Visual Art
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 Little Magazine Until Sun 28 Feb. Group show curated by Alex Pollard featuring work by Nick Evans, Iain Hetherington and Alan Michael.
FREE Intermedia: Kate V Robertson Until Fri 19 Feb. Robertson brings the supporting structures of the gallery to the fore. ■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Myscape Until Sat 20 Feb. Featuring work by 23 artists with autism spectrum conditions and Asperger syndrome.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 223 0087. Thu–Sat noon–7pm. FREE Martin Creed: Things Sat 20 Feb–Sat 27 Mar. Creed’s first Scottish solo show. Not to be missed.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE But what of Frances Stark, standing by itself, a naked name, bare as a ghost to whom one would like Until Sat 3 Apr. New text- based and collage works by eminent Los Angeles artist Frances Stark. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Thu & Sun noon–2pm & 5.30–10pm; Fri & Sat noon–10pm. FREE Scottish Photographic Circle: Twenty Ten Until Wed 3 Mar. Featuring work by Dugald Bell, Dr Michael Blair and Nan Caldwell.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Housed in an elegant neo-classical building, GoMA displays work by local and international artists and houses the city’s contemporary art collection, displayed via temporary exhibitions. FREE Donated: BBC Scotland Collection Until Sun 27 Jun. BBC Scotland has donated a collection of 125 artworks to Glasgow Museums. FREE Echo and Transcend ●●●●● Until Sun 21 Feb. A wide- ranging selection of abstract art. FREE A Spot of b)other: LGBTI Deaf and Disabled Cultures Until Sun 21 Feb. Pages from a fanzine about deaf and disabled people in the LGBTI community. FREE Ajamu X: Familiar Strangers Until Sun 21 Feb. A new series of portraits by artist Ajamu X. FREE Unsettled Objects Until Mon 1 Mar. An exhibition of photography, video and installation from GoMA’s collection.
FREE multi-story Thu 18 Feb–Sun 27 Jun. Exhibition of work by participants in a project that gave people living in the Red Road housing estate an opportunity to take part in creative activity.
■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Three American Artists: Randy Bolton, Michael Krueger & John Schulz Until Sat 27 Feb. Three artists who dissect and subvert iconic American imagery. FREE Focus On: Woodcut Printing Until Sat 27 Feb. Works by Studio members. ■ GOETHE INSTITUT 3 Park Circus, 332 2555. Mon 4pm–6.30pm; Tue noon–6.30pm; Wed noon–6.30pm; Thu noon–8.30pm; Fri noon–4pm; Sat 9.30am–1.30pm. FREE Steffi Klenz: La Posa (2008–2009) Until Fri 26 Feb. This series of photographs takes as its subject the ‘ghost village’ of Tyneham on the Dorset coast.
■ HILLHEAD LIBRARY 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Mon, Tue & Thu 11am–7pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Every Picture Tells a Story Mon 22 Feb–Sat 27 Mar. A literary themed exhibition of paintings, photography and illustrations by local artists. ■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. £3.50 (£2.50; Family ticket £7). Sam Cartman Until Mon 1 Mar. Inspiration for these paintings has come from visits to the West Coast, the Isle and Skye and the Coast of Angus.
■ HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Dürer & Italy Until Mon 22 Mar. Selection of works drawn from the collection by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. This fine civic collection of over 8000 pieces famously houses Salvador Dali’s ‘Christ of St John of the Cross’ alongside masterpieces by Titian and Rembrandt, and Scottish works by the Glasgow Boys. FREE Japanese Surimono Prints Until Thu 1 Apr. A selection of eight delicate prints displayed in the Fragile Art Gallery.
■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE New Colourists Until Sat 27 Feb. Work by seven contemporary artists whose work exemplifies the spirit of The Scottish Colourists of the 1920s.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Studio Project 20: Rachel Maclean & Studio Project 21: Kevin Reid Until Sat 13 Mar. Intense self-performed video works that are grotesque in comic, low-key ways.
My Black Hole The second in a series of production residencies at Washington Garcia is a collaborative work by Glasgow-based artists Erica Eyres and Michelle Hannah. The pair spent the
winter working in the gallery to produce a new photographic series as well as a dark video performance entitled ‘EarthRise’, which apes the format of a psychic channel late-night talk show to comment on society’s obsession with alternative therapies and search for faith and meaning. ■ Washington Garcia, Arch 24 (Unit 13), Eastvale Place, Glasgow, Fri 12 Feb–Fri 12 Mar.
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Teplin’s collaged works explore history, desire and the feminine. ■ THE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE CENTRE, LIGHTHOUSE BUILDING 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm. £4 (£1.50–£2; Family ticket £9.50; Free on Sat).
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Thu–Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Alexis Marguerite Teplin: 5cm higher Until Sat 27 Mar.