list.co.uk/visualart Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor and Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW
■ ALBERT DRIVE STUDIOS 334 Albert Drive, albertdrivestudios.com FREE Kevin McFall: Fragments Until Sun 11 Mar. Sat & Sun 10am–4pm. Still lifes, portraits and landscapes.
■ ANNAN GALLERY 164 Woodlands Road, 332 0028. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–4pm. FREE Glasgow Art Show Fri 23–Sun 25 Mar. Work by Rosanne Barr, Beth Robertson Fiddes, Frank McFadden, Scott Naismith, Jane Blair and George Birrell. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Daily noon–midnight. FREE Leila Peacock: The Anatomy of Intention Until Sat 31 Mar. A series of prints based on images the Berlin-based Scottish artist discovered in a book of Scottish Country Dances found in a charity shop.
■ ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SCOTLAND Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 225 8350. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm. FREE High Street Until Tue 17 Apr. Exhibition looking at the evolution of the Scottish high street.
■ BIG MOUTH COFFEE BAR AND CAFÉ 167 Dumbarton Road, 337 7023. Mon–Thu 8am–7pm; Fri 8am–6pm; Sat 9am–6pm; Sun 10am–6pm. FREE El Dorado Until Sun 29 Apr. Photography by Shirley Tipping exploring old western movie sets in America.
■ THE BRIGGAIT 141 Bridgegate, 553 5890. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for information. FREE Iwakura Until Tue 27 Mar. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm. A group show of international artists who studied in Kyoto, Japan, exploring how art crosses the barriers of language and culture. FREE Was, Were Thu 1 & Fri 2 Mar, 11am–5pm. Group show by artists Richard Blass, Rosie Toner and Robert Wilson, exploring themes related to memory and prediction.
■ CAFÉ COSSACHOK Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. Tue–Sat 11am–10pm; Sun 4–10pm. FREE February Arts and Crafts Sale Until Fri 23 Mar. Handmade jewellery from Oksana Mavrodii- Peterson and oils, watercolours, pastels, ceramics and crafts from artists around the world. FREE Flesh and the Mirror Until Sat 31 Mar. New work by Glasgow artists on the theme of feminism. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; Intermedia Gallery opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings. FREE Laura Aldridge: Underside, backside, inside, even Until Sat 3 Mar. Fabric sculptures by Laura Aldridge. FREE Amelia Bywater & Christian Newby: Toilet Group/Shift Happening/Live and On Fire Sat 3–Sat 17 Mar in the Intermedia Gallery. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. Collaborative work
Angela Steel: Knots VisualArt
Edinburgh College of Art graduate Angela Steel unveils a new series of seven stained glass panels exploring the savagery of the two world wars through the character of a young girl caught between childhood and the change of adulthood. This powerful and imaginative story was inspired by the image of a once grand, now ruined, house near where the artist lives, which was used as a children’s asylum from the early 20th century. ■ Compass Gallery, Glasgow, until Sat 17 Mar.
made from found and fictional texts such as underground music posters, incorporating video, collage and print. FREE Germans, Speak German! Sat 10–Fri 30 Mar. An exhibition which explores contemporary topics of migration and borders, curated by Mother Tongue. FREE Nancy Holt: Mono Lake Sat 10–Fri 30 Mar. A film incorporating Super 8 footage and snapshots of three artists visiting Mono Lake in California in 1968. ■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE Jeanette Sendler: Cutting Through Time Until Sat 3 Mar. A reflection and revaluation of the processes of pattern cutting and dressmaking. FREE George Wyllie: A Life Less Ordinary Sat 10 Mar–Sat 21 Apr. The Collins Gallery’s last ever exhibition is a celebration of the work of George Wyllie, creator of the Running Clock outside Buchanan Bus Station (among other well-loved pieces of public art).
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Tue, Wed & Sat noon–5pm; Thu & Fri noon–7pm. FREE How To Look At Everything Sun 4–Sat 31 Mar. Video art that combines narrative structures with the documentary format, by Zbynek
Baladrán, Simon Martin, Nick Relph and Falke Pisano.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm (Thu until 7pm); Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm.
✽✽ FREE Angela Steel: Knots Until Sat 17 Mar. Powerful stained glass
panels telling a story inspired by a former mental hospital near the artist’s home. See picture caption, page 121. ■ DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE University of Strathclyde, 131 Rottenrow, 548 3023. FREE Transforming Landscapes Architecture Exhibition Until Fri 2 Mar, Mon–Fri 10am–6pm. Work by Oslo- based architecture practice Rejulf Ramstad Architects.
■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri–Sat noon–6pm. FREE You aren’t anything, you are everything Sat 10–Sat 24 Mar. Vintage footage from the 20th century (including works by Margaret Tait) and cutting-edge video work from contemporary artists.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon–Fri 10.15am–5pm. FREE Glasgow Boys & Glasgow Girls Until Fri 16 Mar. Paintings, drawings and other works by Arthur
Melville, Joseph Crawhall, James Paterson, Stuart Park, Jessie King and others.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Alan Dimmick Until Sun 13 May. Photographs documenting 15 years of exhibitions, openings and parties on the Scottish arts scene.
✽✽ FREE Alasdair Gray: City Recorder ●●●●● Until Mon 13
Aug. Work from Gray’s time as ‘artist recorder’ for the city of Glasgow. FREE Tales of the City: Art Fund International and the GoMA Collection Until Sat 1 Dec. Works purchased on the Art Fund International scheme. Featured artists include Joseph Beuys, 2011 Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce, Barbara Kruger, David Shrigley, Daphne Wright and others. FREE You, Me, Something Else Until Sun 18 Mar. Work by Glasgow sculptors, featuring pieces by Claire Barclay, Karla Black, Nick Evans and Alex Frost. ■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Jacki Parry: Resonance Until Sun 4 Mar. New paper-based work by Australian-born artist and former head of printmaking at Glasgow School of Art.
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