VisualArt
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue– Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. FREE Glasgow Society of Women Artists Until Fri 9 Nov. Over 100 works by Scottish women artists. ■ THE MACKINTOSH CHURCH Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. FREE End of History Until Sun 28 Oct. Mon-Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun 1–4pm. Photographic portraits.
■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Wed–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Helen Wilson Until Sat 27 Oct. Oil paintings of opera-related subjects.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm FREE Wavelength Until Fri 26 Oct. New audio-visual work by Helena Öhman McCardle and Borja Alcalde. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm. FREE Alistair Frost: Image Coming Soon ●●●●● Until Sat 20 Oct. Wed-Sat. New work by gallery artist. FREE Matthew Cerletty/Sean Kennedy/Matteo Tannatt Sat 3 Nov– Fri 21 Dec. Three young American artists.
✽FREE Andrew Kerr: Delmess Was Charged ●●●●● Until Sat 20 Oct.
Wed-Fri. See review, page 122. FREE Cathy Wilkes Sat 27 Oct–Sat 24 Nov. Installations made of sculptures, ready-mades and paintings.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. FREE ARTSpace Exhibition Until Mon 22 Oct. An exhibition of work by artists participating in Platform’s ARTSpace. ■ POLLOK HOUSE Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 0844 493 2202. House, shops and restaurant open daily 10am–5pm; grounds open at all times. James Rigler: Room Service Until Sun 4 Nov. Daily 10am–4.30pm. Normal entry prices apply to house.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE A Story Well Told Until Sat 20 Oct. Wed-Sat. Group exhibition. ■ QUEENS PARK RAILWAY CLUB Queens Park Railway Station, 492 Victoria Road, queensparkrailwayclub.co.uk FREE Clemens Wilhelm: A Good Story Until Sat 27 Oct. Tue-Sat 2–6pm. Young German artist.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. ■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm.
REVIEW DRAWINGS DONALD JUDD: DRAWINGS 1963-93 Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, until Mon 22 Oct ●●●●●
It’s hard to decide how this display of work by the late American sculptor Donald Judd should be approached. As an insight into the working practice of one of the most celebrated minimalist designers of the 20th century, an artist whose hard-edged and fun but utterly functional designs still exert an influence over everything from modern architecture to the home furnishings at your local IKEA, it’s a show with a certain degree of prominence and allure. The content, however, might be described as somewhat thin in the face of such a body of work.
Around the walls of the Talbot Rice’s Georgian Gallery hang planning sketches made by Judd for many of his most celebrated earlier works, either 3D technical drawings on once-folded pieces of paper with annotated dimensions and notes informally squiggled alongside, or simple 2D plans hastily scrawled in the corner of a page. What text is legible reveals little: ‘Probably longer’ written in capitals below a sketch of a desk, for example. Some of these are apparently drawings of the sculptures themselves after they were made, although the same sense of sketchpad informality prevails. On a viewing plinth in the centre of the room are arranged actual purchase orders, letters and formalised technical drawings sent to the fabricators who created Judd’s sculptures, and there’s a certain satisfaction of behind- the-veil curiosity in being able to browse them. While there’s a momentarily amusing irony in viewing a show that’s so intrinsically about sculpture but which doesn’t actually contain any, though, even devout followers of Judd’s work won’t find a wealth to investigate here. (David Pollock)
124 THE LIST 18 Oct–15 Nov 2012
FREE Mhairi Malcolm: The Day Above Until Sat 3 Nov. Mixed media. FREE Jennifer Watt: Shadows in Space Tue 6 Nov–Sat 24 Nov. Daily Times vary. Wood and clay casts.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Jackie Philip Until Tue 23 Oct. Colourful still lifes and landscapes. ■ ROSE AND GRANTS 27 Trongate, Merchant City, 553 0501. FREE Alexandra Muirhead: Female, Untitled. Until Sat 3 Nov. Mon-Fri 8am–6pm; Sat 9am–5pm. Drawing and painting. ■ SCOTTISH MUSIC CENTRE City Halls, Candleriggs, scottishmusiccentre.com FREE Piano Migrations Thu 18 Oct–Sun 18 Nov. Mon-Fri 10am–6pm. A delicate installation offering a taster of this year’s Sonic-a festival (8–18 Nov).
