 27 Apr. A two-person mixed media exhibition. which includes sculpture. video. found and recovered objects. illustrating how beth artists pursue a sense of intimacy and ambiguity through the way they transform materials. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
Dani Marti a Katri Walker: In Transit Fri I I-Sun 27 Apr. In both Dani Mani and Katri Walker‘s video installation work. the nuances of particular moments and circumstances are scrutinised through the camera lens. exposing human fallibility and
vulnerability alongside strength and resolve. Part of Glasgow intentational 2008.
"1‘ Iain Kettles: Black Fires Fri I I—Sun 27 Apr. Black Fires. a series of new inflatable sculptures by Glasgow- based anist Iain Kettles. will be popping up around Glasgow city centre in random and unannounced sites during the Gi festival. As if blown by a gust of Glasgow wind or installed by a marauder ovemight. the sculptures will surreptitiously appear and disappear. Expect sightings inside/outside of buildings. on top of bUs shelters. or down back alleyways. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I'll Street Level presents The Caravan Gallery Fri | I—Sun I3 Apr. As part of a Street Level commission. (‘aravan Gallery will be revealing multiple views of everyday Glasgow life in their unique portable gallery at various sites over the course of the first week of Glasgow intemational. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
Wilhelm Sasnal Fri I l—Sun 27 Apr. Short film specially commissioned by Glasgow International. looped in a basement space. exploring the issue of Polish emigration to the city. Part of Glasgoit' internatimta/ 2008.
The Modern Institute presents Simon Starling Fri I l—Sun 27 Apr. (‘ollapsing the fast disappearing technology of silver gelatine photographic printing onto cutting edge developments in microscopic 3|) imaging and then coupling it with newly developed computer software. Simon Starling's new project for the Modern Institute looks at the possibilities of generating complex sculptural forms from the micro-geology of photographic images. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
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48 King Street. 552 0704. Tue—Sat Ilium—5.30pm. nu Carrying Prilm: Natalie
Mcllrey Until Sat 26 Apr. New work
from the recent GSA graduate. who
= employs traditional printmaking
processes. digital imaging and video. I'll! The Mundane Shell Fri II
Apr—Sat I0 May. An exercise in visual
storytelling by Sharon Thomas and
1 Laurence Figgis. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I THE cuscow PROJECT
ROOM Top floor. 64 Osbome Street. 552 I472. Tue—Sat noon—5pm.
Karen Cunningham, Babalt Ghazl, l Luca Fret Fri l I—Sat 26 Apr. Group show of three artists with an interest in
self-determination and playful deconstruction. often resulting tn a
: suggestive experience regarding the
possibility of the individual as a free agent. radical outsider or participant. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium Gallery. Foulis Building. I67
Renfrew Street. 353 473i. Mon—Fri
10am-5pm: Sat l0am—Ipm.
In: Visual Communication Research Cluster Until Sun 13 Apr. l0am—lpm. GSA‘s visual communications research cluster will also be participating in ‘500 years of printing in Scotland'. This exhibition will feature photography. typography. illustration. colour theory and graphic design.
I HITHERTO
McIntyre Hogg Building. through Tinderbox. MI I Ingram Street. 552 5693. PoketoGI-Iltherto Fri I l—Sun 27 Apr. US company Poketo. who commission artists to design wallets and T-shins. have asked Krista Blake of Hitherto to curate a Glasgow series of wallets. featuring some of the best illustrators in the city. Includes work by Rob Churn. Stuart White and Anabel Wright. Part of Glasgow intemational 2008
INTERVIEW
ELPH
Rosie Lesso talks to the graffiti artist about demons, drink, spirits and bitumen Rosie Lasso You have an established reputation as a graffiti artist. so how do you feel about exhibiting with Recoat Gallery? Slph Over the last few years I've done quite a few exhibitions in small galleries. so I felt fine about showing the work in Recoat. However. it's always a challenge to create a body of work before the show. The work here is more illustrative than graffiti-based but it still references my graffiti pieces. RL Do you find the transition between street and gallery an easy to make?
I At first I thought it was a big deal when someone would ask me to do an exhibition. and usually I would come up with these strange ideas that looked nothing like the work I was doing outside. But once you treat it the same way as approaching painting a wall then it comes together more easily and without the pressure.
RL What does the title of the exhibition. Spirits and Bitumen refer to?
E The title came from the first paintings I started for the show that were using white spirits and underbody seal for cars which has a lot of bitumen in it. I also like the idea of spirits and demons. which are reflected in some of the work. be they alcoholic. narcotic. financial or mental: everyone has demons whether they like it or not.
RL What different styles have been incorporated into this exhibition?
I I am showing acrylic paintings. and drawings in pencil. ink, watercolour. gouache and marker pen. Along with all the painted/drawn works I also produced three screenprints. and made a zine to go with the exhibition that Analogue books helped with.
RI. Could you describe some of the characters in the show?
I In the show there's a mix between the drunk characters that I draw. mixed with soldiers. cute fashion girls and surreal demons; just a normal night on the rancn really.
I Reooat Gallery, Glasgow until Wed 23 Apr.
10—24Apr2008THI LIST”