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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 Jen Bowden and Alex Johnston. All exhibitions free unless otherwise stated. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry GLASGOW
■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Jean-Francois Millet: Under Investigation Until Sun 6 Jan. New paintings, pastels and prints by Millet (1814–75) in good company among the works of other French artists including Degas, Monet and Rodin.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; Intermedia Gallery opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings. LAST CHANCE Olivia Plender: Rise Early, Be Industrious Until Sat 15 Dec. Thu-Sat 11am–6pm. Sculpture, banners, posters, board games, architectural models and video, the result of research into changing attitudes to mass education, drawing on examples such as the BBC and the 1924 British Empire Exhibition. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm (Thu until 7pm); Sat
10am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm. NEW: The Winter Collection Fri 14 Dec–Wed 30 Jan. Selection of 19th-21st century British paintings, drawings and sculpture. ■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 161 Broad Street, Bridgeton, 258 9124. Fri–Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Stuart Whipps: Tick, Tack, Tick, Tack, Tick Until Sun 16 Dec. Work inspired by the relationship between landscape and industry.
■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri–Sat noon–6pm LAST CHANCE Joep van Liefland: Video Palast No 35 – Le discours des medias II Until Sat 22 Dec. First UK solo show by Dutch artist interested in video, especially in the less prestigious kinds of mass-produced videos: everything from porn to instructional videos, travelogues and home movies. See review, page 138.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon– Fri 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Kitchen and Garden Until Fri 21 Dec. Paintings, drawings, etchings, ceramics & glass by artists including Elizabeth Blackadder, Willie Rodger, Jack Knox, Sir Robin Philipson, John Byrne, and Tom Wilson. ■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon– Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm.
FLANNERY O’KAFKA Glasgow-based photographer Andrea uses the alter ego flannery o’kafka for what she terms ‘melancholy merry- making’. Her work is darkly comedic and intentionally sentimental – often likened to stills from a film. Largely self-taught, her portraits are raw and intuitive, inspired by the mysteries children hide in youth and their ability
to ignore the lens of a camera. Her first series of ‘Children in Literature: pre-madness’ is part of Glasgow’s Street Level Photoworks’ seventh Open Exhibition showing Sat 15 Dec-Sun 3 Feb. This mother-of-five, raising a family her entire adult life, returned to a
teenage obsession with photography and image-making in March of 2011. Honest and warm, if often irreverent, Andrea documents her daily life and ‘making’ process on her online photo diary with a mix of family snapshots, portraits, and commercial/editorial work. ■ flanneryokafka.blogspot.co.uk ■ thisiscentralstation.com
Fiona Tan: Disorient Until Sun 24 Feb. As part of GoMA’s Tales of the City, a spectacular two-screen film installation by the Amsterdam-based artist Fiona Tan is displayed in the UK for the first time. The work explores historic and contemporary perceptions of the ‘oriental’ through ideas about colonialism, myth, identity and war. Tales of the City: Gallery 2 Until Sun 23 Jun. Works from GoMA’s collection purchased on the Art Fund International scheme, in partnership with the Common Guild. Featured artists include Derek Boshier, Rob Churm, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Alex Frost, David Hockney, Scott Myles, David Sherry and Simon Starling. LAST CHANCE Tales of the City: Gallery 3 Until Sun 20 Jan. Works from GoMA’s collection purchased on the Art Fund International scheme, in partnership with the Common Guild. Featured artists include Eve Arnold, Frank Auerbach, Beagles & Ramsay, Matthew Buckingham, Kate Davis, Douglas Gordon, Roni Horn and Jo Spence.
■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Gallery: Tue– Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. Workshop: Tue–Thu 10am–9pm; Fri & Sat 10am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Impressions Until Sun 23 Dec. Printworks by studio artists including Elizabeth Blackadder, John Byrne, Scott Campbell, Ashley Cook, Eileen Cooper, Elspeth Lamb, Fiona Watson and Adrian Wisniewski. ■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS The Whisky Bond, Dawson Street, 07582 698832. Thu–Sat 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Alex Impey: Orangutan Until Sat 15 Dec. New sculptures.
■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Art Lovers Cafe and Shop open daily 10am–5pm; House opening times vary, please call to check. LAST CHANCE On the First Day of Christmas Until Mon 7 Jan. Christmas-themed exhibition by artists from the gallery. ■ IOTA Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland Street, 338 6052. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–6pm during exhibitions. LAST CHANCE Alistair Devine: Celebrity on a Plate Until Sun 23 Dec. Photographs of Scottish celebrities. Part of the ‘iota smART Collection’ Christmas event.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5365. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Above Scotland - The Story of Scotland’s Places Told Through Aerial Imagery Until Wed 23 Jan. Aerial photographs outlining the history of Scotland.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue– Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. LAST CHANCE Class Acts Until Thu 20 Dec. Range of art produced by senior pupils from Secondary Schools in East Dunbartonshire. NEW: Inspiration Sat 12 Jan–Fri 8 Mar. Work in a variety of media by artists who work as tutors for East Dumbartonshire council. NEW: Making the List Sat 12 Jan–Sat 9 Mar. Paintings and prints exploring the social mythology behind Truman Capote’s famous Black and White Ball in 1966. ■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Daily 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Three Points of Contact: Open Studio Thu 13 & Fri
14 Dec. Portuguese artists von Calhau! in collaboration with artists from Glasgow, York and Cornwall use the Mackintosh as an open studio, as part of this experimental residency. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm. NEW: Matthew Cerletty, Sean Kennedy, Matteo Tannatt Tue 8 Jan–Sat 19 Jan. Three young American artists who share a broad approach to representation. See review, page 138.
■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm.
✽George Wyllie Retrospective: In Pursuit of the Question
Mark Until Sat 2 Feb. Daily (not Sun) 10am– 5pm. Major retrospective of the late, internationally-acclaimed artist, whose often humorous works included The Paper Boat and The Straw Locomotive. Early paintings and sculptures feature alongside more recent pieces like 2005’s giant robin, together with the rare treat to view previously unseen works. See review, page 138.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3-5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. NEW Jim Lambie: Shaved Ice Mon 7 Jan–Sat 19 Jan. Thu-Sat 12–5pm. New installation work using found objects to reconfigure the space.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. NEW Monika Sosnowska Mon 7 Jan–Sat 12 Jan. Polish-born artist, responding to the use of space in the context of the artist’s own upbringing in communist Eastern Europe. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Mon–Fri 9am–8pm; Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Heather Lander: New Work Until Sun 13 Jan. Paintings inspired by the architecture and light of the Platform building.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Project Ability: Picture This Until Fri 21 Dec. Art by artists from Project Ability’s Aspire and Create projects, featuring work by Willie Docherty, Jim Douglas, Ralph Douglas, John Forsyth, Albert Greig, Pauline Jackson, Tommy Kemp, John McNaught, Tommy Mason, Cameron Morgan, Craig Murray, Martin Sloss and Scott Smith. ■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm. LAST CHANCE Christmas Show Until Tue 1 Jan. Daily Times vary. An opportunity to buy small works from some of Scotland’s most respected artists at this festive exhibition.
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. LAST CHANCE Winter Exhibition Until Sun 23 Dec. Annual exhibition of gallery artists, including the likes of Alice McMurrough, John Kingsley, Paul Barnes, Laura Harrison, David Schofield, Patti Yuill and Ronald F Smith.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm NEW: Seventh Street Level Open Sat 15 Dec–Sun 3 Feb. New and established photographers based in Scotland or living here when the work was made.
13 Dec 2012–24 Jan 2013 THE LIST 139