Visual Art
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY
45 King Street. 552 4813. Tue—Sat
1 lam—5pm.
"3” Philip Lai: Introduction and Jargon ee L'ntil Sat 30 May. Solo show by London-based l.ai comprises a two-screen video presentation which draWs together two seemingly disparate locations in an art- ior-art-sake kind oi way.
I VIENNA CAFE
59 Hyndland Street. 334 9699. Wed-Sun 10am-~6pm.
"NF Tradition as a Contemporary Playground. t‘ntil Sun 31 May. New prints and photographs by young Polish artist Wojciech Tubaja.
I WASHINGTON GARCIA
Arch 24. Easty'ale Place. Thu~Sat noon—6pni
"I" Shezad Dawood: Feature Until Sat 13 Jun. New installation oi London-based artist She/ad Dawood's ‘Gothic Western' painting series. and the premier oi his new film. Feature.
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I ANALOGUE
102 West Bow. 2200601. MoniSat 10am—5.30pm.
"in Nous Vous: Heavy Bones Until Sat 6 Jun. Leeds collective Nous Vous present a thematically varied selection oi drawings. collages and sculptures.
I ART’S COMPLEX
St. Margaret's House. 151 London Road. 0845 458 9709. Daily
10am— 10pm.
"WE Leith Festival Art Expo liri 5—Sun 14 Jun. Edinburgh-based artists exhibit. Parr aft/1e l.eiI/i I-eslii'al.
I BEYOND WORDS BOOKSHOP 42—44 (‘ockburn Street. 226 6636. Tue—Sat 10am—6pm; Sun-Mon noon—5pm.
""3 Colin MacLeod: Photographs 2007-2009 Until Sat 18 Jul. Recent photographic work by filmmaker Macl.eod.
I BODA BAR
229 Leith Walk. 0845 458 9709. Daily 2—11pni
""3 Suzanne Gibson: Bright Perspective Fri 5—Sun 14 Jun. Bold nature prints. Part ofrlie Leah l-esiit'al.
I THE BONGO CLUB
Moray House. 37 Holyrood Road. 558 7604. Mon—Fri 1—-7pm.
"3”: Jamal Penjweny Until Tue 9 Jun. Photography by Kurdish artist Jamal Penjweny. Part of Reel Iraq.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22—28 Cockburn Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sun noon—5pm.
"'FF Commonwealth Suite Until Sun 19 Jul. Two newly commissioned films by Jordan Baseman and Henna- Riikka Halonen examine the influence of Edinburgh's Royal Commonwealth Pool.
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street. 561 7300. Wed—Sat 1 lam—4.30pm.
U) "IF? Tobias Sternberg:
'6‘ Review Until Thu 4 Jun. See review. page 96.
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Beliord Road. 624 6200. Daily loam—5pm.
"WE Four Scottish Painters Until Sun 28 Jun. A display of the work of four Scottish artists of the postwar period.
PREE Alive with Innovations: Paoloui‘s Beginnings Until Tue 30 Jun. Eduardo Paolozzi’s aggressive. machine-like sculptures and
as THE LIST 28 May—11 Jun 2009
kaleidoscopic mosaics atid paintings brought him to international prominence
I THE DI ROLLO GALLERY
18a Dundas Street. 557 522". Mon Sat 10am 5.30pm.
FREE Rosanne Barr l'ntil Mon 8 Jun. .-\n exhibition oi paintings by award- winning graduate oi Dundee's Duncan oi Jordanstone .-\rt (‘ollege
I DOGGERFISHER
11 (iayi'teld Square. 558 71111. Tue l~ri 10am 6pm; Sat tiooii 5pm.
FREE Neil Clements: Built. Lacking. 0.. [mil Sat 61un. (‘lements' iinely distilled practice
ey inces a continued interest in painterly concerns and iormalist art production
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 t'nion Street. 557 2479, Tue Sat 10am 6pm.
"WE Jenny Smith: lncise l'nizl Sat 4 Jul. Recent works exploring the means by which the traditional and iormal elements oi draw mg can be t'e-exaiiiined tising iiew technology.
ran Katsutoshi Yuasa l’nul Sat 4 Jul. Natural iorms and landscapes depicted in large complex woodcut prints by the 'l‘oky‘o-born artist.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon Sal
1 laiii 6pm; Stiii noon 5pm.
