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GLASGOW
■ 42 CARLTON PLACE 42 Carlton Place, 420 1079. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Christina Ramberg Until 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. LAST CHANCE Lauren Hall and Jay Mosher: Comfortably Warm Until 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 Until 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. LAST CHANCE Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir and Erica Eyres: Sniffer Until 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.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Future Reflexions Exhibition Until 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. LAST CHANCE Reclaimed: The Second Life of Sculpture Until Fri 2 May. Thu 9.30am–8pm; Mon–Sun 9.30am–5.30pm until 21 Apr; from 22 Apr, as above. 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. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Galleries Tue–Sat 11am–6pm, Sun noon–6pm; general opening hours Mon– Sat 10am–midnight, Sun noon–midnight. Khaled Hourani Until Sun 18 May. The first retrospective of work by Palestinian artist, curator and art critic.
■ THE CHALET 18 Dixon Avenue, 07762 177348. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Sehnsucht and the Chalet Archive Until Mon 21 Apr. Mon, Thu–Sun 2–6pm. Work by artists from the Chalet Network, chosen for their relation to the concept
SCULPTURE GABRIEL KURI: ALL PROBABILITY RESOLVES INTO FORM The Common Guild, Glasgow, until Sat 7 Jun ●●●●●
In case of emergency, natural disaster, nuclear fallout or biblical engulfment, Mexican artist Gabriel Kuri is probably a very good man to have on your side. By stocking up on blankets, fire extinguishers, boxes of matches, bottles of water and assorted toiletries, then assembling them in assorted sculptural show-and- tells on silver-blanketed pallets in the townhouse corridors of the Common Guild, Kuri takes a practical and possibly life-saving survival kit, then reassembles it in a way that suggests it’s an in-storage archive with everything in its place and a place for everything, even as it awaits a situation in which it can be used.
Downstairs, alongside the two pallet-based pieces, a row of metal compartments containing folded-up and piled-up blankets resembles both a charity shop and a call-centre storeroom, the array of unopened goods on the stairs themselves seemingly awaiting the cleaner’s arrival. Upstairs, a network of primary-coloured tables and rolled-up sleeping bags gives the air of an adventure playground sleepover.
With a title that gives a nod to David Hume’s 1738 A Treatise of Human Nature, which suggested that ‘all knowledge resolves itself into probability’, Kuri’s collection of six new constructions puts nuts and bolts on hard theory by giving it a quietly political twist. This is made clear in subtle ways by the class divide hinted at across the two floors. The show’s function as a form of activism will be made explicit only when it closes, however, when the found materials on display will find their true calling by being donated to the GLAD Action Network and the Unity Centre, Glasgow, two all too real support centres for asylum seekers and migrants in Scotland, making Kuri’s ordered arrangement a lifesaver on every level. (Neil Cooper) ■ Part of Glasgow International Festival
■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 161 Broad Street, Bridgeton, 258 9124. Thu–Sat noon–5pm but times vary during Glasgow International. Claudia Comte: Sharp Sharp Until Sat 24 May. Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun noon–7pm; Thu noon–8pm until 21 Apr; from 22 Apr, as above. Debut UK show of Swiss artist who makes murals, woodcuts and sculptures with a wide
range of references from minimalism to Disney. ■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. Mon–Sat 10am– 5pm, Sun 11am–4pm. Hugh Hood: Glasgow 1974 Until Fri 30 May. Gritty and unsentimental images of Glasgow in 1974.
11 April – 24 October 2014 The Lighthouse 11 Mitchell Lane Glasgow G1 3NU Opening times: Monday – Saturday 10:30am – 5:00pm Sunday 12:00pm – 5:00pm — Explore the lasting legacy of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
of Sehnsucht or ‘yearning.’ Glasgow International.
■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm.
✽ LAST CHANCE Gabriel Kuri: All probability resolves into
form Until Sun 20 Apr. 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. See review, above. Glasgow International.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon– Sat 9.30am–5.30pm. LAST CHANCE Jack Knox: Retrospective 1956–2014 Until Sat 19 Apr. Paintings from 1956 to 2014. NEW Lesley Banks: Breathing Spaces Thu 15 May–Fri 6 Jun. New paintings, drawings and pastels. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10.30am– 5.30pm. 19th- to 21st-century British Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture Until Sat 31 May. Work from the gallery collection, including Scottish contemporaries and modern masters.
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