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 ■ THE ARCHES CAFÉ BAR 253 Argyle Street, 565 1035. 11am–midnight; Sun noon–midnight. FREE Kirsty Nichol: Human Marks Until Wed 21 Apr. This show of photographic work aims to challenge the public perception of appearances. ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. A collection of over 9000 works, gifted to the city by Sir William Burrell, housed in a purpose-built gallery in Pollock Park. FREE Garden of Heaven – a Unique Persian Carpet in the Burrell Collection Sat 27 Mar–Sun 11 Apr. In celebration of the arrival of spring and Naw Ruz – the Persian New Year – the Burrell displays its prized Wagner Garden Carpet.
■ 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. Los Angeles-based artist, Frances Stark, uses collage on paper and canvas board to create gentle and visually pared down works. ■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Japanese Sashiko Textiles Until Sat 10 Apr. This touring exhibition focuses on the lives of the Sashiko makers–working class women from fishing and farming communities.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 223 0087. Thu–Sat noon–7pm.
✽✽ FREE Martin Creed: Things ●●●●● Until Sat 3 Apr. This
beautifully installed exhibition presents a brilliant (re)introduction to Creed’s work–playful, irreverent but always inspired. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. FREE Tom Shanks, RSW, RGI, PAI–Land of the Mountain and the Flood Thu 15 Apr–Tue 4 May. Scottish scenes – both rainy and bright.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. FREE James Paterson & The Glasgow School Thu 15 Apr–Fri 7 May. Twentieth century painting exhibition featuring still lifes and landscapes. Please call venue to check opening times.
■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Thu & Sun noon–2pm & 5.30–10pm; Fri & Sat noon–10pm. FREE Susan Castillo Photography Thu 1 Apr–Wed 5 May. Resident photographer at The Coveted Mag shows her work. ■ 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.
90 THE LIST 1–15 Apr 2010
MHAIRI SHARP Our showcase of up-and-coming young talent in association with Central Station focuses on the work of Mhairi Sharp, currently in her final year studying sculpture at the Glasgow School of Art. Her physical objects, text-based works, photography and found objects explore nostalgia for 80s football casuals and terrace culture, in particular the fashion of this sub-culture. Mhairi says of her work: ‘I strive to provoke reflection and pay tribute to this lesser know sub-culture to which football and fashion mattered more, than corporate hospitality and sanitised stadia . . . I am able to move my work both inside and outside of the gallery environment; allowing my work to be viewed by different audiences.’ ■ www.thsiscentralstation.com
FREE Donated: BBC Scotland Collection Until Sun 27 Jun. BBC Scotland has donated a collection of 125 artworks to Glasgow Museums. FREE Unsettled Objects Until Mar 2011. An exhibition of photography, video and installation from GoMA’s collection. FREE multi-story Until 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.
■ GATEHOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road, 620 0235. Mon, Thu, Fri & Sun 1.30–5.30pm; Sat 11.30am–5.30pm. FREE Jolomo: Crinanlight Until Sun 18 Apr. Solo exhibition by revered Scottish landscape painter. ■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Jo Ganter: Forms of Being Until Sun 4 Apr. Large figurative photo- etchings. FREE Tunnocked Thu 1–Sun 11 Apr. Invited artists honour the humble teacake, the caramel wafer and the snowball.
■ GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM Trongate 103, 552 1472. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm & Sun noon–5pm. FREE The Obsidian Isle Thu 1–Sat 10 Apr. A series of ten large-format photographic works completed by artist Gayle Chong during her Ricefield residency. ■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE International Orange: Please Shut the Gate Until Sat 3 Apr. Exhibition of solo and collaborative work by Ben Kelly, the designer of Manchester’s legendary night-club The Haçienda.
■ HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Amber: Treasures from Poland Until Sat 17 Apr. Unique collection of amber artefacts from Malbork castle in Poland.
✽✽ FREE Artists Rooms: Joseph Beuys Until Mon 27 Sep. A selection of works from the Artists
Room Collection. Also including portraits of Beuys by Andy Warhol Part of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art.
■ 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.
✽✽ FREE Pioneering Painters: The Glasgow Boys 1880–1900
Fri 9 Apr–Mon 27 Sep. £5 (£3). See preview, page 88. ■ MONO 12 King’s Court, King Street, 553 2400. Sun–Thu noon–midnight; Fri–Sat noon–midnight. FREE Grounded Until Sat 17 Apr. Joint exhibition by Project Ability and Mono featuring landscape works by Project Ability artists.