Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to artGlIchomk. Listings compiled by Kirstin Innes.
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Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. l()am—midnight.
FREE Sonnets from Scotland Until Wed 1 Oct. Alex Boyd questions the depiction of the Scottish landscape.
interpretations by the Centre For Advanced Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art.
I HUNTERIAN MUSEUM
Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow, 3304221. Mon-Sat 9.30am—5pm.
FREE Hunter: Man, Medic and Collector Until Tue 30 Sep. The story of museum flounder Dr William Hunter. FREE Boucher and Chardln: Masters of Modern Manners Wed 24 Sep—Sat 13 Dec. Jean Simeon Chardin‘s ‘Lady Taking Tea‘ and Francois Boucher‘s ‘Madame Boucher‘ shown in the context of 50 paintings, drawings and prints.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue—Fri 11am—6pm; Sat 10am—6pm.
FREE Remembering Nan Hoover Wed 24 Sep. 7pm. Screening of videos by the late Nan Hoover. FREEAutoconstruccion Fri 26 Sep—Sat 8 Nov. 1 lam—6pm. Sculptures by Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas. FREE Intermedia: Pio Abda, Allison Gibbs and JM Thomson Fn’ 26 Sep—Sat 11 Oct, noon—6pm. Drawings.
I COLLINS GALLERY
University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon-Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon-4pm.
FREE Urban Echoes see Until
Sat 27 Sep. Photography by Keith lngham.
See review, page 95.
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 229 1996. Mon—Wed & Sat 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—8pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam-5pm.
FREE Jim Lambie: Forever Changes eeee Until Mon 29 Sep. Lambie's biggest exhibition in Glasgow to date includes a new version of his celebrated black and white, vinyl floor. FREEJo Spence eeee Until Sun 16 Nov. Retrospective of the hugely influential British photographer (1934—92).
FREEAItered Images Until Sun 19 Oct. Twelve adult students take inspiration from Jim Lambie‘s Forever Changes.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO (GALLERY III)
25 King Street, Tue—Sat 10am—5.30pm. FREE 56’48’N 05’01’W - Marion Ferguson Until Sun 28 Sep. Large-scale drawings exploring the qualities of place.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
48 King Street, 552 0704. Tue—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
FREE Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven eeee Until Sun 28 Sep. Excellent exhibition in two locations, selected from the artist's body of work before his death in 2007.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am—2pm.
FREE Steven Campbell:
Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven COCO Until Sat 11 Oct. Exhibition in two locations, selected from the artist‘s bodyof work before his death in 2007.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium Gallery, Foulis Building, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4589. Mon—Thu 10am—7pm; Fri 10am—5pm; Sat lOam—lpm.
FREE Lyndsay Watt: Product Design Until Sat 27 Sep. Shoe design.
I KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm. FREE Gadburn School Until Thu 27 Nov. Clay project work created by pupils at Gadbum School, as part of the Sense Over Sectarianism scheme.
FREE Journey Into Exile Until Sun 5 Oct. Drawings by Tibetan children as part of the Art Refuge programme.
I THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed—Sat 10.30am—5pm; Tue 1 lam-5pm; Sun noon—5pm. Haptic .00 Until Mon 29 Sep. £3 (£1.50; free on Saturdays). An exhibition from the Nippon Design Museum in which designers and graphic artists aim to stimulate the senses. Mark Sinclair: Art on Site Until Sun 26 Oct. £3 (£1.50; free on Saturdays). Photographs documenting the construction of the Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick. Giles Miller Until Sun 23 Nov. £3 (£1.50; free on Saturdays). Featuring a giant, ceiling-mounted lighting sculpture made of corrugated cardboard.
The Lighthouse Architecture
Series: Gareth Hoskins Architects Until Sun 2 Nov. £3 (£1.50; free on Saturdays). Focusing on the company behind the redesigns of the Royal Museum and St Andrews‘ Square. Architecture in Scotland 2006-2008: Building Biographies Mon 29 Sep—Tue 2 Dec. £3 (£1.50; free on Saturdays). The latest biennial review of Scottish projects as well as examples from Austria, Switzerland and Norway.
I MARKET GALLERY
334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Tue—Sat, noon—6pm.
FREECheryI Field: Phylum s Genus Until Fri 3 Oct. Field shows off her work made for the gallery.
FREE Coincidence 8. Necessity Until Sat 18 Oct. Film, new media and installation by Andre Marose, Anita Tamutzer, Bosse Sudenburg. Markus Wuthmann and Anke Kalk.
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE
73 Robertson Street, Suite 6, Floor 1, 248 371 1. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon-5pm.
FREE Richard Hughes: Nothing Left, It’s All Right Until Sat 4 Oct. New work by London-based artist.
