VISUAL ART
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 5536. Tue– Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. LAST CHANCE Norman Gibson, Liz Treacher, Lucie Treacher: Time and Tide Until Wed 25 Sep. Sculptures, photography and looped music exploring the tideline. NEW Glasgow Society of Women Artists Sat 5 Oct–Fri 8 Nov. Works by Scottish women artists are featured in this year’s exhibition, in media from oil and watercolour to ceramics, glass and jewellery.
■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. LAST CHANCE A Conspiracy of Detail Until Sun 29 Sep. Contemporary adornment, with works by Pio Abad, Jonathan Baldock, Josh Blackwell, Jim Lambie, Hew Locke, Alex Pollard, Eva Rothschild, Karin Ruggaber, and Renee So. LAST CHANCE Yusuke Yamamoto and Satoko Takemura Until Sun 29 Sep. Japanese jewellery and silverware by graduate students. NEW Convocation Sat 12 Oct–Fri 1 Nov. Work inspired by sixth-century monk Colmcille. Part of Colm Cille’s Spiral. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm.
✽ Sara Barker: The Things that Are Solid, Absorbed and Still
Until Sat 26 Oct. New sculptural work from Manchester-born artist.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3–5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Sue Tompkins: Expressions Until Sat 2 Nov. Performance event from this artist who uses both the spoken and written words in her work. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. Sea Salt and Cross Passes Until Sat 19 Oct. Work by Norwegian artists exploring the genre of the maritime painting.
■ PATRICIA FLEMING PROJECTS Studio 225, South Block, 60/64 Osborne Street, 0796 806 6708. Tue, Wed & Fri 10am–2pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Sat noon–4pm. LAST CHANCE Kevin Hutcheson: Digital Comedown Until Sat 12 Oct. New works with a narrative element, created from fragments of newspaper headlines. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Mon–Fri 9am–8pm; Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Aspire at Platform Until Sun 29 Sep. Paintings by artists with learning disabilities.
■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Kate Downie: A Walk through Resonant Landscape Until Sun 29 Sep. New work reflecting the artist’s experiences in China. This exhibition is taking place in two galleries simultaneously. NEW Leo du Feu: Landscapes and Birds of Scotland Fri 4–Sat 19 Oct. Paintings inspired by Scotland’s flora and fauna. ■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. NEW Fabulous Pearls Sat 21 Sep– Sat 19 Oct. Contemporary jewellery featuring pearls.
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PAINTING SUKAINA KUBBA: PAVOR NOCTURNUS Kendall Koppe, Glasgow, Sat 28 Sep–Sat 9 Nov.
The proper Latin translation of the show title is ‘night terrors’, and one might express a level of disquiet when noting the accompanying stills of the work to be found online, which contain glistening pink, phallus-like objects. She doesn’t make the overt link herself, but in much of Kubba’s work there appears to be at once a femininity and a thrusting sexuality at work. Another work here appears to feature a pair of pink tights pulled across a shaped casing with a perfectly formed hole ripped in them, while her Glasgow School of Art degree show project last year was entitled ‘La Femme Sombra’ (‘The Female Shadow’) and featured a sub-section entitled ‘Sirens’, which also used tights as a material.
Kubba describes her work as simply painting. ‘I’m working with a variety of unconventional materials in terms of surface and paint,’ she says, ‘such as latex, PVC, polyester, silk and tights, as well as applying varnishes, bleach, and various water-based media. I’ll also exhibit some rubber and resin-cast objects. By framing these stretched fabrics and textiles – themselves loaded with their own significance – within the context of painting, I’m trying to explore the flipping of perception between the material and perspectival.’
Born in Baghdad, Kubba left Iraq when she was young and lived and worked as an architect in the United Arab Emirates and Canada before moving to Scotland to attend Glasgow School of Art two years ago. ‘If there were an influence the varied background affords me, it would be an awareness of the artificiality and malleability of notions such as identity and culture,’ she says, ‘although I’ve only recently started to link my architecture background with my painting practice, in terms of my continued interest in representation, depth and perception.’ (David Pollock)
■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 276 1625. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Peter Howson: Crucifixion 2010 Until Tue 31 Dec. Monumental picture of the crucified Jesus.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm LAST CHANCE Borderlands II Until Sun 6 Oct. Contemporary Lithuanian photography. Part of Lithuanian Photography Season. NEW Poetic Documents Fri 11 Oct– Sun 10 Nov. Lithuanian photography and poetry.Lithuanian Photography Season. ■ THE TELFER 3rd Floor, 84 Miller Street, the-telfer.com Thu–Sun noon–5pm during exhibitions. LAST CHANCE Federico Del Vecchio: We End up Always Using the Same Things Until Sun 22 Sep. The Städelschule and Glasgow School of Art grad meddles with the everyday.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm. LAST CHANCE Andrea Büttner: Little Sisters – Lunapark Ostia Until Sun 13 Oct. Film works by award- winning German artist.
LAST CHANCE Brian Griffiths: Borrowed World, Borrowed Eyes Until Sun 22 Sep. Epic and darkly funny sculptures made of humble materials. NEW Melanie Wilson: Landscape Two Thu 3–Sat 5 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Solo project combining performance, film and sound work. Ages 16+.
■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 7141. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. NEW public building Tue 1–Sat 26 Oct. New work by artists working in the livelier and more provocative end of performance: Phoebe Amis, gas-tower. com, Hardeep Pandhal and Internet (Siân Robinson Davies and Diego Chamy). ■ VOIDOID ARCHIVE Unit 12 Arch 23, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7354. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. NEW Mark Hamilton: C30 C130 Fri 27 Sep–Fri 11 Oct. Tue–Fri 11am–5pm. Solo exhibition by Germany- based artist.
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■ ANTHROPOLOGIE 39–41 George Street, 260 5200. Mon–Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Sun 11am–6pm. NEW Gwyneth Leech: 365 Sat 21 Sep, noon–3pm. NYC artist turns takeout
coffee cups into art.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. 10am–10pm, but individual exhibition times may vary. LAST CHANCE Fiona Michie: Seekers Until Sat 21 Sep. Gothic- inspired drawings by highly regarded Scottish artist. LAST CHANCE Liz Tainsh: After Hitchcock Until Sun 22 Sep. Thu–Sun 11am–7pm. Images based on the themes of Hitchcock’s films. Held in Studio 3. ■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm. Senja Bownes: Machrihanish, McTaggart and Me Until Fri 18 Oct. Landscapes and seascapes by gallery artist.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Dressed to Kill: Fashion, Costume and Dress in Scottish Art Until Sun 29 Sep. A look at how Scottish artists have represented fashion and costume over the centuries. LAST CHANCE Presenting Tomorrow’s Designers Until Sun 29 Sep. Free with purchase of an exhibition ticket. Work by Fashion, Performance and Costume students from Edinburgh College of Art.