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■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5360. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Mackintosh Photographic Exhibition Until Sat 30 Nov. A showcase for entries to the Mackintosh Photography Competition. LAST CHANCE Stuart White: Waiting for Google Until Sun 1 Dec. Show that looks at a range of social issues, including the habit of wasting time on the internet. NEW Fun Makes Good: A New Angle Fri 6 Dec–Sun 12 Jan. A site-
PAINTING & SCULPTURE CHRIS JOHANSON: CONSIDERING The Modern Institute, Glasgow, until Fri 20 Dec
‘Life rhythms’ is the phrase that Los Angeles-based artist Chris Johanson uses to get to the heart of his new Modern Institute exhibition, a selection of pieces constituting one grand ‘meditation on living’, which invokes at once the natural and the urban. He had no official art training: his schooling came in the skateboarding and ’zine scenes of 1990s San Francisco, through which he’s become part of the city’s urban-rustic Mission School of artists. There’s a certain structured naivety about what they do, a fascination with spraypaint and graffiti art, biros and cartoon strips. ‘I view all the work I make as a continual piece,’ he says, with this
particular display centring on found wood structures shaped like trees and graph-like frames, painted brightly in situ with half-used tins of paint. ‘Colour-wise, it looks half California, half Glasgow,’ he continues. ‘This work is about balance and the dance of life; it’s about trying to be reasonable. It looks simple because I’m trying to take complications and make them easier to navigate through.’
For Johanson, the culture of skateboarding still remains a huge
influence. ‘It’s a very liberating act to get on a board and be on your own path,’ he says. ‘I’m interested in blurring the boundaries of high and low culture. So-called low culture is, in my view, the art of the people. In the USA there’s a real problem with money to fund creativity-building environments, especially for youths, and that’s a real shame. I move around many of the different worlds of art because I’m interested in a lot of them – I try and have a varied experience of art and of life. I don’t relate to “The world is your oyster”; I relate to “I am an oyster”.’ (David Pollock)
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specific installation inspired by both the newer and older aspects of the Lighthouse’s design.
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 5536. Tue– Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. NEW Gifted Sat 16 Nov–Thu 19 Dec. Christmas exhibition with paintings, drawings, photography, ceramic works, textiles and jewellery. NEW Joan Eardley: Sketches from a Modern Master Sat 16 Nov– Wed 11 Dec. Drawings by the artist from the gallery’s permanent collection.
■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm. LAST CHANCE Kevin McFall: The One and the Other Until Sat 23 Nov. Figurative oil portraits. ■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm LAST CHANCE Beth Dynowski: New States Until Fri 6 Dec. Solo show by Dumbarton-born artist whose previous work includes a video of a doomed attempt to sail across the sea on an office desk. See review, page 104.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm. Barbara Kasten Until Sat 18 Jan. Kasten constructs spectral assemblages from mirrors, perspex panes, planes of colour and photographs them with a dislocated perspective.
■ MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street, 565 4100. Opening times vary; check individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts 152nd Annual Exhibition Until Sun 8 Dec. Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–7.30pm; Sun noon–6pm. The RGI’s annual open exhibition features a selection of work from its members and others. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3–5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Martino Gamper Until Sat 25 Jan. Work by London-based Italian designer best known for his 100 Chairs in 100 Days project.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm.
✽ Chris Johanson: Considering Until Fri 20 Dec. Colourful works from LA-based artist. See preview, left.
■ NORTH GLASGOW COLLEGE 123 Flemington Street, Springburn, 558 9001. Opening times vary; check individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Surfaces Thu 14 Nov, 9am–5pm. Paintings, sculpture, drawings and installations by new collective.
■ ONECUBEORTWO 134 Renfrew Street, 237 2403. Daily 7am–7pm. LAST CHANCE Nathalie Holbrook: Meadow, Nettle, Weaving Until Wed 27 Nov. Work by earth artist and photographer, including an installation of nettles woven by hand, text pieces, drawings and other works. ■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE The Presidents Until Sat 23 Nov. Work by three artists who are or have been presidents of Scotland’s three most prestigious art societies, the RSA, the RGI and the RSW: Ian McKenzie-Smith, John Inglis and Philip Reeves.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm until Nov 30; Dec 1–31, Sat 10am–4pm. LAST CHANCE George Gilbert Until Tue 19 Nov. Paintings by veteran Glasgow-born artist and RSW member. LAST CHANCE Shona Barr Until Tue 19 Nov. Paintings inspired by the Scottish landscape and sea. NEW Peter Graham: Seeing Red Sat 23 Nov–Tue 24 Dec. Works by the Glasgow-born painter.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NEW Christmas Exhibition Sat 23 Nov–Sun 29 Dec. Painting and sculpture from gallery artists. ■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. LAST CHANCE Liz Knox PAI PPAI Until Sun 17 Nov. Paintings by the award-winning artist. NEW Alasdair Gray, Joyce Gunn Cairns, Steven Camley Sun 17 Nov–Sun 22 Dec. Works by three very different Scottish artists.
■ 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. Howson’s monumental picture of the crucified Jesus. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm LAST CHANCE Hugh Hood: Glasgow 1974 Until Sun 8 Dec. Gritty, unsentimental images of Glasgow in the 1970s. LAST CHANCE Lachlan Young: Performances of Identity – Photographs from the West of Scotland Until Sun 1 Dec. Photographs of the Argyll region, taken in March. LAST CHANCE Young Photographers Alliance: Escape Until Sat 16 Nov. Work by Glasgow members of the worldwide alliance of photographers aged between 18 and 29: Faye Brown, Craig Gibson, Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte, Claire Fiona Maxwell, Chantel Ng and James Chris Parker. NEW Jill Todd Photographic Award Sat 23 Nov–Sun 2 Feb. Showcase of finalists in the inaugural competition to find Scotland’s best student and graduate photographers. NEW Sylvia Grace Borda: Camera Histories Sat 23 Nov–Sun 2 Feb. Images incorporating images of cameras from online auction sites, by Canadian- born artist concerned with modernism and the creation of value.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm, but individual installation and performance times may vary. House Style Until Sun 19 Jan. New work and historic material responding to a film programme sourced from the archive of the BFI, considering how issues of identity, status and style can be understood through objects, in an exhibition curated by Panel.
✽ Lucy Skaer: Exit, Voice and Loyalty Until Sun 15 Dec. New
sculptural work engaging with notions of history, using heavy ‘sinker’ mahogany recovered from rivers in Belize, precious metals and the stone steps from the house where she grew up. See feature, page 24. Release: The Koestler Exhibition for Scotland Until Sun 15 Dec. Art and writing selected for the 2013 Koestler Awards from work produced in prisons and other secure settings in Scotland, curated by young care leavers.