Festival Visual Art
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■ 3/3 ANTIGUA STREET 01968 670 224. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE If I Jump Off A Bridge, Will You Follow Me? Until Sun 5 Sep. New work by Scottish-based artists addressing notions of threat and vulnerability. EAF.
■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 0131 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2.30pm FREE The Space Between Until Fri 15 Oct. Printmaking show bringing together 13 contemporary artists. EAF. ■ ART AMATORIA 10/2 Bellevue Crescent, 07768 960578. Tue–Sat 2pm–5pm. FREE The Weird and Wonderful World of Rob Hain Until Thu 26 Aug. Quirky and colourful depictions of Edinburgh’s Old Town. Fringe.
■ ART’S COMPLEX 1 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 07542 017947. Daily 11am–7pm. FREE Braw presents: Floored Until Sun 5 Sep. Eight newly graduated artists exhibit in a variety of media. EAF. ■ ART’S COMPLEX 2 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 07770 800482. Wed–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Perennial Art – A Drawback Until Sun 5 Sep. International drawing exhibition. EAF.
■ ART’S COMPLEX 3 St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 11am–7pm. FREE Ian Reddie – Dirt, Grit, Gluedust Until Sun 5 Sep. Mixed media evoking a primordial world of desert and rock. EAF.
■ ASSEMBLY ROOMS 54 George Street, 623 3030. Daily 11am–11pm. FREE Ulf Mark Pederson Until Mon 30 Aug. Pederson uses an old process called lenticular imaging to animate his photography. Fringe. FREE Zimbabwe Sculpture Until Mon 30 Aug. A haunting range of work, all with a tactile quality. Fringe. ■ ATELIER 29 29 Howe Street, 0131 558 1200. Tue–Sat 11.30am–4pm. FREE Deirdre Edwards: New Paintings Tue 17 Aug–Sat 28 Aug. New paintings in acrylic and aquacryl on canvas. EAF.
■ ATTICSALT 50 Thistle Street, North East Lane, 0131 225 2093. Tue–Thu & Sat 1–5pm; Fri 2–5pm. FREE Mairi Gillies – Natura Sensus Until 4 Sep. ‘Hortisculpturist’ Mairi Gillies explores the relationship between plants and people. EAF. ■ AXO GALLERY 59 Queen Charlotte Street, 0131 557 1460. Thu–Sat 11am–7pm. FREE Festival Exhibition Until Sat 28 Aug. New installations from Scottish and international artists. Fringe.
■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Young Northern British Artists Until Mon 30 Aug. Galley owner Derek Butter’s selections of the best graduate artists from the Scottish Art Schools. 86 THE LIST 12–19 Aug 2010
■ THE BONGO CLUB Moray House, 37 Holyrood Road, 558 7604. Daily, noon–8pm. FREE Sean Lee Until Tue 31 Aug. Caricatures of famous TV faces as commissioned by Radio Times. ■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 0131 561 7300. Mon–Fri 11am–4.30pm. FREE Faraway Mountain: Atsuo Okamoto Until Thu 30 Sep. See picture caption, below.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 0131 557 4050. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Alexander Stoddart: Cabinet Works and Studies Until Tue 31 Aug. The Paisley-born civic sculptor’s smaller works. EAF. ■ CRAFT HOUSE CONCEPT 31E Minto Street, 07900 901481. Wed–Sat & Mon 10am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Craft House Concept Until Sun 5 Sep. A hand-crafted home from home. Fringe.
■ CENTRAL LIBRARY George IV Bridge, 0131 242 8000. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–1pm. FREE Rosita McKenzie – Edinburgh People Thu 12 Aug-Sat 4 Sep. See Big Pic, page 83. EAF. ■ DANCE BASE 14-16 Grassmarket, 0131 225 5525. Daily 10am–9pm. FREE Catherine Sargeant: May I Have The Pleasure Until Sat 28 Aug. Screenprinted scrolls of handmade paper. EAF.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ Edward Weston: Life Work Until Sun 24 Oct. £8 (£5; includes
entry to William Wegman exhibition). Survey exhibition of work by this iconic American photographer. EAF. FREE In Our Own Image: Representing the Human Form Until Sun 24 Oct. Exhibition drawn from the Art Centre’s collection which includes a range of Scottish artists and sculptors. EAF.
✽✽ William Wegman: Family Combinations Until Sun 24 Oct.
