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grandchild of Jorn Utzon. who was the architect behind the Sydney Opera House. The exhibition consists of a narrative journey. illustrated on large-scale paper drawings. through urban landscapes compiled from memory.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. lOam—Spm. FREE Collage City: Urban Space In Contemporary Art 0000-: Until Sun 7 Sep. Works on paper by artists such as Toby Paterson and Carol Rhodes looking at the way Skylines. maps and city architecture have inspired creative work. This exhibition highlights the crucial position of urban space as a playground for artists over the past 60 years.
I DOGGERFISHER
1 l Gayfield Square. 558 71 10. Tue—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat noon—5pm.
Alexander Helm eees Until Sat 13 Sep. Lyrical. sophisticated first UK show by the young German artist. which pivots on a surprisingly simple video of pigeons outside a coffee shop. expanding its themes into photography and sculpture.
I DOVECOT
Infirmary Street.
Weaving Influences] Raising the Bar Until Sat 27 Sep. Two cross~ disciplinary exhibitions celebrate the opening of Dovecot. the new home for Dovecot Tapestry Studios.
I EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE COURT
74 Lauriston Place. 221 6000. Mon—Thu 10am—8pm; Fri 10am—4pm; Sat 10am—2pm.
Santord Vlurmteld: Cyclorama eeee Until Fri 5 Sep. lOam—8pm. Cheeky. gimmicky. but undeniably moving walk-in. circular painting of a complete colourscape. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2008.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS
23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat 10am-6pm.
FREE Chad McCaiI COC— ~1 Until Sat 6 Sep. 10am-6pm. Two series’ of screenprints and a suite of lithographs. reflecting the history and mechanics of compulsory education and our dealings with Euberty as a culture.
FRE Helen Snell: Strange Harvest Sat l3—Thu 25 Sep. 10am—6pm. 3D constructions based on subversions of commercial packaging nets and pop up transgenic creatures. hybrids and clones. FREE Peter Pnetsell: A Lite in Print Sat 13—Thu 25 Sep. 10am—6pm. A celebration of the works of painter and printmaker Peter Pretsell. including screenprints and paintings created over a 40-year period.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon—Sat 1 lam—6pm; Sun noon—5pm. Janet Cardifl and George Buns Miller .00” Until Sun 28 Sep. Six different. immersive installation works. each evoking different worlds and a sense of childlike wonder in the viewer.
I INGLEDY GALLERY 15 Calton Road. 556 4441. 10am—5pm. Kay Rosen: Huen -~ Until Wed 24 Sep. The first Scottish showing of work by American artist Kay Rosen is the inaugural exhibition at the Ingleby Gallery’s new main space. Playful. but ultimately underwhelming. text pictures. FRI! Susan Collls Until Wed 24 Sep. Cheeky installation by the upcoming Scottish artist playing on the building site from which the lngleby Gallery has recently emerged. What appear to be rawl plugs and paint spatters are revealed to be precious stones. FREE Billboard tor Edinburgh: Mark Wallinger 0004'.» Until Fri 31 Oct. The punchy sentence ‘MARK WALLINGER IS INNOCENT'. shouted out from the well-placed Ingleby
Billboard. is intrguiing. but with little in- gallery material to explain it. it appears to be a meaningless phrase. which is disappointing from such an overtly political artist.
Raphael and Tintoretto. Giovanni Bellini. Lorenzo Costa and Titian. This is the first of a two-part exhibition. the second of which will cover the Baroque period. Last admission 5pm.
I THE LOT
4 Grassmarket. 225 9922.
FREE GVS Until Thu 11 Sep. Mixed media show by five artists from Garvald Edinburgh. including Julie Whitson‘s delicate cast glass works inspired by the architecture of the Grassmarket and Micheal Mclellan‘s huge canvases about his favourite rock bands.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART
75 Belford Road. 624 6200. 10am—5pm. Tracey lmin: 20 Years “.1 Until Sun 9 Nov. 10am—6pm. £6 (£4). This first-ever Emin retrospective thrills and disappoints in equal measure. Tracey-fatigue may kick in halfway through as her relentless presence within her own work becomes wearying. but the point is that she‘s always made an out of her own life. and there's some powerful. touching and important work here.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu lOam—7pm. FREE Kaleidoscope: Works on Paper Recently Acquired for Scotland Until Sun 21 Sep. Recent acquisitions on paper and photographs. including a sketch of the Holy Family by the 18th century Venetian painter Tiepolo. a pastel portrait of the actress Tilda Swinton by her husband John Byme and Picasso‘s etching. ‘Weeping Woman‘.