I PENTAGON GALLERIES
36 Washington Street, 221 2123. Mon—Fri 9am—5.30pm.
FREEOId and New Until Fri 3 Oct. New works from recent and older graduates from the Glasgow School of Art including Christine Borland, Scott Campbell, Philip Reeves, Ella Clogstoun, Yukako and Akiko Ueda.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street. 330 5431. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
FREE Mackintosh Reinterpreted: Original Sketches to Digitally Created Fabrics Until Sat 6 Dec. Original textile designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh displayed alongside new
96 THE LIST 18 Sap—2 Oct 2008
I PEOPLE’S PALACE G WINTER GARDENS
Glasgow Green, 271 2962. Mon—Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 1am—5pm. FREE Glasgow 1955: Through the Lens Until Mon 29 Sep. lmages of Glasgow last seen in Kelvingrove and the People‘s Palace 50 years ago.
Arches LIVE!
Although billed as a theatre festival, the Arches’ annual celebration of performers who are
‘determined to subvert and surprise’ is just as likely to delight art-lovers, many of the events crossing the boundary between performance and installation. One such is Be Water (pictured), Tue 23-Fri 26 Sep, which combines images by Rosalind Masson, movement by Vera Tussing, drawings Andrew MacDonald and music .18 Rafaeli to create ‘a place where the world of imagination and reality meet’.
I See Theatre listings, page 88
I G! GALLERY
87—91 Saltmarket, 552 7578. l lam—5pm. FREE Ecce Homo Until Sat 4 Oct. Spanish photographer David Trullo on the iconographical representation of beauty. Part of Glasgayf.
I RECOAT
323 North Woodside Road, 07968 252454. Tue—Sun noon—8pm.
FREE Bothan Spynetwork Until Fri 19 Sep. noon—6pm. Illustration, graphic art, graffiti and photography.
I SORCHA DALLAS
5 St Margaret‘s Place, 553 2662. Tue—Sat 1—5pm.
FREE Kate Davis: Outsider
see "r - Until Sat 27 Sep. Davis reinterprets the detailed work of artist Franz Gertsch. See review, page 95.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Mon—Thu & Sat lOam—5pm; Fri & Sun 11am—5pm. FREE Life After Iraq Until Sun 26 Oct. Award-winning photojoumalist Angela Catlin and writer Billy Briggs travelled to Syria to document the plight of Iraqis who have fled the conflict at home. Part of Refugee Week 2008.
I TRAMWAY
25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 9.30am—7.30pm.
FREE Art-Site-Audience Fri 26 Sep. A one-day symposium that explores the changing relationship between art, site and audience. Book in advance.
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY 45 King Street, 552 4813. Tue—Sat
1 lam—5pm.
FREE Group Show Tue 30 Sep—Sat 25 Oct. Michael Kent, Kendall Koppe, Ariki Porteous, Darren Rhymes and Michael Roy show sculpture, photography, film and painting.
I VARIOUS VENUES
Merchant City, 341 0844.
FREE Vietnam Scene Thu 25—Sun 28 Sep, Thu & Fri noon—8pm; Sat & Sun noon—7pm. Austrian plastic artist
Christian Eisenberger has reproduced a photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, buried alive during the Vietnam war. as a life- size installation. See it in George Square on Thursday and Friday and Wilson Street on Saturday and Sunday. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm.
FREE Recognised: Highlights from the Collection Until Wed 24 Dec. Work by Redpath, Paolozzi, Blackadder and Bellany.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22—28 Cockbum Street, 220 I260. Tue—Sat noon—5pm.
FREE New Work Scotland 2008 Sat 27 Sep—Sat 20 Dec. Annual show featuring the cream of Scotland‘s upcoming talent. See preview, page 95.
I conu EXCHANGE GALLERY “
Constitution Street. 561 7300. Wed—Sat l lam—4.30pm.
FREE Immerslve/Reality: Samuel Douglas Until Thu 16 Oct. Douglas exhibits oil paintings of his home town in Somerset.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. l()am—Spm. FREE Exhibiting Surrealism: The International Surrealist Exhibition, London 1936 Until Mon 1 Dec. Material from the Roland Penrose archive documenting the exhibition.
I DOGGERFISHER
11 Gayfleld Square. 558 71 10. Tue—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat noon—5pm.
FREE Film and Video Tue 30 Sep—Sat 25 Oct. Details to be confirmed.
I EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE COURT
74 Lauriston Place. 221 6000. Until 28 Sep: Mon—Fri 10am-4pm. 29 Sep—25 Oct Mon—Thu 10am—8pm; Fri loam—4pm; Sat & Sun 10am—2pm.
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