Visual Art
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Curated by Dawn Ades and Simon Baker, this comprehensive show charting the history of close-up photography and film, explores the ways in which artists, photographers and
filmmakers have been influenced by the close-up image in creating their work. See review next issue. I Flint/market Gal/cry; Ftfin.‘)t/rg/i. untl/ Sun I I Jan.
I GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIO
I45 Kelyinhaugh Street. 204 I740. Mon l‘ri 0am 5pm.
FREE Beagles & Ramsey: Good Teeth l'ntil l'il'i l‘) Dec. :\ new. large- scale sculptural installation created by Beagles & Ramsay during their three— month l’roduction Residency at (iSS.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY l'niycrsity ol'(ilasgow. S2 llillhead Street. 330 5431. Mon Sat 0.30am 5pm. FREE Mackintosh Reinterpreted: Original sketches to digitally created fabrics l'ntil Sal o l)ec. 0.30am 5pm. ()riginal textile designs by (illttl'lcs Rennie Mackintosh Will lk‘ display ed alongside new intcrpretalions. created and presented by the centre for ad\anccd textiles at the (ilasgow School ol .v\t‘l.
I INTERMEDIA GALLERY
(‘(‘;\. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 552 2540. Daily noon (rpm.
FREE Chris Dyson and Stephen Murray l'ntil Sat 15 \oy. noon (rpm, Joint show ol \ idco and sculpture works. manipulated images and screens.
I KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
.-\t‘gy lc Street. 270 0.500. Mon 'l‘llll & Sat l0am 5pm; l‘ri tk Sun llam 5pm; |0am lpin.
Impressionism and Scotland t'ntil Sun I l‘eb. £5 (£3). Scottish Impressionism from the late I00) and early 2001 centuries. comprising oy'er I00 works by artists as di\et'se as Whistler. ('orot. Mc'l'aggart and the (ilasgow Boys. as well as Monet. Manet. Degas. Van (iogh and the Scottish (‘olottt‘ists
I THE LIGHTHOUSE ll Mitchell l.ane. 22l (i302. Mon at
Wed Sat l0.30am 5pm: 'l‘ue llam 5pm:
Sun noon 5pm. £4 t£I.5()-£2; lamin ticket £0.50: tree on Saturdays). Giles Miller l‘ntil Sun 23 NM. £3 tree
90 THE LIST No. 2006*,
on Saturdays (il l. A new exhibition by the young British designer. featuring a giant. ceiling-mounted lighting sculpture made ol corrugated cardboard. Architecture in Scotland 2006- 2008: Building Biographies l'niil Sun 1 l Jan. £3 (£1. l‘ree on Saturdays). The latest biennial reyiew of a diyerse range ol~ Scottish architecture.
I SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret's Place. 553 2002. Tue Sat 1 5pm. FREE Alex Frost: Compassion Fatigue l'ntil Sat l5 .\'oy. l lain 5pm. The London-born and (ilasgoys'-based at'lisl displays some ol his sculpture and mixed media work in conjunction with the new publication on his works. Supple/Henry.
I TRAMWAY
25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 350l. 'l‘ue l-ri
10am 5pm: Sat 6’; Sun noon 5pm. FREE Unreliable Witness 0... l'ntil Tue 0 Dec. See
reyiew. page 88.
Edinburgh
I CITY ART CENTRE
2 Market Street. 520 3003. Mon Sat 10am 5pm.
FREE Recognised: Highlights from the Collection l'ntil Wed 31 Dec. Highlights from the (‘:\("s collection of Scottish art. including work by Paolo/Ii. Blackadder and Bellany. FREE A Time and Place: Paintings from the City Collection l'ntil Sat l7 Jan. In conjunction with 'I'rt'mtu‘t't/ I’luu'x this showcases works by Scottish painters with an al'linity' to a \‘asl array ol' Scottish places both rural and urban.
FREE Treasured Places l'ntil Sun lts’ Jan. Reflecting and connecting the liy'es ol the people of Scotland where they live. work and gather from prehistory to the present day".
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY (‘onstitution Street. 5(il 7300. Wed Sat 1 lam 4.30pm.
FREE Scales 0.. l'ntil 'l'hu lts‘
Dec. 1 lam 4.30pm. See review. page 88.
I DEAN GALLERY
7.3 Bell‘ord Road. 024 6200. 10am 5pm. FREE Exhibiting Surrealism: The International Surrealist Exhibition, London 1936 l'ntil Sun 7 Dec. lixhibition commemorating the 1036 lnternational Surrealist lixhibition. featuring works by l)a|i. Miro and lirnst. as well as a nutnber ol’ British artists. FREE Four Scottish Painters l'ntil Sat 3| Jan. l‘our postwar Scottish artists: Wilhelmina Bat'ns-(it’ahatn. John Bellany'. Alan l)a\'ie and Anne Redpath.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 l.'nion Street. 557 2470. Tue Sat l0am 6pm.