V953: Willie Doherty: Buried CC. l'ntil Stiii 12 Jul. Literally and metaphorically sited within Northern Ireland. while l)oherty 's iilms explore uniyersal themes. the repeated speciiicity oi reierence to place and eyents sometimes inhibit more open interpretations.
I THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW. 225 7464. Tue Sat 11am 6pm.
"WE Lest Bogles Catch Him Unawares: Elph versus Robert Burns eee l'ntil Sat 6 Jun. See rey‘iew. page 96.
I INGLEBY GALLERY
15 (‘alton Road. 556 4441. Fri & Sat Mon Wed 10am 6pm; 'l‘hu 10am 7pm. J l—‘REF Francesca Woodman '1‘ COO. 1'iiti1 Sat 1.3 Jtiii. See rey'iew. page 96.
"In: Tommy Grace: Dummy l'ntil Sat 13 Jtiii. (irace’s lirst solo show with the lngleby is a series oi graphic and print collages. and two new lithographs reierencing Michelangelo.
'RFF Billboard for Edinburgh: Cerith Wyn Evans t'ntil 1-‘ri 31 Jul. Dreamy text piece by ('et‘ith Wyn liyans.
I INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE
13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366.
Mon Wed it Hi 9.30am- 5.30pm; Thu noon-5.30pm; Sat 9.30am 2pm.
rREE La Fontaine’s Fables l'ntil Tue 16Jun. More than 30 illustrations by French artist Arnaud liy'eno rey'eal the artist's passion ior animals and costtitiies.
I LEITH GALLERY
65 The Shore. 1-eith. 553 5255. Mon—Fri l lainu5piii; Sat 1 1am—4pm.
rREE New Work by Michael Ewart and Patti Yuill t'ntil Sat 30 May. Figuratiye paintings.
I MARYB
44 Ferry Road. (1845 458 9709. FREE Albatross Fri 5~-Sun 7 Jtiii. 10am—6pm. An exhibition oi mixed media art by Mary Mtily'aney. Parr (girlie Leiili I‘esiii'al.
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I NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX
'l‘he Mound. 624 6200 Mon Wed is in Sun 10am 5pm; 'l‘hu Illam "pm Turner 8 Italy l'ntil Stiii 7 Jun. £8 12.61. .-\ llittltir exhibition celebrating JMW 'l‘urner‘s loy e aiiair with ltaly. FREE Robert Adam’s Landscape Fantasies t'ntil Stiii 2 Aug.
Haw lessly composed w atercolours by the great architect Robert .-\dam. Raphael to Renoir: Master Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna Hi 5 Jun Stiti 6 Sep. £4 t£3i.('ollectioii oi drawings.
w atercolours and pastels spanning the 500 years between the ltalian Renaissance and the impressionism and post-iiiipressioiiisiii oi 19111 century lirance.
I OCEAN TERMINAL
l.eitli. 555 8888. Mon lirt 10am 8pm; Sat 10am 7pm; Sttii 11am 6pm. '9": Art in the Mall liri 5 Stiii 14 Jtiii. large yaried show oi work ieaturing paintings. sculptures. photography and deiiioiisti‘atioiis. Part of the l.eiI/i /‘t'\ilt‘tl/.
'PFF David Smart Art Exhibition in 5 I‘m 12 Jun. Smart presents ‘1’amtings oi l.eith and It's Sliituations'. l’ar! oi I/it' /.t'i!/I l‘t'\lll'tl/.
I OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL
3t) 36 Dalmeny Street. l.eit1i. 0845 458 970‘).
TREE Dress Down Wed 10 Sun 14 Jim. 10am 8pm. Sculpture and photography by local artist Duncan Robertson. I’ar! of [he l.ei!/i I'i'ylii'al.
I PAGEANT
l01.auriston Street. 228 5455.
"WE Monkey Relic Sat 30
May Sat 27 Jtiii. 1 1am 6pm. Large scale monkey drawings and an unusual \ iiiy'l installation by artist Kirsty Whiten.
I PATRIOTHALL GALLERY \VASl’S l’atriothall Studios. oil 48 llatiiiltoti Place. 226 7126.
"in: Common Ground t'ntil Sun 31 May. (iroup show oi eight artists coniiiiemorating Darwin‘s bicentenary'.
I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace oi llolyroodhouse. 556 5100. Daily 10am 5pm. £5 (£4.50).