£8 (£5; includes admission to Edward Weston exhibition). A witty exhibition exploring the extraordinary photographic partnership between Wegman and his beloved family of Weimaraners. EAF.
■ CITY OBSERVATORY Calton Hill, 668 8100. Daily 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Staged ●●●●● Until Sun 15 Aug. See review, page 84. EAF.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22-28 Cockburn Street, 0131 220 1260. 11am–6pm. FREE Hito Steyerl: In Free Fall Until Sun 5 Sep. A trio of works which tell the story of the current global economic crisis. EAF.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £7 (£5). A highly comprehensive collection of surrealist art. EAF. FREE Richard Wright: The Stairwell Project An EAF Expo commission from 2009 Turner Prize winner Richard Wright. EAF.
■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Sitting and Looking ●●●●● Until Sun 5 Sep. Photographs by Gary Fabian Miller, furniture design by El Ultimo Grito and Thomas Heatherwick, ceramics by Gordon Baldwin and Rupert Spira, and jewellery by Dutch artist Nel Linssen. ■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 0131 558 9363. Mon–Sat 10am–9pm; Sun 2–6pm. FREE Barbara Rae – Prints Until Sun 5 Sep. Prints from internationally acclaimed artist Barbara Rae inspired by wildernesses in the USA and Ireland. EAF.
■ ED CROSS FINE ART The English Speaking Union, 23 Atholl Crescent, 07507 067567. Daily 10am–6pm.
Atsuo Okamoto: Faraway Mountain The first UK solo exhibition by Japanese stone sculptor Okamoto showcases the technique of ‘war modoshi’, or splitting and returning, and features 12 pieces sculpted from the same block, which can then be pushed together to reform the original piece. The artist also has work on display in Gayfield Square Gardens, created using a drilling technique, leaving the final artwork vulnerable to the natural light. ■ Corn Exchange Gallery, 561 7300, until 30 Sep (not Sat/Sun), free.
FREE Witness – The Spectre of Memory in Contemporary African Art Until Mon 30 Aug. Recollected images and documentary photography. EAF. ■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Festival Exhibition 2010 Until Wed 15 Sep. Group show of new, original works by some of Scotland’s best home- grown talent.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Prints of Darkness ●●●●● Until Sat 4 Sep. Exhibition
exploring record cover art, including original prints by 11 Scottish artists.
■ EDINBURGH ZOO Corstorphine Road, 0131 334 9171. Daily 9am–6pm. Emotions: Photography Exhibition of Wild Scotland Wed 18 Aug-Tue 31 Aug. Included in Zoo admission. Spectacular images of Scotland’s wild places and animals. Fringe. ■ FACULTY OF ADVOCATES Old Assembly Close, High Street, 07799 851028. Mon–Fri noon–5pm. FREE Flow-Pattern Fri 13 Aug-Mon 30 Aug. Semi-abstract photography by John Reiach exploring water and its effects on the landscape. Fringe.
■ FILMHOUSE 88 Lothian Road, 0131 228 2688. Sun–Thu 10am–11pm; Fri & Sat 10am–12.30am. FREE Arts by Offenders, Secure Patients and Detainees from Scotland Until Fri 3 Sep. Work selected from entries to the 2010 Koestler Awards – a charitable scheme which has been rewarding artistic achievement in the penal and secure sectors for 48 years. Fringe.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 0131 225 2383. Daily 10am–7pm. FREE Martin Creed: Down Over Up ●●●●● Until Sun 31 Oct. See review, page 84. EAF. ■ GLADSTONE’S LAND 477b Lawnmarket, 0844 493 2120. 10am–7pm. FREE Edinburgh and Beyond Tue 17 Aug-Sun 22 Aug. Ed Fielding and Hamish King present monochrome photographs of Scotland’s capital. Fringe.
■ GLASS & THOMPSON 2 Dundas Street, 557 0909. Mon–Sat 8am–6pm; Sun 10.30am–4.30pm. FREE Skein: Six Women Artists Until Thu 30 Sep. Textiles, etchings and paintings from a female artists’ collective.
■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Nefertiti ●●●●● Until Thu 19 Aug. Toying with the idea that this
is a ‘silent music project’, the ex-Stone Roses guitarist presents a selection of works inspired by a 1967 Miles Davis album. ■ I2 GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 558 9872. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Ecole de Paris Until Sat 4 Sep. Master printmakers with connections to Paris. EAF.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Iran do Espírito Santo ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep. See
review, page 85. EAF. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm.