VISUAL ART
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 Alex Johnston. All exhibitions free unless otherwise stated. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry GLASGOW
■ ANNAN GALLERY 164 Woodlands Road, 332 0028. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–4pm. NEW Jolomo Sat 21–Sun 29 Sep. Colourful landscapes from the popular artist. NEW Marion Drummond, Georgina McMaster, Gordon Wilson Sat 5–Sun 20 Oct. Still lifes, landscapes, figures and animal pictures.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Opening times vary, see individual shows for details. NEW Rachel Frances Sharpe: Smoke Wed 25 & Thu 26 Sep, 10am– midnight. An interactive installation exploring the power of subliminal imagery. Part of Arches Live 2013.
■ ART EXPOSURE GALLERY 19 Parnie Street, 552 7779. Tue–Sat noon–5pm. NEW Women Painting Women Fri 20 Sep–Tue 8 Oct. The Women Painting Women blog has inspired an increasing number of exhibitions showcasing the figurative work of women artists and this is the first in Europe, featuring work by Jennifer Anderson, Lesley Banks, Margaretann Bennett, Morag Cullens, Marion Drummond, Cherylene Dyer, Pam Hawkes, Nadia Lazizi, Anda Paterson, Sophie Ploeg and Stephanie Rew. ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Burrell’s Masters of Impressionism Until Sun 5 Jan. Selections from Sir William Burrell’s magnificent collection of paintings and pastels by the impressionists and postimpressionists, including works by Degas, Boudin, Fantin-Latour, Manet, Rodin, Cezanne, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Gauguin, Le Sidaner, Simon and Vuillard.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue– Sat 11am–6pm. NEW Levi Hanes Sat 28 Sep–Sat 12 Oct. New work exploring the ideas of ‘signature style’ and ‘group show’. NEW Mounira al Solh / Sarah Forrest Sat 28 Sep–Sat 9 Nov. Double solo show: Amsterdam artist Mounira al Solh responds to the recent immigration from Syria to Beirut, while Glasgow- based artist Forrest draws on her own research into the films of Margaret Tait.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Tue, Wed & Fri, Sat noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm. NEW Roman Ondák Sat 12 Oct–Sat 14 Dec. New work by the Slovakian conceptual artist, consisting of paintings and drawings made by the artist as a teenager.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon– Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. NEW Helen Flockhart: Swan Like Thu 26 Sep–Sat 19 Oct. Paintings describing a personal mythology by the celebrated artist. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon– Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Tom H Shanks, RSW RGI PAI: The Road to
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the Isles Until Sat 21 Sep. Scottish landscapes. ■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 161 Broad Street, Bridgeton, 258 9124. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Nils Guadagnin, Samuel Levack & Jennifer Lewandowski, Kristian Smith: Oblique Until Sat 28 Sep. Mixed show by artists who were awarded a residency to work for one month in a studio in Clermont-Ferrand, France. NEW Steve Bishop and Richard Sides Sat 12 Oct–Sat 2 Nov. New work by London-based artists.
■ EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 211 West George Street, 248 9755. Mon– Fri 10.30am–5pm. NEW Glasgow Boys & Glasgow Girls Fri 4 Oct–Fri 1 Nov. Mon–Fri 10am–4.45pm. Paintings, drawings and other works by Arthur Melville, James Paterson, Stuart Park, Jessie King, Katharine Cameron and others. ■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon– Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. A Picture Show Until Sun 2 Feb. Paintings by artists who all live and work in Glasgow, including Neil Clements, Michael Fullerton, Lotte Gertz, Charlie
PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID PEAT: AN EYE ON THE WORLD Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Fri 27 Sep–Sat 26 Oct
When documentary filmmaker David Peat, who followed Billy Connolly’s 1976 tour of Northern Ireland in Big Banana Feet, discovered he had cancer, he decided to unearth his extensive archive of still photographs taken over a 40-year period. These included early shots taken of children on the streets of the Gorbals in 1968, a theme which he applied with warmth and compassion to his subjects wherever they happened to be. When a selection of these images was shown at Street Level in 2012,
the year of Peat’s death, it was named in this august organ as one of the best exhibitions of the year. Now expanded to embrace the full span of his canon, this retrospective at the Dovecot coincides with the launch of a book of Peat’s work that reveals a fascinating social document as well as the eye of a true artist. ‘It’s really two exhibitions in one,’ explains Peat’s widow, Trish
MacLaurin. ‘David shot the early stuff in the Gorbals for a portfolio when he was trying to get into TV. Then there’s the international lot which, when he found out he had cancer, he selected from about 10,000 negatives. David always talked of wanting to leave a legacy, because he wasn’t bright at school and had a terrible time. Working on the exhibition has been good for me and the family as well.’ While she has lived with Peat’s vast collection for most of her life, if MacLaurin had to pick a favourite image, it would be ‘one of a couple playing chess, and in the middle is a pigeon watching them. There’s so much going on there, and people can get so many different things from it.’ (Neil Cooper)
Hammond, Louise Hopkins, Merlin James, Andrew Kerr, Victoria Morton, Carol Rhodes, Tony Swain, Hanneline Visnes and George Ziffo. Ian Hamilton Finlay Until Sat 1 Mar. A major exhibition of prints, cards, booklets and sculpture by poet and visual artist Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006), one of the most remarkable Scottish artists of the 20th century, who weaved together themes from classical culture, European history and modern warfare. Niki de Saint Phalle: The Eric and Jean Cass Gift Until Sat 16 Nov. Public art by acclaimed French sculptor.
■ 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 40/40: Forty Years, Forty Artists Until Sun 13
Oct. New prints from three generations of artists who have exhibited at Glasgow Print Studio over its 40 years. The 40 prints are issued in editions of 40 each and are by artists such as Alasdair Gray, Alison Watt, Elizabeth Blackadder, Martin Boyce, John Byrne, Ken Currie, Ciara Phillips, Jacki Parry, Bronwen Sleigh and Toby Paterson. See preview, page 105. LAST CHANCE Joyce Leitch: Between the Trees Until Sun 29 Sep. Woodcuts exploring elements of the landscape as seen through trees. NEW Duncan MacGillivray Fri 4 Oct–Sun 3 Nov. Images from junkshops, turned into steel intaglio prints.
■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS The Whisky Bond, Dawson Street, 353 3708. Wed–Sat 11am–5pm. NEW Haegue Yang Sat 5 Oct–Fri 20 Dec. First Scottish show for Berlin- based Korean artist interested in placing everyday objects in unfamiliar contexts and configurations.
■ HIDDEN LANE GALLERY 1081 Argyle Street, 07760 669011. Tue– Sat 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Domicele Tarabildiene: A Challenge to Time Thu 19 & Fri 20 Sep. Surreal photographs from the eminent Lithuanian artist and illustrator (1912–1985). Part of Lithuanian Photography Season.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. Allan Ramsay: Portraits of the Enlightenment Until Sun 5 Jan. £7.50 (£5). The great portraitist in his intellectual and historical context. Whistler and Watercolour Until Sun 23 Feb. Watercolours by the flamboyant American artist James McNeill Whistler. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. NEW Jack Vettriano: A Retrospective Sat 21 Sep–Sun 23 Feb. £5 (£3). A chance to view the works of Scotland’s most frequently reproduced artist.
■ KENDALL KOPPE GALLERY Suite 1–2, 6 Dixon Street, 07969 403472. Wed–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽ Sukaina Kubba Until Sat 9 Nov. Residence by Baghdad-born artist.
See preview, page 108.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5360. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Glasgow School of Art Graduate Degree Show Until Sat 28 Sep. Student showcase. LAST CHANCE Ice Lab: New Architecture and Science in Antarctica Until Wed 2 Oct. Cutting- edge architecture from Antarctica.