Highlights | VISUAL ART
SCOTTISH DEGREE SHOWS Various venues, Scotland, Jun Tis the season for art school degree shows: the Glasgow School of Art’s takes place from Sat 10– Sat 17 Jun and Edinburgh College of Art’s is Sat 3–Sun 11 Jun. If you want to check out the work of future stars of Scottish art, see list. co.uk/visualart for details.
ARCHIFRINGE 2017 Various venues, Scotland, Sat 1–Sun 23 Jul, architecturefringe. com An open platform for the arts in which people can explore architecture and what it means to them via various projects and events. STEVEN CLAYDON: THE ARCHIPELAGO OF CONTENTED PEOPLES
The Common Guild, Glasgow, until Sun 9 Jul, thecommonguild.co.uk Sculptural work addressing the ideas of jeopardy and pressure. See review, page 108. NOW Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art One, Edinburgh, until Sun 24 Sep, nationalgalleries.
org/visit/scottish- national-gallery-modern- art The first in a series of exhibitions celebrating modern Scottish art, with a three-room presentation by Nathan Coley. See review, page 108. ARTIST ROOMS: MUSIC FROM THE BALCONIES – ED RUSCHA AND LOS ANGELES
Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art One, Edinburgh, until Apr 2018, nationalgalleries.org/ visit/scottish-national- gallery-modern-art Work drawing upon urban landscape and architecture, cinema and other aspects of the visual culture of Los Angeles and Hollywoood. See review, page 108.
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Events are listed by city, then date. Submit listings for your event at list.co.uk/add CCA, Glasgow, Tue 27 Jun–Sun 2 Jul, cca-glasgow.com A look at the work of the Glasgow-based illustrator and comic book artist.
GLASGOW EDINBURGH
PIDGIN PERFECT: PLAYING WITH PLACE The Lighthouse, Glasgow, thelighthouse.co.uk A design exhibition that asks the questions ‘Where do we feel most at home? What brings us together? And what difference does culture really make?’ ROB CHURM: PARASITE REX CCA, Glasgow, until Sun 9 Jul, cca-glasgow.com Drawings, prints, comic strips and digital elements that reference science and weird-fiction, new-material, post-human thought, and cult film.
FRANK QUITELY: THE ART OF COMICS Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow, until Sun 1 Oct, glasgowlife.org.uk/ museums/kelvingrove Work by the Glaswegian comic book artist Vincent Deighan, aka Frank Quitely. Quitely is known worldwide for drawing Batman, Superman, Flex Mentallo and X-Men. Alongside the comic art, there are digital interactives where you can discover the process of drawing a comic page.
NOMANSLANDING Tramway, Glasgow, Wed 21 Jun– Tue 4 Jul, tramway.org. A sculptural installation designed as a space for performance, listening and contemplation. Featured artists are Robyn Backen (AUS), Andre Dekker (NED), Graham Eatough (UK), Nigel Helyer (AUS) and Jennifer Turpin (AUS). BHP COMICS PRESENTS NEIL SLORANCE: CARTOONS + COMIC ART
AMBIT: PHOTOGRAPHIES FROM SCOTLAND Stills, Edinburgh, until Sun 9 Jul, stills.org A partnership between Glasgow’s Street Level and Edinburgh’s Stills, showcasing works by emerging Scottish photographers.
ANNELI HOLMSTROM: -}}}}}} : {{{+}}} Summerhall, Edinburgh, until Fri 14 Jul, summerhall.co.uk Debut UK solo show of Scottish- based artist, drawing on two bodies of work, Levitation and Flood, and building upon meditative and romantic microcosms to create an atmosphere of ‘oneness’ and concentration.
A PERFECT CHEMISTRY: PHOTOGRAPHS BY HILL & ADAMSON Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 1 Oct, nationalgalleries.org/ visit/scottish-national-portrait- gallery Photographs by the duo of David Octavius Hill (1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (1821–1848), who only collaborated for a few years in the 1840s but who stand at the beginning of social documentary photography in Scotland with their stunning portraits, landscapes and views of the fishing community at Newhaven on the Firth of Forth. EDINBURGH ALPHABET City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until Sun 8 Oct, edinburghmuseums. org.uk/Venues/City-Art-Centre Objects assembled from the Museums and Galleries Edinburgh collections, giving an outline of the history of the city.
GRAHAM MACINDOE: COMING CLEAN Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 5 Nov, nationalgalleries.org/ visit/scottish-national-portrait- gallery Images recording the photographer’s addiction to heroin. See review, page 107.
LEITHLATE Various venues, Edinburgh, Thu 15 Jun–Sun 18 Jun, leithlate.co.uk LeithLate is a multi-arts festival that takes place across multiple venues in Leith, showcasing the very best in emerging artists, musicians, poets and filmmakers. See feature, page 29.
RSA OPEN 2017 Royal Scottish Academy, Sat 22 Jul–Sun 1 Oct, royalscottishacademy.org Paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography by artists from across Scotland and beyond, chosen by the RSA from an open submission.
TRUE TO LIFE: BRITISH REALIST PAINTINGS IN THE 1920S AND 1930S Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art One, Edinburgh, Fri 1 Sep–Sun 29 Oct, nationalgalleries.org/visit/ scottish-national-gallery- modern-art A major review of British realist painting in the 1920s and 30s, unlocking some of the secrets of this generally neglected tradition, with works by the famous (Stanley Spencer) and the not-so- famous (Thomas Monnington, Colin Gill, James Bateman and Mark Lancelot Symons). OUT OF TOWN
CLARE WOODS: VICTIM OF GEOGRAPHY Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Sat 24 Jun–Sun 10 Sep, dca.org.uk A solo show of 13 raw
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and powerful new paintings. See review, page 106.
THEY HAD FOUR YEARS Generator Projects, Dundee, until Sun 11 Jun, generatorprojects.co.uk Generator Projects’ annual, sardonically titled exhibition of work by recent art school graduates from institutes all over Scotland. Featured artists in 2017 include Timo Aho, Charlie Cook, Eleanor Elks Herrmanssen, Jack McCombe and Grace Woodcock. LIZ MAGIC LASER: PRIMAL SPEECH Jupiter Artland, Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, until Sun 1 Oct, jupiterartland. org The artist assembled a group of actors with opposing political convictions about Brexit and the 2016 US election and put them in a futuristic version of a primal scream room.
MICHAEL SAILSTORFER Jupiter Artland, Bonnington House Steadings, Wilkieston, until Sun 1 Oct, jupiterartland. org Sculptural works by German artist: 1:43-47 (2012), Brenner (2017) and Tränen (2015). 1 Jun–31 Aug 2017 THE LIST 109