LISTINGS ART

by three artists from The Netherlands. The adjoining browser-friendly shop is open all year round and sells original prints. paintings and small sculptures. Prices from £10—£500.

I Edinburgh City Chambers High Street. 529 4051. 5 Dec at 7pm. Bid For Christmas. To mark the 1993 Y‘ar of Older People and Solidarity Between Generations. the international charity Help The Aged has arranged this public auction of Scottish contemporary art. Out of the hundred artists featured. Albert Morrocco and George Wylie stand out. I Edinburgh Gallery 3 -24 Dec. In- keeping with the spirit ofChristtnas. the emphasis in this exhibition is on small to medium decorative pictures. A mix of ~10 well-known and up and coming artists. including Iona Montgomery will be exhibiting. Prices start at £130.

I Edinburgh Printmakers Until 22 Dec. Judging by previous years' brisk sales. this busy ‘prints under £50‘ event means you’ll have to be quick off the tnark. Etchings. litllos antl screen prints have all been submitted by members. reflecting their diverse tastes. Bestsellers include Eileen Erskine’s still-life floral prints and Ian Maclntyre's deceptively naive prints. All prices under £50.

I Fine Art From Glasgow +19 Dec. The leading Glasgow galleries have banded together to present a Christmas Show in Edinburgh. Ewart Mandy. Roger Bilcliffe and Glasgow Print Studio will be exhibiting the best from Peploe right up to

Paintings F or Christmas. A large and fascinating seasonal exhibition by over 50 gallery artists. Paintings range front £27 upwards with prints as little as £9 and resin bronze pigs starting the sculptural bidding at £45.

I Kingfisher Gallery 6—17 Dec. A Christmas exhibition in aid of the Save The Children fund. Among the 50 artists - supporting this worthy cause are those with the prestigious RSW letters after their name: William Littlejohn and Mardi Barrie among them. Paintings. prints. sculpture and jewellery range from £50—-£500.

I Open Eye Gallery Until 24 Dec. ()n A Small Scale. Four-hundred small paintings by invited artists only. Established names like Jack Knox and Gordon Wylie are hung alongside recent gouache and oil works by Glasgow graduate Lynn Davidson. Ceramics and glasswork by

j potters and craftsmen start off at £7 1 moving tip to the £1000 bracket in the big

league. I Portfolio Gallery Until 23 Dec. In recognition of the innovative

: photographers” work that helped the

2 Gallery win the prestigious Prudential Award For Visual Arts. art exhibition - featuring seven of the best Scottish

photographers‘ work has been mounted.

Frotn the cultural iconoclast Calum Colvin to Jane Brettle‘s large photowork.

prices start at £100. Other prints by Arthur

" Tress (of Fish Tank Sonata fame). Fay

contemporary Queen Mtnn portrait painter ;

Alison Watt. Pictures front £50 upwards. I Flying Colours Until 24 Dec. Guaranteed Christmas sale bargains as this gallery is having a major stock clearance seven years after its inception. llaving presented lively and vigorous works by over 100 artists there's a vast range to choose from. From Selina Thorpe's colourful pastels to Charlie Mackesy's black and white jazz prints. Prices from £20 upwards.

I Gallery 41 Until 31 Dec. Entitled Small Paintings For Christmas by selected artists. Oscar Goodall's abstract landscapes and newer artists like Michael Forbes‘ hutnorous surreal works are among the pot-pourri of paintings. wood and other multi-niedia works on sale for as little as £30 for an unframed print.

I Hanover Fine Arts 4--3l Dec. Small

Godwin and Owen Logan start at £85. They also have an enviable selection of photography books such as Lee Freidlander’s ‘l..ike A One-Eyed Cat‘ for £26. plus catalogues.

I Scottish Gallery Until 24 Dec. Inspiration behind this exhibition cotnes from The Twelve Days Of Christmas theme. Emphasis is on the applied arts with media such as ceramics. glass. jewellery and puzzling autornata starting at £8. Well-established names like John Byrne and John Huston feature alongside contemporary artists making a stir like Dorothy Black and Keith McIntyre. Paintings range from £150-£().000.

I Torrance Gallery Until a Jan. A

veritable A—Z of the Scottish art world are

showing at this Christmas exhibition of

oils to welded sculpture. Prices start at

£90.

Bryan Evans‘s watercolour: at Glasgow at Art Exposure Gallery

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MINIATURE SILVER SCULPTURES: Alejandro Lopez RAKU POTTERY: llolstead & Brownlee

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fine art Barry Atherton

Portraits and Museum Ceramics

"Flux" Conlemporary Jewellery 8. Silversmithing

Lucy Jessomy Dunte

Recent Ceramics

Until 2151 December

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CHRISTMAS

Scotland's Largest Holding of Photographic Prints by Scottish and International Photographers including

Calum Calvin, David Williams, Owen Logan, Arthur Tress, Patricia Macdonald, Bert Hardy, Joseph McKenzie, Calum Angus Mackay and many more

Prices from £85

PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOKS Also available for the ideal Christmas gift is a wide selection of beautiful photographic books by photographers such as Duane Michals, Lee F reidlander and David Hiscock

Prices from £5.95

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PORTFOLIO gallery

Portfolio Gallery 43 Candlemaker Row Edinburgh Tel 031 220 1911 Fax 031 226 4287 Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 5.30

Subsidised by the Scottish Arts Council and City of Edinburgh District Council

CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE

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