www.list.co.uk/visualart 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 Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW ■ +44 141 AT SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Giles Round: The Form of the Book Until Sun 17 Oct. Mixed- media studies built around the theme of communication and written language.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Sat 9am–8pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Hole in my Pocket: The Second Coming Until Wed 13 Oct. The Glasgow-based duo recapitulate their studies of the minutiae of daily life. FREE Expressions of Embodiment Fri 15 Oct–Wed 10 Nov. Work by artist Stephanie Spindler, designer Lynn-Sayers McHattie and filmmaker Anna Henson. ■ ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SCOTLAND Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 225 8350. Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm. FREE Various Exhibitions Until Sat 15 Jan. Design-based exhibits including an exploration of the uses of Scottish timber, competition-winning work from Scottish architecture students and a survey of how the 2014 Commonwealth games are changing Glasgow’s urban environment.
■ CAFÉ COSSACHOK Trongate 103, 553 0733. Tue–Sat noon–late; Sun 1pm–late. FREE Learn from the Old . . . Thu 7–Sun 31 Oct. A modern Glaswegian take on the work of Russian female avant- garde artists and their common themes of revolution, politics and feminism.
■ CARDONALD LIBRARY 1113 Mosspark Drive, 882 1381. FREE Time Out: Arts Showcase Thu 14 Oct, 1pm–7pm. A touring exhibition of film and photography. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. ✽✽ FREE Tatham O’Sullivan: Direct Serious Action is Therefore Necessary Until Sat 13 Nov, 11am–6pm. See Hitlist.
■ CITY HALLS Candleriggs, 353 8000. FREE Alcatraz Sat 16 Oct, 2pm–10pm. A soundprint of the abandoned island prison created by Ingram Marshall in collaboration with photo artist and documentor Jim Bengston. Part of the Minimal festival.
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE Ronnie Forbes: The Nature of Things Until Sat 30 Oct. Works in print, paint and film inspired by the artist’s time spent in residency at the Scottish Crop Research Institute.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Thu & Fri noon–7pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Robert Barry: Words and Music ●●●●● Until Sat 6 Nov. Site- specific installation from the pioneering 1970s conceptual artist. ■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 71–73 Brook Street, Bridgeton, Fri–Sun noon–5pm.
Alex Tobin
Alex Tobin is a recent graduate from Edinburgh College of Art. In 2008, he lived and studied as a foreign resident in the city of Kyoto: an experience that has shaped his work since. Tobin’s multi- disciplinary work encompasses performance, drawing, film, music, installation and digital art. He often extends the unusual properties of computer programming into physical space, using custom software to control tangible elements of installations or performances. This weird misinterpretation of rules runs throughout his visual imagery too, as he evokes bad dreams, Asian folk stories, pseudo-philosophy, hyper-surreal sports events and haunted restaurants. Most recently, Tobin has been designing for Edinburgh-based Tightlaced Theatre, and exhibiting in Embassy Gallery’s 2010 graduate show Meatforce. ■ www.tobinalex.com www.thisiscentralstation.com
FREE Darren Tesar: Fill the Invisible Sat 16 Oct–Sun 7 Nov. The results of a four-week residency used by the artist to explore themes of acceleration and finitude in the context of tourism. ■ GMAC & STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Fifth Floor, Trongate 103, 553 2620. FREE Time Out: Arts Showcase Thu 7 Oct, 7–10pm. See Cardonald Library.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Unsettled Objects Until Tue 1 Mar. Photography, video and installation from GoMA’s collection. ■ HIDDEN LANE GALLERY 1081 Argyle Street, 204 3139. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Hannah Frank 1908–2008 Until Sat 30 Oct. The first exhibition of work by Glasgow artist Hannah Frank since she died, aged 100, in 2008.
■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Restore Us and Regain: Tommy Grace, Ged Quinn, Tony Swain Until Sat 6 Nov. Group exhibition exploring the ways in which artists respond to the historical promptings of ‘archaic’ landscape tropes such as ruins, monuments and fortresses. FREE . . . a thousand ships Mon 11–Fri 22 Oct. Large-scale portraits on canvas by artists who attend Project Ability’s programme for adults with mental health issues. SMHAFF. ■ THE GLUE FACTORY 15 Burns Street, Speirs Lock, 07867 664983. Fri & Sat noon–5pm. FREE Rubble Stir Fri 8–Sat 30 Oct. Group show featuring the work of Martin Kippenberger, Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan, Kate V Robertson, Erica Eyres and many more.
■ HILLHEAD LIBRARY 348 Byres Road, 572 0125. Mon, Tue & Thu 11am–7pm; Wed, Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE From Poetry to Paintings: A Pathway to Recovery Fri 8–Sun 24 Oct. Mental health service users explore the role creativity and artistic expression plays in recovery. SMHAFF. ■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. Daily 10am–5pm. £4.50 (£3; under 10s free; family ticket £12). Rhonda Smith Until Mon 11 Oct. Included in admission. Evocative paintings of beaches and seascapes.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Blue and Silver: Whistler and the Thames Fri 8 Oct–Sat 8 Jan. Demonstrating the artist’s preoccupation
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with the Thames and its bridges, through oils, drawings and prints. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Scottish Glass at Kelvingrove Until Jul 2011. Exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of glassmaking in Scotland.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm. FREE Mary and Milngavie Until Tue 21 Dec. Work by Milngavie artist Mary Armour. FREE Glasgow Society of Women Artists Until Fri 12 Nov. New work by this long-established Society including still life, landscape and portraiture. ■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Studio Projects 22 and 23 Until Sat 9 Oct. Video and drawing work from Kari Stewart and a new installation from Kate V Robertson.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Nick Evans: Anti-Autonome ●●●●● Until Sat 30 Oct. See review, page 90. ■ MITCHELL LIBRARY 201 North Street, 572 0125. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE From Poetry to Paintings: A Pathway to Recovery Wed 13–Sun 24 Oct. See Hillhead Library.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Richard Wright ●●●●● Until Sat 23 Oct. See Hitlist.
■ PENTAGON CENTRE 36 Washington Street, 572 0125. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. FREE The Mind’s Eye Until Sun 24 Oct. Artworks on the theme of mental health and adolescence featuring work from local and international artists. SMHAFF. ■ POLLOK CIVIC REALM 27 Cowglen Road, 276 6877. FREE Time Out: Arts Showcase Thu 21 Oct, 1–7pm. See Cardonald Library.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE No One Watching Until Sat 30 Oct. Work from participants in the Connect programme exploring ideas of abstraction.
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