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. FREE Sandy Murphy RSW RGI PAI Until Sun 28 Oct. One of Scotland’s finest painters exhibits. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm FREE Ajamu: Future Histories Until Sun 28 Oct. Work from photographer Ajamu’s residency. FREE Arpita Shah: Nymphaeceae Until Sun 28 Oct. Portraits of women with Asian, African and Arab heritage.
■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. FREE Baldvin Ringsted Until Sat 20 Oct. Wed-Sat 12–6pm. Artworks drawing on the artist’s experience as a musician. FREE Owen Piper: The Quid Until Sat 20 Oct. Wed-Sat 12–6pm. Inspired by anything from the Cannes festival.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm.
✽FREE Dexter Sinister: Identity ●●●●● Until Sun 28 Oct. See review,
page 122. FREE Richard Hughes: Where it all happened once Fri 26 Oct–Sun 16 Dec. Large-scale solo exhibition. FREE Insight and Outlook: The Koestler Exhibition for Scotland Sat 3 Nov–Sun 25 Nov. Art and writing selected for the 2013 Koestler Awards. FREE Our Contemporaries Fri 9 Nov–Sun 18 Nov. Daily (not Mon). An unnerving sonic art installation.
■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 7141. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Giles Bailey Wed 17 Oct, Times tbc. Rotterdam-based film artist. FREE Knox, Rose, Takala Tue 30 Oct– Sat 1 Dec. Exhibition featuring work by Una Knox, Sarah Rose and Pilvi Takala.
■ VARIOUS VENUES
Prices vary. A new festival.
Until Sun 28 Oct. Daily Times vary. ✽Creative Mackintosh Festival ✽Sonica Thu 8 Nov–Sun 18 Nov. Daily
Times vary. £tbc. See preview, page
122.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm. FREE Unit-E Sat 20 Oct–Sat 10 Nov. Work by seven artists or artist collectives. EDINBURGH ■ AMBER ARTS 78 Montrose Terrace, Abbeyhill, 661 1167. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat
10am–2.30pm. FREE Sarah Diver-Lang: Production Until Sat 10 Nov. Socially- aware prints. ■ ART’S COMPLEX St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Opening times vary. FREE Miscellaneous Sat 20 Oct–Sun 28 Oct. Daily 11am–7.30pm. Group show by emerging artists. FREE Stan Duncan: Machaironi Sat 27 Oct–Sun 4 Nov. Daily 11am–7pm. Photographs of the machair and more. FREE Seatide: Groyns Fri 2 Nov–Sun 11 Nov. Drawings, prints and paintings.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE Emily Young: Lithica Thu 18 Oct–Thu 8 Nov. Work in carved stone. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE John Clerk of Eldin (1728– 1812) Sat 3 Nov–Sun 3 Feb. Etchings.
■ COBURG HOUSE STUDIOS 15 Coburg Street, 554 6888. Opening hours vary. FREE Resonate: A Collective Exhibition in Print, Moving Image and Jewellery Wed 17 Oct, 10am–6pm. Print, moving image and jewellery.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue– Sun 11am–5pm FREE Adaptation Until Sun 25 Nov. Daily (not Mon).
■ THE DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Thu 10am–4pm; Fri 10am–3pm (gallery closed on Fridays). FREE Hidden Spaces, Forgotten Places Until Thu 15 Nov. Hidden and forgotten buildings and places. ■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm FREE Beth Robertson Fiddes Until Sun 4 Nov. Daily. Scottish andscapes and seascapes.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Carpets of Distinction Sat 10 Nov–Sat 12 Jan. Six hand-tufted rugs. ■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 558 9363. FREE Jamie Primrose: Glistening Light Fri 2 Nov–Sat 10 Nov. Mon-Fri 11am–7pm; Sat & Sun 11am–5pm. Oil paintings of French landscapes.
■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm FREE October Exhibition Until Sat 27 Oct. Mon & Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat. Group exhibition of oils by gallery artists.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Again, A Time Machine ●●●●● Until Sat 3 Nov. See review, page 122. ■ EMBASSY 10b Broughton Street Lane, embassygallery.org Thu–Sun noon–6pm during exhibitions FREE Overtime!! Sat 20 Oct–Sun 4 Nov. New work on themes of labour.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm.
✽FREE Galápagos Fri 2 Nov–Sun 13 Jan. Exhibition of work by artists
who’ve travelled to the Galápagos archipelago.