www.list.co.uk/visualart Visual Art
Modernista: Gaudi and his Contemporaries in Modern Day Barcelona ●●●●● Until Sun 28 Feb. Michael Thomas Jones presents a photographic essay that examines the legacy that modernism has bequeathed to the city. Spaces of Labour Until Sun 14 Mar. An exhibition by the postgraduate Architecture department at the University of Strathclyde. ■ OLD ABBATOIR Opposite Bellgrove Station, Bellgrove Street, 07785 533 196 FREE Place Lumiere Sat 27 Feb, 5pm. An eclectic programme of films around the theme of architecture and urban experience.
■ THE OLD PIPE FACTORY Back Door/Third Floor, 42 Bain Street. Daily 11am–5pm. FREE The Old Pipe Factory First Show Sat 27 Feb–Sun 7 Mar. New work by seven current Glasgow School of Art students.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Myscape Until Sat 20 Feb. Contributing artists explore their relationships with architectural landscapes, real or imaginary. ■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE New Faces Until Sun 21 Feb. This collection of artists represents different areas within the genre of character design. FREE Fun Occult Sat 27 Feb–Sun 28 Mar. Imaginative illustrations from creative duo Becky Bolton and Louise Chappell AKA Good Wives and Warriors.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 1pm–5pm.
✽✽ FREE LOVE ●●●●● Until Fri 19 Feb. Strong exhibition examining
the shared politics and techniques of artistic partnerships – Joanne Tratham and Tom O’Sullivan, Gilbert and George, and Rita Donagh and Richard Hamilton. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Steffi Klenz: Nummianus ●●●●● Until Sat 27 Mar. See review, page 89.
■ TOUCHBASE BUSINESS CENTRE Milnpark Street, Kinning Park (between Portman St & Middlesex St), 429 0294. Mon–Fri 10am–4pm. FREE By Word of Sign Until Wed 14 Apr. Sense Scotland artist-in-residence John Shankie presents an exhibition of objects, images and videos.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Duncan Campbell ●●●●● Until Sun 14 Mar. See
review, page 89. FREE Paulina Olowska Until Sun 28 Mar. The first solo exhibition in Scotland by Polish artist Paulina Olowska will further explore issues of ambiguity around picture making and portraiture. ■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Falke Pisano: Public Speech Until Sat 27 Feb. Berlin- based artist Falke Pisano presents performance-lectures, printed matter, audio recordings and video works.
■ THE UNIVERSAL 57–59 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899. Musicbox Thu 4 Mar, 8pm. £3. Independent label and artist collective Antimatter debuts Musicbox, an evening of music and visuals. Featured bands and artists include The Recovery Club, Engine7, Gingiber and Retrogoth.
■ WASHINGTON GARCIA Arch 24 (Unit 13), Eastvale Place, Thu–Sat noon–6pm. Erica Eyres and Michelle Hannah Until Fri 12 Mar, noon–6pm. Free. My Black Hole encompasses photography and a video work (EarthRise) created in collaboration by the two artists while in residency at the Washington Garcia Gallery. See caption, page 90. ■ WELCOME HOME 19 Keith Street, 334 9598. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Strawberry Fields Until Sun 21 Feb. Collaborative project showcasing work by emerging and established artists.
Edinburgh
■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2.30pm. FREE Paris Dogs, Amsterdam Dogs Until Sat 27 Feb. Exhibition of documentary photography by recent ECA graduate Amy Copeland.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road,661 1924. Daily 10am–7pm. FREE Vivienne Edgar: Nature with Nature Within Until Fri 19 Feb. Images of nature depicted in mixed media. FREE Eleven Views Sat 27 Feb–Sun 14 Mar. Photography from MA photography students at Edinburgh College of Art. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Documentalist Until Sun 28 Mar. International group show featuring work by Chris Evans, Deimantas Narkevicius and Suzanne Treister.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Home to a world-famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements and a large collection of works by Edinburgh-born sculptor Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. FREE ‘Painter’ and the Studio: Paul McCarthy and the Myth of the Artist Until Sun 14 Feb. The American performance artist’s famous and irreverent film Painter satirises the notion of the ‘solitary genius’.
✽✽ FREE BP Portrait Award 2009 ●●●●● Until Sun 21 Feb.
Annual exhibition of contemporary portrait painting. FREE Nathan Coley: There Will Be No Miracles Here Until Fri 31 Dec. Illuminated text by Turner- nominated Scottish artist. FREE The Gallery of Modern Art: A History Until Wed 14 Apr. Display charting the development of the Gallery from its beginnings in 1908. FREE Strange Encounters Sat 27 Feb–Sun 27 Jun. A display of surreal and surprising works by John Davies, Douglas Gordon, Martin Boyce and Robert Colquhoun. ■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Daily 10.30am–5.30pm. Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution ●●●●● Until Wed 10 Mar. Collection of modern craft ranging from the eminently practical to the peculiar.
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