FREE Winter Exhibition 2008 l'ntil Tue 23 Dec. l0am opm. Large annual members exhibition.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sat
I lam 6pm: Sun noon 5pm.
FREE Close Up l'ntil Sun ll Jan. (‘urators l)awn Ades and Simon Baker. explore the del‘amiliarising el'l'ects ol' the extreme close-up in photography and lilm. See caption. above.
I INGLEBY GALLERY
l5 (‘alton Road. 556 444l. |0am 5pm. FREE Richard Forster O... l'ntil Sat 22 .\'o\‘. See reyiew. page
88.
FREE Ruth Claxton l'ntil Wed 10
Nov. Second solo exhibition with the
lngleby (iallery.
I LEITH GALLERY
()5 The Shore. l.eith. 553 5255.
Mon l‘ri llam 5pm; Sat llatn 4pm. FREE Landscape Exhibition l'ntil Sat 22 Nos; Deborah l’liillips. James Someryille. Alastair l'iddc‘s Watt plus a
small solo by Nick.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND COMPLEX The Mound. (324 (i200. Mon Wed a l-‘ri Sun 10am 5pm; 'l'hu 10am 7pm. FREE Footlights l'ntil Sun In .\'o\'. A collection l'rom the National (ialleries of Scotland of artists who have chosen to record e\‘cnts and performances.
Gerhard Richter l'ntil Sun 4 Jan.
£6 (£4). The first major retrospective of the inlluential (ierman l’op Artist‘s paintings in Scotland.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY l’alace ol. lloly'roodhottse. .550 5 l()(). 1,5 (£4.50).
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection: The Baroque 'I‘hu I3 Nov Sun 8 Mar. 0.30am 4.30pm. £5 (£3 £4.50: under 5s lree; lamily ticket £13). Part two of the gallery's Italian art exhibition includes "l‘he ('alling ol Saints Peter and Andrew‘ by ('arayaggio and Annibale ('arracci's ‘Allegory of Truth and lime.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY 'l‘he Mound. 225 3022. Mon Sat
10am 5pm: Sun noon 5pm.
FREE Donald Urquhart l'ntil l-‘ri 10 Dec. :\ selection ol' prints from his Icelandic Suite and \y‘ot‘ks from the Snow Described l’rom etchings inspired by a trip to the ('airngorms. .-\lso open by appointment.
FREE William Littlejohn l'ntil Sun 14 Dec. Retrospective ol the work ol' the late William l.ittlejohn comprising oils. watercolours and prints.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
l Queen Street. 624 (i200. Mon Wed A; liri Sun 10am 5pm; 'l'hu 10am 7pm: noon 5pm.
FREE Heroes l'ntil Sun 7 Dec. A critical re-examination of what we mean by the term ‘\'ictorian Values'. locused through portraits and inl'ormation on the indiyiduals considered role models in that society.
FREE Intimate Portrait t'ntil Sun I lieb. lixploring the fascination for intimate portraiture in (leorgian and Regency Britain. l‘rom the origins ol polite society and the rise of the fashionable art world.
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY l'niyersity ol' lidinburgh. Sotith Bridge. 050 22H). 'l'ue Sat 10am 5pm.
FREE Langlands and Bell
l'ntil Sat l3 Dec. 10am 5pm. An installation by Langlands and Bell. referencing the tiny lamin chapel dedicated to St John the liyangelist and designed in l873 by the architect William Burges at Mount Stuart. FREE Vaulting Ambition l'ntil Sat 13 Dec. l0am 5pm. 'l'ouring e\hibition looking at the life and Work ol. the Adamas brothers. the first ‘celebrity architects'.
Dundee
I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
I52 \ethergate. 0| 382 000000. Tue. Wed. l‘ri & Sat l0.30am 5.30pm; 'l‘hu l0.30am 8.30pm: Sun noon 530an FREE Gravity Always Wins l‘ntil Sun 4 Jan. l0.30am 5.30pm. Large installation. specially commissioned for l)(‘:\. by contemporary .-\merican artist Spencer liinch.
I GENERATOR PROJECTS
:5 20 .\lid Wynd. Mid \Vy nd Industrial listate. 0l3h'2 225082. Thu Sun
noon 5pm.
FREE Harmonielehre l‘ntil Sun 7 Dec. 1 lam 5pm. New e\hibition ol sculptural works from (ilasgow -based artist and writer Mick l’eter.