ART LISTINGS

SATURDAY 9TH—FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER CRAIG RICHARDSON FRUITMARKET GALLERY 29 MARKET STREET, EDINBURGH EH1 lDF “EV'N HENDERSON

TUESDAY-SATURDAY DOUGLAS GORDON

11.00AM—6.00PM

tel 031 225 2383 "RE" “REES

Subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council GRAEME 7099 Supported by R.B.R.. Edinburgh College of Art. Arefin & Arefin ANGUS HOOD

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University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL. Tel. 031 650 2211

19 Oct - 16 Nov "NO MAN'S LAND"

Paintings by Fred Cravk

"Quite simply outstanding" (The 5601mm”)

Tues - Sat 10am-5pm Admission Free

Subsidised by Nit” SCOIIISh AIIS COurlCIl

DINOIVE!

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Midland St. (under Central Station) Glasgow OPEN EVERY DAY 10.00am to 5.00pm

From a land before time... Enter an exciting prehistoric landscape and come face to face with moving. roaring, giant dinosaurs.

Call the Dino-line 041 221 MM Adults £2.90 ° Children and Concessions £|.50 Family ticket £9.00 ° Children under 5 FREE supported by

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Budapest. join in the international melee at Demarco‘s.

I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN lnverleith Row. 552 7171. Mon-Sat 9am—sunset; Sun Ham—sunset. Cafe. [D].

Herman de Vries Until Sun 10 Nov. £2 (£1) children free. First Scottish exhibition by a German artist who makes art from natural materials.

Living in a flainlorest Until 13 Dec. A Borneo-style forest house reconstructed in the Botanics‘ Exhibition Hall and Vanishing Paradise photographs taken in the Venezuelan rainforest by George Bernard and Stephen Dalton.

I ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street. 225 7534. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.

The place to find out about Scotland‘s new, controversial museum, to see a Japanese mermaid and learn everything you ever wanted to know about fish. in the new Fish Gallery.

I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.

The Morrison Scottish Portrait/1 ward Until Sat 9 Nov. A selection ofwinning entries for this major portraiture competition.

Society 01 Scottish Artists: centenary exhibition Until 30 Nov. Eclectic collection ranging from the truly great to the truly absurd. Well worth seeing.

I THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 94 George Street. 225 5955. Mon—Fri 10am—6pm;Sat 10am—lpm.

Exhibitions until 27 Nov:

David Alexander: Scottish Landscapes A well-known landscape artist in his native Canada. Alexander turns his brush on Scotland. with some colourful results. Peter Howson: Works on Paper A retrospective of burly Glaswegian images. from the famous ‘Glasgow School‘ artist. A selection of new pieces from ceramicist Duncan Ross and jeweller Linda Lewin is also on display.

I THE SHORE GALLERY 59 Bernard Street. Leith. Mon—Fri 10.30am—4pm; Sat 10.30am—lpm.

Heiira An exhibition of Stuart Gibbs“ work. inspired by sojourns in Canada. the USA and Scotland.

I STILLS GALLERY 105 High Street. 557 1140. Tue—Sat Ham—5.30pm.

Sidney James: Diamonds In Australia-An Installation by John Stathatos Until Sat 16 Nov. A photo-based installation inspired— we are told by the contents of asuitcasc discovered six years ago in an old house on the Greek island of Kythera. Letters.

Sydney James Diamonds In Australia, showing at Stills. Edinburgh

documents and photographs. all that remain of his possesions. give clues to the man's life. Or is the whole story an invention? How far can we trust ‘evidence"? The artist will be talking about Sidney James Diamonds on Tue 29 October, 7.30pm. Admission £1.50(£l). I SDLSTICE GALLERY 18a Dundas Street. 557 5227. Mon—Fri 11am—5pm; Sat 10am—1pm.

Autumn Show: EightArtists Until 23 Nov. Cameron. Cummings. Da Fano. Joan Gillespie. Wendy Houston. Stirling. Watt and Wills. to be precise.

I TALBOT RICE GALLERY Edinburgh University Old College. South Bridge. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm: Sun 2—5pm.

Fred Crylt: No Man's Land Until Sat leov. Powerfully bleak paintings depicting the legacy of Scotland‘s post-industrial age: deserted coalfields and the grim ‘no-man‘s land' which lies between Scotland‘s two metroriolises.

I THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 Hamilton Place. 2265425. Daily 11am—7pm(later during performances). Cafe. [D] Lawrence Nowosad: Decompositions Fri 8 Nov—5 Dec. Ailegorical works which use ‘decay as a metaphor to investigate the ageing process‘.

I 369 GALLERY 233 Cowgate. 225 3013. Mon—Sat noon—6pm.

Alan Shipway: Decade Until 23 Nov. ‘Works of art are not created by will. but by some far deeper condition of the spirit that is really very close to the impulses which propelled the various movements in religion‘. So says Kenneth Clark. whose quote is one of many alluded to by Shipway in this exhibition of his recent paitings.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES St Andrews

I CRAWFORD ARTS CENTRE 93 North Street. 0334 74610. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 2—5pm.

Diczyna: Work by Piotr Dies and Mateusz Fahrenholz Until 1 Dec. Translatedas ‘homeland‘. ()jczyna is an exhibition on the theme Ofexile. rooted in the artists' native Poland. but with universal

Arthur Tress: Fish Tank Sonata Until 1 Dec. Bizarre, allegorical series of photographs. depicting a fisherman‘s journey through life. each image photographed in a fish tank.

Graham Muir: Glass Until 1 Dec. Designer glass— early Christmas presents?

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