that explore the sense of reckless abandon associated with rock music. material, some created, and others found, in the studio and elsewhere.
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Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Rosalie Doubal. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Glasgow
■ +44 141 AT SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–8pm. FREE Unstable Objects Until Sun 23 Aug. Mixed-media group exhibition featuring work by Ani Baronian, Helen De Main, Mair Hughes and Sam Stocker.
■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am-5pm. FREE A Painter of Poems – Matthjis Maris Until Sun 27 Sep. A selection of works by the Dutch artist Matthijs Maris (1839–1917) drawn from the collection. FREE Art in Hospital at the Burrell Collection Until Mon 31 Aug. An exhibition of collection-inspired works by hospital patients involved in Art in Hospital’s projects throughout Glasgow. ■ CASTLE GALLERIES Level One, Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 221 6867. Mon–Fri & Sat 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series Until Fri 28 Aug. Exhibition of the artwork of Bob Dylan casting a new light on the creativity of one the world’s most influential cultural figures.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE The Last Days of Jack Sheppard Until Sat 26 Sep. The Scottish premiere of a new film and installation by Anja Kirschner and David Panos based on the inferred prison encounters between the 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and Daniel Defoe.
✽✽ FREE The Raw and the Cooked Until Sun 6 Sep. New sculptures and
installations by Icelandic artists Baldvin Ringsted and Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Timo Jokela: Northern Traces: 1999–2009 Sat 22 Aug–Sat 26 Sep. An insight into the philosophy and practice of one of the earliest pioneers of environmental and community art in Lapland, featuring film, photography, drawing, painting, maps, collage and installations.
■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. FREE Summer Exhibition 2009 Until Mon 31 Aug. A season of changing paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works, all with a summery feel. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Thu & Sun noon–2pm & 5.30–10pm; Fri & Sat noon–10pm. FREE The Rosslyn Templar Until Wed 2 Sep. Photography by Ashley Cowie.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE sh[OUT]: Contemporary Art and Human Rights ●●●●● Until Sun 1 Nov. Striking and thoughtful biennial social justice exhibition featuring work by Sadie Lee, Nan Goldin, Chad McCail and Robert Mapplethorpe. Universal ideas of love and tenderness are writ large throughout. FREE Echo and Transcend Until Sun 31 Jan. A wide-ranging selection of abstract art, some of which echoes and some of which transcends reality, including paintings by William McCance, Alan Davie and Bridget Riley, and sculpture by Anthony Caro and Eduardo Paolozzi.
■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO 48 King Street, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE Norman Sutton Hibbert: Small Stories Until Sat 29 Aug. A collection of mixed media works each telling a small story, containing variously printed
■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm.
✽✽ FREE Dai Nippon Fri 21 Aug–Sat 10 Oct. Exhibition of 19th Century Japanese woodblock prints from the Henry Dyer collection.
✽✽ FREE Emergent Artists: Yvonne Mulloch, Michael Hill
Johnston & Karen Cunningham Fri 21 Aug–Sat 19 Sep. The fourth exhibition in the GSA’s emergent artists series. See preview, page 42. ■ THE HILL HOUSE Upper Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh, 01436 673900. Daily 1.30pm–5.30pm. £8 (£5). Lyrical Abstraction Until Sat 31 Oct. Contemporary abstract stone sculpture from Kate Thomson and Hironori Katagiri, drawing on both Scottish and Japanese cultural contexts.
■ HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Alexander Stoddart: Drawings and Models Until Sat 12 Sep. Exhibition of preparatory drawings proffering a valuable look at the relationship between artist and – often famous – model. FREE Edvard Munch ●●●●● Until Sat 5 Sep, 9.30am–5pm. This fine selection of woodcuts, lithographs and etchings on loan from the Munch Museum in Oslo highlights death, existential angst and the impossibility of love as recurring themes in the artist’s oeuvre. ■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Big-Game Until Sun 30 Aug. Design collective Big-Game presents a selection of furniture, lighting and interiors.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm. FREE Mystery and Imagination Until Wed 23 Sep. Exhibition drawn from the gallery’s collection of Scottish art, featuring work by Lesley Banks, Marj Bond, James Cowie, Duncan Shanks and Willie Rodger. FREE Worlds Until Wed 23 Sep. Thirteen west of Scotland-based photographers, all members of Scottish Photographers, exhibit new work. Featured artists include Alex Boyd, Thomas Joshua Cooper and Caroline Douglas.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Studio Project 17: Dave Cushley & Studio Project 18: Ally Wallace Until Fri 21 Aug. With a shared interest in the systemic nature of art production, both Cushley and Wallace present large scale site-specific sculptural installations. ■ MITCHELL LIBRARY 201 North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Inspired Until Sun 20 Sep. Fifty works inspired by Robert Burns by leading contemporary artists. Part of Homecoming Scotland 2009.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE Suite 6, Floor 1, 73 Robertson Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Tonite ●●●●● Until Sat 22 Aug. Hit-and-miss mini blockbuster featuring work by Richard Hughes, Jim Lambie, Torsten Lauschmann, Richard Wight and Cathy Wilkes.
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■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Spin on This Until Sun 6 Sep. In celebration of Recoat’s second birthday, eleven artists share their love of cycling and the Scottish biking tradition as well as their mastery of graphic art and graffiti.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Design Collection Until Mon 31 Aug. Dynamic sculptural forms in glass and clay. FREE Summer Delights Until Mon 31 Aug. New paintings by over 20 leading Scottish artists. ■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Famine – New Works by Peter Howson Until Mon 28 Sep. The Glasgow artist turns his talents to the Great Irish famine.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE James Richards Until Sun 23 Aug. London-based
artist James Richards presents multi- screen installation Call and Bluff. Incorporating collaged film footage, Richards’ piece seeks to articulate narratives of obsession and desire.
✽✽ FREE Cerith Wyn Evans with Throbbing Gristle:
A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N Until Sun 27 Sep. A remarkably large sculpture incorporating 16 suspended circular Audio Spotlight panels. Throbbing Gristle have composed a special multi-channel soundtrack that plays back through the sculpture. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.10am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE A Sage of the Stage, Not a Beast in a Cage Until Sat 5 Sep. A new series of screen prints by Edinburgh-based artist Sharon Whyte using ephemera relating to animal performers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
■ WASPS STUDIOS 77 Hanson Street, Dennistoun, 554 8299. Mon–Fri 10am–5.30pm; Sat & Sun 10am–4pm. FREE Mysterious Relationships Fri 21 Aug–Fri 4 Sep. An exhibition of paintings by Andrew Fitzpatrick.
Isle of Bute ■ MOUNT STUART GALLERY Mount Stuart, 01700 503877. Mon, Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm. FREE Katja Strunz: The Great Bear Until Wed 30 Sep, 10am–6pm. Installation reflecting the artist’s ongoing enquiry into cultural history and the ownership of space and collections.
Stirling ■ THE CHANGING ROOM Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274005. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Art is not a mirror, it’s a hammer! An exploration of the John Grierson and Norman McLaren Archives Until Sat 5 Sep. Exhibition featuring film and archival material selected by artists Katy Dove, Luke Fowler and archivist Karl Magee.
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A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N The sound installation A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N is a
collaboration between Welsh experimental filmmaker Cerith Wyn Evans and the original ‘industrial’ music pioneers Throbbing Gristle. The piece, which takes its title from the poem by Stéphane Malarmé, is a large- scale structure, influenced by the artist’s ongoing experiments with mirror mobiles. The piece also harnesses an innovative new technology that uses ultrasonic signals to generate sound within the air itself. ■ Tramway, Glasgow, until Sun 27 Sep.