VisualArt
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: August Sander Until Sun 10 Jul. A showcase of the work of one of the most significant photographers of the 20th century. FREE The Artist Up Close Until Sun 5 Jun. Drawings and prints that are either self-portraits or images created of artists by others. FREE Young Vermeer Until Sun 13 Mar. Three paintings from Johannes Vermeer’s early career.
Demarco from throughout his career. FREE Folk, Yarn and Fancy Until Thu 16 Jun. Mon only 10am–5pm or by appointment. Historical paintings depicting Scotland’s strong narrative history and folk storytelling heritage. ■ SCHOP 36 St Mary’s Street, www.schop.org.uk Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm. FREE Lilliputian Museum Matrix Until Fri 18 Mar. Proposals for mini- museums to be housed within Edinburgh’s iconic police boxes.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE The Big Postcard Show Until Wed 2 Mar. An exhibition of unmounted and unframed postcard-sized original works of art from gallery favourites.
■ SCOTLAND-RUSSIA INSTITUTE 29 South College St, 668 3635. Tue–Fri 11am–4pm; Sat 1.30pm–4pm. FREE Armenia: The Literary and Visual Tradition Until Sat 26 Mar. Photographic exhibition showing Armenia both as an ancient civilisation and as it is today.
■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm. FREE Akiko Hirai: Still Life Vessels Until Sat 26 Feb. New work by ceramicist Akiko Hirai, who draws inspiration from Giorgio Morandi. FREE Alexander Fraser: New Paintings Until Sat 26 Feb. Abstract and figurative painting. FREE Damian Callan Until Sat 26 Feb. Paintings of a childhood by the sea. FREE Fiaz Elson: Synergy Until Sat 26 Feb. Kiln-formed glass works. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am- 5pm. Outstanding collection of international postwar art and the country’s most significant collection of modern Scottish art.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm.
FREE Mary Kenny: About-Face Sat 26 Feb–Sat 26 Mar. Artist and storyteller Mary Kenny explores the relationship between her two crafts. ■ SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects, 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2pm–5pm. FREE Owen Griffith Until Fri 25 Feb. Mixed media and photographic pieces from the Swansea-based artist.
■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE The Ethics of Encounter ●●●●● Until Sun 6 Mar. Social documentary series of portraits.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Rosemarie Trockel: Drawings, Collages and Book
Drafts ●●●●● Until Sat 30 Apr. A large body of paper graphic works produced over Trockel’s 30-year career to date. See review, page 89. ■ TOTAL KUNST @ FOREST 3 Bristo Place, 220 4538. Daily 10am–midnight. FREE Icarus Until Mon 28 Feb. New work by Grazyna Dobrzelecka.
■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. FREE Being Human Until Mon 14 Mar. Dreamlike meditations on the nature of humanity. ■ WHALE ARTS 30 Westburn Grove, 458 3267. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm. FREE Communitas Until Fri 18 Feb. Photographs depicting community, created by the pupils and parents of Sighthill Primary School.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ PETER POTTER GALLERY 10 The Sands, Haddington, 01620 822080. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Andy Goldsworthy Until Sat 26 Feb. A number of Goldsworthy’s classic photographs, including delicate sculptural forms in ice and vibrant constructions from autumn leaves.
■ NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND George IV Bridge, 623 3918. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2pm–5pm. FREE Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Award Wed 2–Wed 16 Mar. Entries to the NLS’ annual Europe- wide bookbinding competition. ■ NEWINGTON LIBRARY 17–21 Fountainhall Road, 529 5536. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Laura Cunningham Until Sat 26 Feb. A series of paintings inspired by the urban and natural landscape. FREE Aromatic Jewellery Exhibition Mon 28 Feb–Fri 25 Mar. An exhibition of aromatic jewellery, which was very much the rage at the court of Mary Queen of Scots.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. Daily noon–5pm. FREE Scratching the Surface Sat 26 Feb–Tue 8 Mar. An exhibition of paintings by Scott McCracken, Andrew Smith and Allan Robertson. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–4.30pm. Marcus Adams: Royal Photographer Fri 25 Feb–Sun 5 Jun. £6 (£5.50; under 17s £3; under 5s free; family ticket £15.50). A large collection of photographs by Adams (1875–1959), who is credited with revolutionising the forms of royal portraiture.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon-Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE William Littlejohn RSA Until Sun 6 Mar. Retrospective of the abstract work of the late William Littlejohn comprising oils, watercolours and prints. FREE Richard Demarco at 80: A Life in Pictures Until Sun 6 Mar. Paintings, drawings and sketchbooks by
Harun Farocki
■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE COURT 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Mon–Fri 9am–5pm; Sat & Sun 10am–2pm. FREE So What? Until Fri 18 Feb. Group exhibition of new works by Edinburgh College of Art’s second-year painting students.
■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Winter Exhibition Until Sat 19 Feb. Work by contemporary Scottish figurative artists. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. John Goto: Mosaic Until Sat 19 Mar. Pictures of the Gaza conflict that have been ‘censored’ by the artist.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Jean-Marc Bustamante: Dead Calm Until Sun 3 Apr. A rare UK showing of the renowned French artist’s work.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Craig Murray-Orr Until Sat 26 Mar. Landscape watercolours
inspired by a New Zealand childhood and mahogany sculpture works. See review, page 89.
■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Fri 9.30am–6.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Rebel(le) Until Sat 26 Mar. Work by the prominent French figuration libre artist Philippe Lagautrière. ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Tue–Sun 10am–3.30pm. FREE Claude Cahun and Sue Tompkins Sun 27 Feb–Sun 17 Apr. The first solo UK exhibition of photographs by French philosopher/snapper Claude Cahun (1894–1954) alongside Glaswegian visual and sound artist Tompkins.
■ JOHN HOPE GATEWAY CENTRE Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, 552 7171. Daily 9.30am–4pm. FREE Venerable Trees: Ian Westacott Until Sun 6 Mar. Detailed etchings of fascinating trees.
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE New Faces Until Sat 26 Feb. The most promising graduates from the four Scottish art schools. ■ NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE French Drawings Until Sun 1 May. Work by Poussin, Boucher, Ingres, Corot, Pissarro and Seurat as well as many lesser-known artists. FREE Mirrors: Prison Portraits Until Sun 27 Mar. Artwork from five Scottish prisons. FREE Portrait of the Nation ●●●●● Until Sun 4 Sep. A taster of the planned environment of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens its doors later this year.
92 THE LIST 17 Feb–3 Mar 2011
The pioneering filmmaker, artist and writer presents experimental documentaries for cinema and television and large-scale installations focusing on the mediation of images of war, politics and technology. ■ CCA, Glasgow, until Thu 3 Mar.