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✽ John Byrne: Sitting Ducks A retrospective of the artist’s portraiture
including iconic paintings of some of Scotland’s most famous faces. See preview, page 98. Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 14 Jun–Sun 19 Oct.
✽ Rachel Maclean: Happy & Glorious The video artist explores the themes of
national identity, class and empire. See preview at list.co.uk CCA, Glasgow, until Sun 13 Jul.
✽ Glasgow School of Art Degree Show Despite the devastating fire which
damaged many students’ work, most GSA degree shows will be going ahead, including a special exhibition by the fine art graduates at the McLellan Galleries. Various venues, Glasgow, Sat 14–Sat 21 Jun.
✽ Douglas Gordon: Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about
1992 until Now See preview, left. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Fri 27 Jun–Sun 28 Sep.
✽ Jim Lambie Explore two decades of work from the internationally acclaimed artist known for his colourful and exuberant installations. See preview, page 98. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Fri 27 Jun–Sun 19 Oct.
✽ Katie Paterson: Ideas A highlight of the Glasgow artist’s latest show is Second Moon, a year-long project in which a fragment of the moon has been circulating the Earth via airfreight. See preview, page 98. Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, Fri 27 Jun–Sat 27 Sep.
12 Jun–10 Jul 2014 THE LIST 97
DOUGLAS GORDON Encyclopaedic overview of artist’s moving image work
‘W e have been keen for some time to work with Douglas again within the city,’ explains Sarah Munro, director of Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art. ‘The context of GENERATION presented us with the perfect opportunity to dedicate a major new exhibition of his work centre stage.’
Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about 1992 until Now is an important contribution to GENERATION; the work offers an encyclopaedic overview of Gordon’s moving image practice throughout almost the entire 25 year period that GENERATION seeks to celebrate. Gordon has previously described the piece as having ‘evolved into what looks a little bit like a flea market for television’. Indeed, what started as a modest survey has quickly grown as the artist continues to pursue moving
image work and faithfully updates the show to remain true to its title. The GoMA incarnation of the piece will consist of 82 videos exhibited on 101 screens, playing simultaneously. The most recent work to be added is Silence, Exile, Deceit: an industrial pantomime, a three-channel video shot in Essen last year. Iconic films such as the breakthrough 1993 work, 24 Hour Psycho, the Turner Prize-winning video Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Gordon’s innovative, A 21st Century Portrait capturing French footballer Zinedine Zidane are but a few of the others. (Rachael Cloughton)
Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from about 1992 until Now, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Fri 27 Jun–Sun 28 Sep.