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■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Maude Leonard-Contant Until Sun 8 May. New work created during a period of residency by the Montreal-born, Glasgow-based artist.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Aleana Egan: ‘nature had an inside’ Until Sat 28 May. New work from the Dublin-based artist, drawing on literature and language for inspiration. ■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Alasdair Gray: Life and Lanark Until Sat 21 May. Items from the library and private collections, including typescripts, proofs and original artwork. FREE Glasgow Scribes: Annual Exhibition Sat 14–Sat 28 May. Amateur calligraphy.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14-20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Hayley Tompkins Until Sat 7 May. Pared-down, lo-tech artworks with an organic feel. ■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Pum Dunbar: The Play of Parts Thu 5 May–Tue 28 Jun. Paintings, collages and installations investigating the relationship between the self and the visual world.
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm.
✽✽ FREE One One Three Three Until Sun 15 May. Elph returns for
his second solo show at Recoat with spray painted walls, delicate gouache illustrations, prints, a small book and even a wooden sculpture, all of which share his trademark layered-up, witty perceptiveness.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Fantastic Beasts II Until Tue 3 May. New sculptures of mythical and magical creatures. FREE George Devlin – New Paintings Until Tue 3 May. New paintings of Glasgow, Paris and Venice. FREE Black and Gold Sat 7–Sat 28 May. Jewellery in just two colours. FREE Mike Lythgoe Sat 7–Sat 28 May. Sculpture reflecting a fascination with the wildlife of North America’s Great Lakes. ■ SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Samaritans Glasgow Art Exhibition and Sale Fri 20–Sun 22 May. Exhibition and charity art sale.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Karen Cairns Until Wed 11 May. New selection of bold and bright watercolours. FREE A Fisherman’s Tale Fri 13 May–Wed 22 Jun. New paintings inspired by the sea from Malcolm Cheape, Ian Elliot, Willy Kerr and David Smith. ■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Rob Churm: The Exhaustion Hook Until Fri 27 May. Drawings and etchings exploring representations of death, angels and demons.
■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Stardust: Some Thoughts on Death Until Thu 30 Jun. Gillian Steel explores mortality through video and visual art.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Victoria Clare Bernie: Slow Water Until Sun 5 Jun. Video, drawing and photography following the cycle of insect life and death in a Highland loch. ■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Tino Sehgal Until Sat 4 Jun. An exhibition entitled Instead Of Allowing Some Thing To Rise Up To Your Face Dancing Bruce And Dan And Other Things.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Murray Robertson: New Work Until Sun 12 Jun. Printmaking influenced by a strong interest in new digital imaging technologies. ■ TRONGATE 103 276 8380. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE TORINOver Until Sat 30 Apr. Exhibition of work on an environmental theme created by artists working in the Turin area.
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■ ALPHA ART GALLERY 52 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, 226 3066. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Gianni Strino Until Sun 1 May. Portraits in an almost neo-classical style from enormously successful Italian artist.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Times vary; see individual exhibition listings. FREE Blanca Gallego: It Is Not Here Until Sun 1 May. Daily 11am–6pm. An exhibition presenting ‘a work process on the concerns of living with the inside out and the outside in’. FREE Black White Score Until Sat 30 Apr. Tue–Sat noon–5pm. Compositions by sound artist Lee Riley, with paintings and digital animations created in response to them by John Brown and Colin Lawson. FREE bi-degrees Sat 7–Sun 22 May. Daily 11am–7pm. A preview of work by students who will be exhibiting in the ECA Degree Show. FREE Lynn Ahrens: Nightwalk Sat 7–Sun 29 May. Daily noon–6pm. New paintings inspired by night-time strolls. ■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 557 1460. Tue–Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Spring Fling Until Mon 2 May. New work by Fiona Wilson, Anne Gilchrist, Frances Crichton Stuart, Robin Dickson, Asta Petkunaite and Gerry McGowan.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE Scottish Pictures Until Sat 7 May. Scottish paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. FREE New Acquisitions from Harvey to Houston Fri 13 May–Sat 4
VisualArt Jenny Wicks: Business as Usual
Photographer Jenny Wicks presents a character study of 89-year-old twins Dick and Ted, who continue to work as mechanics in the small village where Wicks grew up. The artist, who is interested in people’s life stories and environments, documents these two local heroes’ work in the garage, which they still work in, along with Dick’s son, doing up old Second World War jeeps. ■ Arches, Glasgow, until Mon 23 May.
Jun. New acquisitions of Scottish painting. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Scottish Art 1650–2010: Work from the City’s Collection Sat 14 May–Sun 10 Jul. A rare overview of the development of Scottish art in the modern era, including works by Ramsay, Raeburn, McTaggart, Eardley and the Edinburgh School, postwar artists including Blackadder and Bellany, and contemporaries including Callum Innes and Toby Paterson.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE How To Turn The World By Hand Until Sun 29 May. Part of a collaboration with PiST of Istanbul and Arrow Factory of Beijing attempting to explore the meanings of the word ‘trade’ with regard to contemporary art, this project involves the conversion of the
Collective into a shop and ‘feral cafe’ selling goods from Turkey and China, with special themed markets taking place in the gallery each Sunday of the exhibition. ■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Tue–Fri 11am–4.30pm. FREE Katsutoshi Yuasa: The Imaginary Until Fri 27 May. Meticulously handcrafted woodcuts.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE ARTIST ROOMS: August Sander ●●●●● Until Sun 10 Jul.
A collection of portraits almost unrivalled in its significance as a record of early 20th-century German life. ■ THE DI ROLLO GALLERY 18a Dundas Street, 557 5227. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Stardust Pin-Ups Until Sat 14 May. Paintings and prints inspired by science.
Cyril Gerber Fine Art 19th-21st Century British Drawings, Paintings & Sculpture
Tom H Shanks RSW RGI PAI
'Scottish Landscapes: Highlands & Islands' 21st April - 14th May 2011
148 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 2RQ • 0141 221 3095 www.gerberfineart.co.uk • Open Mon-Sat 9.30-5.30
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