Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan: Direct serious action is therefore necessary
VisualArt ■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–1pm. FREE Ronald F Smith: The Inverarity One to One Travel Award Exhibition Until Sat 25 Sep. The artist presents an exhibition of works entitled Champagne: A Personal View, inspired by a two-week retreat to the French region. FREE Paul Kennedy Sat 2–Sat 16 Oct. Mixed-media exhibition from the 2009 winner of the RGI Exhibition Award.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Babette Mangolte Fri 1–Fri 29 Oct. New work from the
New York-based experimental filmmaker and artist. See preview, page 97.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Corin Sworn: The Lens Prism ●●●●● Until Sun 17 Oct. A new film commission shot by Sworn in the main theatre at the Tramway. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Ray Richardson – Strange Town Until Sun 17 Oct. Filmic and witty images of familiar but unspecific places.
■ TRONGATE 103 Trongate, 276 8380. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Segments: Tim Stead Until Sat 30 Oct. An exhibition of wall sculptures by the famous woodcrafter.
EDINBURGH
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Yvonne Buskie – The Reader and the Cup Until Fri 24 Sep. New installation from ECA alumnus Buskie. ■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 07812 170279. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Kenneth Le Riche Until Mon 11 Oct. New works from the figurative oil painter.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE New Acquisitions September 2010 Until Sat 2 Oct. New acquisitions of classical artworks including pieces by Ernest Stephen Lumsden and William Kidd.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Edward Weston: Life Work ●●●●● Until Sun 24 Oct. Joint entry to Weston & Wegman exhibitions £8 (£5). Vintage prints and previously unpublished works. FREE In Our Own Image: Representing the Human Form Until Sun 24 Oct. Scottish artists pay homage to the human figure. William Wegman: Family Combinations ●●●●● Until Sun 24 Oct. Joint entry to Weston & Wegman exhibitions £8 (£5). Wegman’s photos of his beloved family of Weimaraners display a child-like humour, with a plethora of absurd scenarios in a skewering of the genre of formal portraiture.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Hito Steyerl: In Free Fall ●●●●● Until Sun 26 Sep.
New film commission following a Boeing aeroplane as it plummets to Earth. 100 THE LIST 23 Sep–7 Oct 2010
This specially commissioned exhibition for CCA is an absurd intervention of collaborative artworks created in response to the architecture and history of CCA itself. Glasgow-based artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan often use absurdity to explore ongoing debates about responsibility of art to function for the public good. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Sat 2 Oct–Sat 13 Nov.
FREE New Work Scotland Programme Fri 1 Oct–Wed 1 Dec. Showcase of work by Jacob Kelly, Shelly Nadashi, Nicholas Party and Catherine Payton.
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Atsuo Okamoto: Faraway Mountain ●●●●● Until Thu 30 Sep. The first UK solo exhibition by Japanese artist Okamoto showcases figurative sculptures created using the ‘wari modoshi’ technique of splitting and reforming granite. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. The Dean Gallery is home to a world-famous selection of works from the Dada and surrealist movements. Another World: Dali, Magritte and the Surrealists ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £7 (£5). Surrealist art from maestros familiar and arcane including Picasso, Miro, Dali and Magritte.
■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 315 3054. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Tapestry Revealed Part Two: Harold Cohen Until Sat 2 Oct. The second in a four-part series of exhibitions looking at great examples of tapestry features Cohen’s enormous work woven in 1966 for the offices of BP. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS FREE 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE 3D 2D: Object and Illusion in Print Until Sat 30 Oct. Digitally- realised print works by a selection of artists. ■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Martin Creed: Down Over Up ●●●●● Until Sun 31 Oct. Major new project by the Turner Prize-winning Scottish artist.
■ 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. ■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Macpherson’s Cave – Shadow and Enlightenment Until Sat 25 Sep. Artist Robert Powell presents an idiosyncratic multimedia exploration of Scotland’s history.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Iran do Espírito Santo ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep. New group of sculptures in marble and black granite.
✽✽ FREE James Hugonin Sat 2 Oct–Sat 20 Nov. Exhibition by this
gallery artist known for his subtle and quietly musical compositions in paint. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm. FREE Joan Mitchell ●●●●● Until Sun 3 Oct. Vibrant abstract canvases mark a relationship with nature without attempting to reproduce it, evincing Mitchell’s European influence.
■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. Christen Købke: Danish Master of Light Until Sun 3 Oct. £7 (£5). Around 40 works displaying Købke’s characteristically elegant composition.
■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Dutch Landscapes ●●●●● Until Sun 9 Jan. £5.50 (£5; children £3; under 5s free, family ticket £14). Finely detailed landscapes in oils. ■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Impressionist Gardens ●●●●●
Until Sun 17 Oct. £10 (£7). Major international exhibition. FREE RSA New Works Until Sun 10 Oct. Works drawn from the RSA Residencies for Scotland Programme. FREE Scotland and Rome Until Thu 30 Sep. Exploration of the cultural and artistic ties linking the two cities. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Emiko Suo: After the Party Until Sat 2 Oct. An exhibition of contemporary jewellery from the Japanese artist. FREE Matthew Blakely & Catrin Howell Until Sat 2 Oct. A joint exhibition of ceramics. FREE Paradise Paradise: Derrick Guild Until Sat 2 Oct. Paintings and mixed-media work inspired in part by a stay on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. FREE William Crozier Until Sat 2 Oct. New paintings from Crozier as he reaches his 80th birthday.
■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE What You See is Where You’re At Until Fri 31 Dec. Work by Robert Therrien, Gilbert and George, Peter Liversidge, and many others.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Alexander and Susan Maris: The Pursuit of Fidelity (A Retrospective) ●●●●● Until Mon 4 Oct. Work by Glasgow-based artists Alexander and Susan Maris. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Craigie Aitchison: A Celebration Until Sat 25 Sep. Retrospective exhibition. FREE Julie Roberts: Child ●●●●● Until Sat 25 Sep, 10am–5pm. Anti-nostalgic naive paintings, inspired by ideas of young girls’ induction into the sphere of domestic labour.