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REVIEW SCULPTURE & PAINTING JUTTA KOETHER: SEASONS AND SACRAMENTS DCA, Dundee, until Sun 21 Apr ●●●●●
The back catalogue of 17th-century painter Nicolas Poussin isn’t the most obvious frame of reference for German iconoclast Jutta Koether, but when she was taken to see his The Seven Sacraments at the Scottish National Gallery, something clicked. The end result for Koether’s first major show in Scotland following an appearance at the DCA as part of the Altered States of Paint group show in 2008 is this large-scale, hopelessly devoted homage/reimagining of Poussin, rebranded and rewired for a postmodern 21st century pop age. The fact that Koether’s versions of Seasons, four paintings first shown at the Whitney Biennial in New York in 2012, and the more sculptural The Seven Sacraments, created in situ, feature bit-part players such as the Queen, philosopher Jacques Derrida and French racing driver and walking product placement Sebastian Vettel adds
a playful wit to the pop classicist sheen. There’s something Blakean about The Seasons, hung in mid-air and in the round on sheets of glass in such a way that the viewer moves anti-clockwise from ‘Winter’ onwards, with Vettel’s appearance alluding to seasons that are about more than just the weather. Vettel is present again in The Seven Sacraments, which are all-too personal interpretations of Poussin, involving pearl necklaces and the keys of Koether’s own life and work as we move from ‘Baptism’ to ‘Eucharist’.
Such totems that adorn the three large sheets of glass actually more resemble tributes left after a crucifixion than the ‘Confirmation’ it represents. In between the galleries, though only accessible from one, is ‘Extreme Unction’, a construction laid out in the shape of a number seven, and again laden with pop reference points. Rather than overloaded with scattershot free-associative detritus, Koether has meticulously plundered her sources to make a series of epic statements for a secular age. (Neil Cooper)
Designs from four young Scottish architectural practices: DO Architecture, GRAS, Pidgin Perfect and Stone Opera. LAST CHANCE Kurt Jackson: The Burn Until Thu 28 Mar. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. New landscapes. LAST CHANCE Modern Languages Until Sun 31 Mar. Mon– Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Work by Irish artists reimagining the country’s craft tradition. ■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Helen Shaddock, Pauline J McCloy and Rebecca Green Until Fri 12 Apr. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. New work, including Green & McCloy’s Solaris Simulacra. LAST CHANCE Kim Noble Until Fri 12 Apr. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. Mischievous new work.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. LAST CHANCE Alexis 108 THE LIST 21 Mar–18 Apr 2013
Marguerite Teplin: He, Ho, HA, hmmm . . . Until Sat 13 Apr. Abstract paintings and sculptural works. See review, page 106. NEW Nicolas Party: Still life oil paintings and landscape watercolours Sat 6 Apr–Wed 8 May. New work.
■ METROPOLITAN Merchant Square, Candleriggs, 553 1488. Mon–Sat 10am-midnight; Sun 11am-midnight. LAST CHANCE Children’s Folk Art from Suining Province Until Sun 31 Mar. Remarkable children’s art from China. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3–5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. NEW William E Jones Sat 23 Mar–Sat 15 Jun. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Powerful video works by LA artist and filmmaker.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Simon Periton: The Rose Engine Until Sat 23 Mar. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Metal cut-outs alongside spray-painted paper and glass.
■ PATRICIA FLEMING PROJECTS Studio 225, South Block, 60/64 Osborne Street, 07968 066708. Tue–Wed & Fri 10am–2pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Sat noon–4pm. LAST CHANCE Jane Topping: The Women Until Sat 20 Apr. Screen prints, collages and drawings concerning the power play of relationships. ■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. Big Skies Until Sat 20 Apr. Work by artists from Glasgow’s Project Ability and also Amalie Skrams Hus and Kettuki (Norway) and Inuti (Sweden).
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. LAST CHANCE Kirsty Whiten: West End Bestiary Until Sun 7
Apr. Drawings of mythical creatures in modern urban environments. ■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm. LAST CHANCE Unmapped: Anna King & Rebecca Joy Sharp Until Sat 6 Apr. New contemporary landscapes. NEW The Conveners Thu 11 Apr– Sat 4 May. Works by former Conveners or Hon Secretaries of the RGI.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. LAST CHANCE Andrew Squire Until Fri 29 Mar. Paintings of isolated animals and interiors. LAST CHANCE Nikolay Sardamov: Intersections Until Tue 2 Apr. Showcase for award-winning Bulgarian jeweller. NEW Sylvia Allen Sat 30 Mar–Fri 12 Apr. New oil paintings. NEW Donald Manson Sat 13–Tue 23 Apr. Still lifes on canvas.