ART LISTINGS
CYDIL CEDBED FINE AD‘T DDlTléll DAINTINCG 19th-20th CENTUDY 148 West Degent St Glasgow C2 ZDQ (Scotland
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RSW Scottish Horizons New Watercolours
19 March - 9 April
Mon - Sat 9.30 - 5.30
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THE Bigger
A History of
Scottish Art
More than 100 of the finest paintings by Scots over the last 400 years
on show until 4 April McLeIlan Galleries 270 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
Open Daily: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
Admission: £1 .50/ 50p
SO The List 11—24 March 1994
Catch the best Art this fortnight.
l Degas in Bronze Last chance to see 73 sculptures plus pastels and paintings. Bun-ell Collection, Glasgow.
I Keep StIII and Smile Thoughtful, formal portraits and photographs by a French photographer who worked between 1924 and 1941. French Institute. Edinburgh.
I at new contemporaries A selection of interesting new work by young artists. CCA. Glasgow.
I Richard Wright Bright. colourful paintings on the gallery walls, like a cross between Damien Hirst’s early work and Bridget Riley. Transmission Gallery. Glasgow.
I Out of the Blue Brand new gallery in the old town. Out of the Blue. Edinburgh.
I INTERMEDIA 91 Candleriggs. 227 4068. Tue—Sat noon—6pm.
Side Step Until Fri 11 Mar. A multi-media installation using computer and video projections by Alice Angus and Charles Sandison. In this back-to-basics current climate. the artists examine the ideas of tradition. value and the idealistic and nostalgic misunderstamdings of the past being superiposed on to the present.
I BARCLAY LENNIE FINE ART 203 Bath Street. 226 5413. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sun lOam—lpm.
Objects Trouves Fri 11—31 Mar. Watercolours and drawings which were found in the artist‘s studio when the furniture was moved and include a number of long forgotten works.
I LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road. Milngavie. 943 3247. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat—Sun 2—5 m.
Bearsden Art Club Exhibition Until Sat 12 Mar. Annual show featuring paintings and sculpture.
I MCLELLAN GALLERIES 270 Sauchiehall Street. 331 1854.
The Bigger Picture Until 4 Apr. In conjunction with the Billy Connolly- hosted TV programme. an exhibition of 160 paintings which chart 300 years of Scottish art. Periods include portraiture. landscape. the Victorian. Modern and Contemporary movements and include works by Raeburn. Peploe and Bellany. I EWAN MUNDY FINE ART 48 West George Street. 331 24006. Mon—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
Glasgow Boys . . . and Girls Until 26 Mar. Oils. watercolours and drawings by artists such as John Lavery. James Paterson. Joseph Crawhall, Jessie King and BA. Homel.
I MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT Kelvin Hall. Dumbarton Road. 357 3929. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Devoted to the history of transport. a museum crammed with buses. trams. fire-engines. ships and other transportation.
I PEOPLE’S PALACE MUSEUM Glasgow Green. 554 0223. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. [D]. Cafe.
Once a museum for the working class. now a repository for all sorts of ephemera connected with Glasgow‘s history - everything from old cigarette packets to suffragettes’ campaigning material.
I PROVAND'S LORDSIIIP 3 Castle Street. 552 8819. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sun
1 1am—5pm.
The only surviving medieval house in
Glasgow. built in 1471. Period room displays range from 1500 to 1918.
I OUEEN’S PARK SYNAGOGUE Falloch Road. Battlefield. 632 1743. Open Sun 2—5pm. Worth visiting to see 22 pictorial stained glass windows by John K. Clark based on the symbolism ofJewish festivals.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street. 429 1202. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 2—5pm. Cafe. [D]. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and now home to archive material on education in Scotland front 1872 onwards. Reconstructed classrooms give a flavour of Victorian. Edwardian. Second World War and 1960s schooldays.
I NANCY SMILLIE GALLERY 53 Cresswell Street. 443 4240. Mon—Sat lOam—Spm; Sun noon—5pm.
R. Parsiial Finch Until 3 Apr. New paintings by this artist who has recently exhibitEd widely in the US.
I STONES AND SAMSON 183 Bath Street. 221 7222. Tue—Sat 1.30—5.30pm. A range of reasonably-priced paintings. ceramics. tables. glassware and small sculptures by artists and craftsmen.
I STREET LEVEL 279—281 High Street. 552 2151. Tue—Sat 11am—5.30pm.
The Emigration Project Until 26 Mar. An exhibition by Amanda McKittrick and members of a women‘s group from Castlernilk in which a trunk ofclothes is used to convey a personalised history of emigration. The clothes are printed with photographic images and embroidered texts which relate stories about emigration gleaned from stories told by participants. I ST MARY’S CATHEDRAL 300 Great Western Road. 339 6691. Daily 9.30am—5.3()pm. This Gothic Revival building has recently been decorated inside with huge murals by local artist Gwyneth Leech.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS UFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Mon—Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 11am—5pm. Free. Glasgow's own museum of world faith. Exhibits include a zen garden. priceless art works from the world's six major religions. Dali's Christ ofSuint John oft/re Cross and the story of religion in Scotland in words and pictures.
The Chinese Way Until 24 Apr. Dragons. demons. mythical creatures and other symbols are part of the Chinese tradition and decorate a range of ancient and modern objects in this exhibition.
I TRANSMISSION 28 King Street. 552 4813. Tue-Sat 11am—5pm.
Richard Wright Until 26 Mar. Paintings direct on to the gallery wall by this Glasgow-based artist whose style is based on colour. form and pattern.
I ART OF OUT Art Of Out Space. under Blue Moon Cafe. 58a Broughton Street. 557 2625. Thurs—Fri 6—9.30pm; Sat 5—9.3()pm; Sun 12.30—9.30pm.
Out T00 Until Sun 20 Mar. Paintings. photography. prints and sculpture from Scotland's gay. lesbian and bisexual artistic communities.
I DRUNTDN THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. Mon—Sat 10am—6pm.
Robert Crozier Until Sat 19 Mar. Urban imagery in watercolour.
I CENTRAL LIBRARY George W Bridge. Mon—Fri 9am—9.30pm; Sat 9am—10.30pm.
Inky Impressions Wed 2-31 Mar. Sketches and prints by Georgina Brown. I THE CENTRE 103 Broughton Street. 661 3640. Daily 11am—6pm (Wed l—6pm). Paper Tigers Until Fri 11 Mar. An exhibition of photos by Robbie Hayes exploring themes of sex and violence. dis uise and alienation.
I NESSEL GALLERY Chessel Land. Holyrood Campus. Holyrood Road (access from Old Playhouse Close. Canongate). Mon—Fri 9am—5pm. Independent Vim Until Mon 14 Mar. Work by eight photographers who visited the island of Tiree for a week in