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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 Alex Johnston. All exhibitions free unless otherwise stated. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry GLASGOW
■ 42 CARLTON PLACE 42 Carlton Place, 420 1079. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Christina Ramberg Fri 4–Mon 21 Apr. Wed–Sun noon–6pm. Paintings by Chicago artist Christina Ramberg (1946–1995), the first showing by this artist in the UK since the Who Chicago exhibition in 1980. Part of Glasgow International. NEW Lauren Hall and Jay Mosher: Comfortably Warm Fri 4–Mon 21 Apr. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–4pm. Exhibition exploring the ways in which identical living spaces can have different ambient temperatures depending on their elevation. Glasgow International. ■ 5 ST MARGARET’S PLACE 5 St Margaret’s Place Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Stephen Kaltenbach Sat 29 Mar–Sun 20 Apr. Wed–Sat 1–6pm; Sun noon–4pm. OHIO curates the first solo presentation of this important US conceptualist in a UK
gallery. Glasgow International.
■ 656 ALEXANDRA PARADE Alexandra Parade, 07595 652447. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. NEW Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir and Erica Eyres: Sniffer Sun 6– Mon 21 Apr. Thu & Fri 10am–4pm; Sat noon–4pm. Drawings, sculpture and video forming a narrative around a fictional character named Sniffer. Glasgow International. ■ ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE GLASGOW 3 Park Circus, 331 4080. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. LAST CHANCE Nadège Druzkowski: Intermittences Until Fri 28 Mar. Daily noon–6pm. Paintings by the young Glasgow-based French artist, inspired by the works of Proust and Resnais.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Future Reflexions Exhibition Thu 3–Fri 25 Apr. Daily 11am–11pm. A showcase of photographic and video art exploring the images, stereotypes and visions of Africa today. Part of Behaviour. ■ THE BRIGGAIT 141 Bridgegate, 553 5890. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm, but individual exhibitions may vary. NEW Reclaimed: The Secret Life of Sculpture Fri 4–Mon 21 Apr.
Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 9.30am–5.30pm; Thu 9.30am–8pm. A selection of historic works borrowed from museums, as well as pieces by contemporary artists. Co-curated by Kate V Robertson, Martin Craig and Michelle Emery-Barker. Glasgow International.
■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. LAST CHANCE Evy Craig: Tickling Sticks at the Ready Until Sat 5 Apr. Wed–Sun noon–5pm. Entry by donation. Stars of British comedy. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Galleries Tue–Sat 11am–6pm, Sun noon–6pm, but times may differ during Glasgow International; general opening hours Mon–Sat 10am–midnight, Sun noon–midnight. LAST CHANCE Sonia Boyce, Pavel Büchler, Susan Hiller: Speaking in Tongues Until Sun 23 Mar. Older and more recent works. NEW Khaled Hourani Fri 4 Apr–Sun 18 May. The first retrospective of work by Palestinian artist, curator and art critic. NEW Lucy Clout, Kate Cooper, Anne Haaning, Marianne Simnett: What Will They See of Me? Fri 4–Mon 21 Apr. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm & Sun noon–6pm. Film and video works shortlisted for the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards, exploring themes of identity, visibility and posterity. Glasgow International. NEW #nostalgia Tue 8 Apr, 7pm. £3.50. Performance by Ed Atkins, Nina Beier, Juliette Bonneviot, David Raymond Conroy, David Horvitz, Leslie Kulesh, Katja Novitskova, Heather Phillipson, Cally Spooner and Kate Steciw. Artists have been asked to write a personal monologue in response to a stock image, which will then be
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performed in front of the image. Glasgow International.
■ THE CHALET 18 Dixon Avenue, 07762 177348. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Sehnsucht and the Chalet Archive Fri 4–Mon 21 Apr. Daily 2–6pm. Work by Chalet Network artists, selected for how it relates to the concept of Sehnsucht or ‘yearning.’ Glasgow International.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm, but times may differ during Glasgow International. NEW Gabriel Kuri: All probability resolves into form Fri 4–Sat 7 Jun. Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm until Mon 21 Apr; from Tue 22 Apr, as above. New work from the Mexican-born artist. Glasgow International.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon– Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Mixed Exhibition Until Sat 22 Mar. Work by gallery artists and recent art school graduates. Lesley Banks ‘Breathing Spaces’: New paintings, drawings and pastels Sat 15 May–Fri 6 Jun. Forthcoming show from the Scottish artist. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10.30am– 5.30pm. LAST CHANCE 19th–21st Century British Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture Until Sat 22 Mar. Work from the gallery collection, including Scottish contemporaries and modern masters.
VIDEO KATHRYN ELKIN: MUTATIS MUTANDIS Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 29 Mar–Sun 11 May
Kathryn Elkin doesn’t want to say too much about Mutatis Mutandis, her new video installation that forms part of the Collective Gallery’s Satellites programme. As well as keeping her cards close to her chest, the Belfast-born purveyor of performance, video and text-based work has also been rummaging through the BBC archives. She is one of six artists in Scotland to have been given access to a treasure trove of sound and vision with a view to creating new work from it. That Elkin has the time to explore such a major undertaking may in part be down to the fact that Mutatis Mutandis is a standalone work that doesn’t require her physical presence. ‘It’s the first time I’ve really had to do a straightforward exhibition,’ says Elkin, who, as well as her own film and performance work, has presented and curated events at the CCA and elsewhere. ‘I’m not going to do any live work, but neither is it a film documenting a performance. Performance can be very fragile. It’s all to do with how you connect with somebody or not.’
Far from being evasive, Elkin is effusive about Mutatis Mutandis,
peppering her conversation with references that include the composer Erik Satie, novelist Philip Roth, radical psychoanalyst Theodor Reik and the recently deceased avant-garde theatre and opera composer Robert Ashley. ‘Reik wrote about female masochism, and the differences between male and female masochism,’ Elkin explains. ‘So in a way, the film is trying to “unbinarise” things we normally think of as binary. I like awkward things. I like things that are half one way, half the other, but it’s also good to have someone put your hand behind your back and make you do things a certain way. I suppose, in that way I’m a female masochist.’ (Neil Cooper)
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