The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life l'ntil Sun 20 Sep. 9.3(11111176pl11. £5.50 (£5; child £31. lixhibition exploring the Victorian tradition oi ‘cony‘ersatlon piece‘ painting.
I THE ROSELEAF
23 24 Sandport Place. 668 1768. Fm": Burn l-‘ri 5- Stiii 14 Jun.
1 laiii midnight. John Need and (Min 1'sher present a series oi photographs based on the songs oi Robert Burns. I’ar! air/1e Leiili I-eslii'al.
I ROXY ART HOUSE
2 Roxbtirgh Place. Daily 1 1am—5pm. rREF Andrea Bruce: Unseen Iraq l'ntil Tue 9 Jun. 1 —5pm. American journalist in lraq. Andrea Bruce. creates a constantly updating yiew oi the country i’rom daily news coverage. Par! (if/{eel Iraq.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
lny'erleith Row. 248 2971. Tue-Sun 10am—5.30pm.
FREE Cerith Wyn Evans L'ntil Sun 5 Jul. The Welsh conceptual artist selects a collection oi works ior his iirst solo exhibition in Scotland.
I SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE
9 South College St. Tue—Fri
1 1am—4pm; Sat 1.30am-4pni.
FREE Painters from Feodosia L'ntil Fri 12 Jun. Paintings by Crimean
waistcoat/viewed
artists \asy l' l-‘loreskul and Vladimir .'\\IsIIi.k‘\
I THE SCOTTISH GALLERY
l6 Dundas Street. 558 1200. Mon liri 10am 6pm. Sat 10am 4pm.
"WV John Houston: Memorial Exhibition l'ntil Sat 30 May Retrospectiye oi the tiiticli-nnssed oil and watercolour artist
"It: George Devlin - New Paintings Wed 3 Sat 27 Jun. lirench and Scottish landscapes.
I SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Beliord Road. 624 621111.
10am 5pm.
,v, run No Horizons eeeee 'i‘ l'ntil Sun 191u1. Nicely cuiated exhibition oi' work by contemporary artists drawn limit the collections oi ('liarles .-\sprey and .-\1e\aiider Sclil‘otlt‘t'.
7"“ ARTIST ROOMS O... l'ntil Sun 8 Nos. .-\n outstanding collection oi conteiiiporai'y art recently acquired by the National (ialleries oi Scotland and the Tate. through a generous donation by Anthony ti‘oi‘i'ay.
I SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE
43 45 High Street. 5569579. Moti Sat 10am 4.30pm.
fflFF Legends of the Minch l'ntil Sat 13Jtm. 10am 6pm. Marion Macl’liee presents a collection o1 seascape prints and etchings.
I STILLS
23 (‘ockburn Street. 622 6200.
11am 6pm.
run Barbara Probst eee
l'ntil Stiii 19 Jul. l'nsettling. intimate double portrait works atid street scenes documented with ioreiisic intensity. in the German born. NYC-based artist's lirst solo l'K show.
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY l'niy'ersity oi lidinburgh. South Bridge. 650 2210. Tue Sat 10am 5pm.
"WE Desire Lines l'ntil Mon 29 Jun. ()iilsite art works by an inyited selection oi artists can iottnd across the tiniy'ersity' campus.
I THE VILLAGE
16 South liort Street. l.eith. 478 7810. Mon Sat 11am 1 1.45pm; Stiii
12.30 11.45pm.
"WE Every Picture Tells a Story Sat 6 Jun. Landscape paintings by Sarah ('arncross. l’ari a/‘r/ie Leirli l'exti't'al.
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I GENERATOR PROJECTS 2526 Mid Wynd. Mid Wyiid Industrial listate. (11382 225982. Thu-Sun
noon <5pm.
"'F‘ They Had Four Years t'ntil Sun 7 Jun. The gallery's annual exhibition oi new work by last year‘s graduates. Featuring Lauren (iault. Key‘in Harman and Iain Sommeryille.
I VISION AT SEABRAES (ireenmarket. 01382 385330. Mon—Fri 9.30am~5pm; Sat & Sun 9.30—4.30pm. "'FF Dundee Degree Show 2009 Degree show from students graduating in 2009 from Duncan oi Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
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I MOUNT STUART GALLERY Mount Stuan. 01700 503877. Mon. Wed & Fri—Sun 10am-5pm.
'RFF Katja Strunz: The Great Bear L'ntil Wed 30 Sep. Installation reflecting the artist's ongoing enquiry into cultural history and the ownership of space and collections.