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SOL CALERO: DESDE EL JARDÍN The transformation of David Dale Gallery by Venezuelan artist Sol Calero is one of the most eagerly anticipated exhibitions at this year’s GI. Calero creates impressive, immersive installations that completely challenge the audience’s expectations of what a gallery can be. She’s previously turned Studio Voltaire into a Caribbean school, Laura Bartlett Gallery into a hair salon and a booth at Frieze into an internet café. This latest commission, Desde el Jardín, takes its title from the Spanish translation of the i lm and novel Being There and will take its cues from a tropical garden or patio. David Dale Gallery, Fri 8–Tue 26 Apr. DERRICK ALEXIS COARD This is the i rst solo exhibition outside of the United States by the New York- based artist Derrick Alexis Coard and will be installed at Project Ability in collaboration with Scottish artist Jim Lambie. The show presents a collection of Coard’s most recent works, expressive portraits of black men imagined by the artist. His work is infused with political and religious overtones, with Coard describing it thus: ‘during my adolescence I started drawing images of bearded black men. I use them as a symbolic expression for possible change in the African-American community.’ African-American comm Project Ability Gallery, Fri 8–Mon 25 Apr. Project Ability Gallery
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SAM SMITH: THE HORIZONTAL WINDOW Smith appropriates the language of cinema, exploring forms through the camera lens. For his i rst solo exhibition in Scotland, the artist will present a new work, commissioned by The Telfer Gallery and made in response to the venue’s spaces. ‘The Horizontal Window is conceptualised as a multi-faceted project that explores the window as a framing device in modernist architecture and how it relates to the language of the cinematic frame,’ explains Rebecca Howard, programmer for Telfer. ‘Smith will present an installation that will act as a site for a new video work and performance.’ The Telfer Gallery, Fri 8–Mon 25 Apr. COSIMA VON BONIN: WHO’S EXPLOITING WHO IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA? Cosima von Bonin is one of Germany’s most inl uential contemporary artists. She lives in Cologne, where the likes of Rosemarie Trockel and Isa Genzken are among her peers. Their inl uence is evident in her work: objects seem kitsch – childish even, but appearances are deceptive in her work and seemingly empty playthings are vessels for von Bonin to explore art history, popular culture and craft, and to destabilise perceived constructions of feminism. The cast of underwater characters that make up her GI exhibition will be no different. Gallery of Modern Art, Fri 8 Apr–Mon 8 Aug.
34 THE LIST 7 Apr–2 Jun 2016