Impressionism and Scotland Until Sun 12 Oct. £8 (£6). Scottish Impressionism from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. comprising over 100 works by artists as diverse as Whistler. Corot. McTaggart and the Glasgow Boys. as well as Monet. Manet. Degas, Van Gogh and the Scottish Colourists.
FREE [Footiighta] Until Sun 16 Nov. Get closer to the smell of the grease paint with a collection from the National Galleries of Scotland of artists who have chosen to record events and performances.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
1 Queen Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri-Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. FREE Heroes Until Sun 7 Dec. A critical re-examination of what we mean by the term ‘Victorian values'. focused through portraits and information on the individuals considered role models in that society.
Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 Until Sun 21 Sep. £8 (£6). Photographs of some of the weightiest names and brightest stars to have graced the pages of Vanity Fair. FREE John Muir Wood and the Origins of Landscape Photography In Scotland Until Sun 26 Oct. Arguably Scotland‘s first systematic landscape photographer. John Muir Wood travelled Scotland by steamer documenting the country. as shown in these photographs taken during 1840—1860. Works by Robert Adamson. David Octavius Hill. Thomas Keith. Horatio Ross and WHF Talbot are also displayed to contextualise his output.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse. 556 5100. £5 (£4.50).
The Art of Italy In the Royal Collection: The Renaissance Until Fri 24 Oct. 9.30am—6pm. £5 (£3—£4.50; under 55 free; family ticket £13). Thirty—two paintings and 42 drawings from the period of the Italian Renaissance. including works by Leonardo da Vinci. Michelangelo.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
Inverleith Row. 248 2983. Tue—Sun [Dam—5.30pm.
FREE Richard Hamilton: Protest Pictures COO Until Sun 12 Oct. 10am—5.30pm. Retrospective giving an (incomplete) idea ofjust how influential the great British pop artist has been. His critiques of the way mass media communicates politics might now seem commonplace. but this is a good reminder of just who pioneered those techniques in the first place.
FREE Rosita McKenzie with Camilla Adams: No Voices III / Horticulture Behind the Scenes Until Sun 12 Oct. l()am—5.30pm. Photographs by Rosita McKenzie. an Edinburgh-based blind artist. with accompanying tactile interpretations by Camilla Adams and audio commentaries.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound. 225 6671. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun noon—5pm.
FREE Frank Pottinger RSA Until Mon 29 Sep. 10am—5pm. Solo exhibition of prints and small sculptures. Viewings also available by appointment.
FREE Research: RSA Residencies In Focus Until Sun 21 Sep. Exhibition featuring the work of RSA Residency participants who have completed RSA opportunities in 2007.
I SCOTTISH GALLERY
16 Dundas Street. 558 1200. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 10am—4pm.
FREE Dame Elizabeth Blackadder Until Sat 6 Sep. A new exhibition of oils. watercolours and etchings.
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; i‘ma‘ar are: GALLERY 1 University of Edinburgh. South Bridge.
650 2210. Tue—Sat 10am—5pm.
FREE Andrew Grassie .00
Until Sat 27 Sep. Survey exhibition of recent and new work. showcasing Grassie‘s deceptive photo-realist paintings of Modernist exhibitions. An exploration of the derivative nature of contemporary art which may amuse theorists but alienate the casual viewer.
Dundee
152 Nethergate. 01382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat 10.30am—5.30pm; Thu 10.30am—8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm.
. FREE Denise Hawrysion I Situational Prints Until Tue 16 Sep.
Canadian artist Hawrysion uses chance occurrences to create marks via the medium of etching. She presents. for
‘ example. the marks made by cars going
over a traffic bump. FREE Sister Corita Power Up Wed 17 Sep—Tue 4 Nov. See preview. page 95. I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergatc. 01382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat 10.30am—5.30pm; Thu 10.30am—8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm. FREE Altered States of Paint 00... Until Sun 7 Sep. 10.30am—5.30pm. Brilliant group show that retracts the formal and sensory
properties of painting through 1960s
psychedelia and the death of the hippy dream. Includes work by Neil Clements. Rabiya Choudhry and Till Gerhard.
FREE Altered States of Paint:
Scottish Dance Theatre Event Thu 4 Sep. 7pm. Scottish Dance Theatre performs a site-specific response to the exhibition. Ticketed.
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