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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.uk. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
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Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 565 I000. Wain-midnight.
FREE Upwards into the Depths Fri 3 Oct-~Thu 6 Nov. Swedish photographer Tor Jonsson.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue-Fri 1 lam-6pm; Sat 10am—6pm. FREE 5.21:: ‘ _-:“" Until Sat 8 Nov. See caption. below.
FREE Intermedia: Pio Abda, Allison Gibbs and JM Thomson Until Sat 1 1 ()ct. noon—6pm. New drawings and other works.
FREE CALQ Residency: Martine H Crispo Wed 8 Oct—Fri 9 Jan. Interactive installation.
I THE CHAPEL
University of Glasgow. University Avenue. 330 4095.
FREE Hannah Frank Centenary Exhibition Until Sat 1 1 ()ct. Mon—Fri 9am—5pm; Sun 12—4pm; Sat 11 Oct 9--I 1am. Retrospective celebrating the l()()th birthday of Scottish Jewish artist Hannah Frank.
I COLLINS GALLERY
University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon~Fri l()am—Spm; Sat noon- 4pm.
FREE In the Eye of the Storm: Three Stories of Hungarian Craft, Design and Architecture 1930- 1960 Sat 4 Oct-Sat 22 Nov. Sec preview. page 95.
I COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon—Sat I(Iam-—5.30pm.
FREE Compass Gallery Until Thu 16 ‘
()ct. Works by Scottish artists.
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square. 229 I996. Mon-Wed & Sat l()aIn—Spm; Thu 10am-8pm; Fri & Sun I lam—5pm. FREE Jo Spence oooo Until Sun 16 Nov. Retrospective of the hugely influential British photographer.
FREE Altered Images Until Sun 19 ()ct. Students take inspiration from Jim Lambie‘s Forever ( 'hanges.
I GATEHOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road. 620 0235. Mon. Thu. Fri 8; Sun 1.30» 5.30pm: Sat
1 1.30am- 5.30pm.
FREE Wee Gems Until Sun 19 ()ct. Small paintings by gallery artists.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
48 King Street. 552 0704. Tue—Sat I()am—-5.30pm.
FREE Alasdair Gray: Works in Print Fri 3 Oct «Sat 22 Nov. Art works produced by the prolific writer.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon-- Fri 10am—5pm: Sat l()am---2pm.
FREE Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars, Insatiable Heaven sees Until Sat 1 1 ()ct. Selected from the artist's body of work completed before his death in 2007.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium Gallery. Foulis Building. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4589. Mon—Thu 10am—7pm; Fri l()am-Spm; Sat l()am-e 1 pm.
FREE City Tue 7—Fri 31 ()ct. Alumni of the GSA Visual Communication department focus on cities.
I THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART
167 Renfrew Street. 353 4526. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat l()am—2pm.
FREE Tanaka: Garden Until Fri 10 ()ct. Woodcuts and photographs from
: Tanaka's year at GSA.
FREE Art Wok Retrospective Tue 7—Fri 24 ()ct. Artists with learning disabilities.
I HILLHEAD LIBRARY 348 Byres Road. 339 7223. Mon. Tue &
; Thu 1 lam—7pm; Wed. Fri & Sat
9am—5pm. FREE Exhibition: Out and About
: Thu 2 Oct. Drawings and prints inspired
by Glasgow landmarks.
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. Textile designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh displayed alongside new interpretations.
I HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Gilbert Scott Building. University of Glasgow. 330 4221. Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
FREE Boucher and Chardin: Masters of Modern Manners Until Sat 13 Dec. Jean Simeon Chardin‘s ‘I.ady Taking Tea‘ and Francois Boucher‘s ‘Madame Boucher‘ put in context with 50 paintings. applied and decorative works. drawings and prints.
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. (‘lay project work created as part of the Sense over Sectarianism scheme. FREE Journey Into Exile Until Sun 5 ()ct. Drawings by Tibetan children.
I THE LIGHTHOUSE
l 1 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. Mon & Wed—Sat 10.30am—5pm; Tue 1 lam—5pm: Sun noon-5pm. £4 (£1.50-£2; family ticket £9.50; free on Saturdays).
Mark Sinclair: Art on Site Until Sun 26 ()ct. Photographs of the Shetland Museum and Archives in Lerwick. Giles Miller Until Sun 23 Nov. Featuring a giant ceiling-mounted sculpture made of corrugated cardboard. Gareth Hoskins Architects: The Lighthouse Architecture Series .0. Until Sun 2 Nov. Marking ten years of the Scottish architects. See review.
Architecture in Scotland
2006-2008: Building Biographies Thu 9 Oct—Sun I 1 Jan. Biennial review
. of Scottish architecture. pIUs examples
from Austria. Switzerland and Norway. FREE Art Nouveau and Society Sat 1 l—Thu 16 ()ct. A 15-minute multimedia presentation about art nouveau.
I MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street. 342 4124. Tue—Sat
I lam—5pm.
FREE Helen Flockhart, Heather Nevay, Peter Thomson Until Sat I 1 ()ct. New work by Glasgow painters.
I MARKET GALLERY
334 Duke Street. 556 7276. Tue--Sat noon—6pm.
FREE Cheryl Field: Phylum G Genus Until Fri 3 Oct. The result of Field's work at the gallery.
FREE Coincidence 8. Necessity Until Sat 18 Oct. Film. new media and installation.
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE 73 Robertson Street. Suite 6. Floor 1. 248 371 I. Mon-Fri l()am—5pm; Sat noon— 5pm. FREE Richard Hughes: Nothing left, it’s all right .0” Until Sat 4 Oct. Head-turning
work by this London-based artist. See review. page 96.
FREE Monika Sosnowska Sat 1 I Oct—Sat 8 Nov. New sculpture by the Polish artist.
I OFFSHORE GALLERY 3—5 Gibson Street. 07748 636354. 9am—10pm.
FREE Paddy Shanks Paintings Until Fri 31 Oct. Oil and acrylic paintings.
I PENTAGON GALLERIES
36 Washington Street. 221 2123. Mon—Fri 9am—5.30pm.
FREE Old and New Until Fri 3 Oct. New work from Glasgow School of Art graduates such as Christine Borland. Scott Campbell and Akiko Ueda.
FREE Gordon Picken: New Paintings Mon 6 Oct—Fri 7 Nov. Modern urban buildings.
FREE Ecce Homo Until Sat 4 Oct. Spanish photographer David Trullo. Part of Glasgay.’
FREE Plastic Pastorals Mon 6 Oct—Sun 9 Nov. Gregor Laird displays countryside vistas with a dramatic colour make-over. Part of Glasgay.’
I RECOAT
323 North Woodside Road. 07968 252 454. Tue—Sun noon—8pm.
FREE The Front Row Sat 1 1 Oct-Sun 9 Nov. noon—6pm. Work from illustrators and designers inspired by classic couture.
I RICEFIELD GALLERY
Chinese Arts and Cultural Centre. 41 Graham Street. 331 1019. Tue—Sat 10.30am—5pm.
FREE Fly: Suzanne Chong Until Sun 26 Oct. Oil paintings commenting on female identity.
I PLATFORM The Bridge. 1000 Westerhouse Road. Easterhouse. 276 9696. Mon & Wed 9am—9.30pm; Tue & Thu 7.30am—9.30pm; Fri 9am—7.30pm; Sat 9am—5.30pm; Sun 10am—5.30pm.
FREE Helen Nunn Until Sun 19 Oct. IIIUstrations by the yong anist. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival .
FREE Inside Out Until Sun 19 Oct. Platform‘s huge windows are given a stained glass effect by the Positive Mental Attitudes‘ art group. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival.
I PROJECT ABILITY Centre For Developmental Arts. 18 Albion Street. 552 2822. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm.
FREE Jamaican Intuitives Fri 3—Fri 31 Oct. Paintings and sculptures evoking the culture of Jamaica.
FREE Picture This Fri 3—Fri 31 Oct. Photos of work created by people from local resource centres.
I O! GALLERY 87—91 Saltmarket. 552 7578. Mon—Fri 1 Iain—5pm.
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' Mexico’s Abraham Cruzvillegas has spent the last six months in residency at the CCA and
I ROYAL CONCERT HALL
2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
FREE Robert Heindel: Encoro Mon 6—Sun 19 Oct. 10am—5pm. Paintings of ballet dancers.
I SCOTLANDART.COM
6 Bumfield Road. Giffnock. 638 1200. Mon—Fri 10.30am—5.30pm; Sat l()am—5.30pm; Sun noon—5pm.
FREE Ian Elliot Solo Show Thu 16 Oct—Sun 16 Nov. 10.30am—5.30pm. Scottish landscapes by a gallery favourite.
€55th onus 5 St Margaret's Place. 553 2662. Tue—Sat 1—5 m. FREE Alex Frost: Compassion Fatigue Sat 11 Oct—Sat 15 Nov. 1 1am—5pm. Sculpture and mixed media.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 Castle Street. 553 2557. Mon-Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun 1 lam—5pm. FREE Life After Iraq Until Sun 26 Oct. Documenting the plight of Iraqis who have fled conflict. Part of Refugee Week 2008.
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Cove Park developing a show that is more than just an exhibition. As well as his trademark sculptures made from whatever he has to hand (‘wool, sheep shit, chicken wire, discarded furniture, cardboard, stones, grass or my own hair . . .’), he has been writing lyrics for Glasgow musicians, creating a book and planning a procession across the city. Together, this imaginative outpouring reflects on the 40-year-old’s upbringing in Ajusco in the south of Mexico City.
I CCA, Glasgow, until Sat 8 Nov.
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