Visual Art

I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

33 t'nion Street. 557 347‘). Tue Sat

1()am (rpm. Free.

Multiple Surfaces t'nul Sat 33 Dee.

Prints exploring the medium of collagraph an impression taken from a collaged

plate in collaboration with eight of the

Printmakers' artist members. including

specialist (1:1er Robinson.

I FRUITMARKET GALLERY

45 Market Street. 335 3383. Mon Sat

1 1am (rpm; Sun noon 5pm.

* Christine Bortand Sat 3 Dee Sun 38 Jan. Free. See preview. page 8‘). NEW SHOW

I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND

The Mound. (i34 (i300. .\1on Wed 6;-

Fri Sun lllam 5pm: Thu 10am 7pm. Far Horizons: Artist Travellers 1750-1850 l'ntil Sun 1() Dec. Free. Prints and drawings by British artists tra\elling before the age of mass tourism. drawn from the National (ialler) permanent collection. LAST CHANCE TO SEE

* Douglas Cordon: Superhumanatural 00000 t'nril Mon 15 Jan. £0 tL‘4; under-13s freer. See review. page 87.

Word and Image tlaw'thor'nden 1.ecture 'I‘heatre. Tue 13 Dec. 13.45 1.3(1pm. Free. Katrina Brown talks about the potency of the written word in the work of Douglas (iordon. Former 'I'ransmission committee member Brown is curator of exhibitions at Dundee ('onternporar) Arts.

I THE QUEEN’S GALLERY

Palace of Hot) roodhouse. 55b 5 till). 1)ail_\ t).3()am (rpm. L5 19.4501.

Canaletto in Venice 00... l'ntil Sun 7 Jan. Paintings and drawings by Giovanni Antonio (‘anal (better known as ('analettor. depicting the canals. places. churches and squares of the beautiful Italian cit}.

I RIAS GALLERY

15 Rutland Square. 33‘) 7545. Mon Fri 9am 5pm.

SIX t'ntil Fri I 1)ec. Free. A showcase for student award-w inners from si.\ of Scotland's schools of architecture. gix ing a platform to the future stars of building design. LAST CHANCE TO SFE

I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN lrwerleith Row. 553 7171. Hail}

1()am 3.3()pm.

Douglas Gordon: Superhumanatural 0000. Imerleith House. until Sun 14 Jan. 1()ani 3.30pm. Free. See reView. page 87.

lnfin8 l'ntil Sun 7 Jan. A series of huge images from inside plant stems and llower buds and the surface of insect skins b_\' tidinburgh photographer Kenn} Bean.

I ROYAL MUSEUM

3 (’hambers Street. 347 431‘). .\ton Sat Illam 5pm: Sun noon 5pm: Tue

Illam 8pm. Free.

Gifted (‘raft (ialler'). until Sun 31 Jan. Free. :\ showcase ot Scottish contemporar‘) crafts. with jeweller}. textiles. ceramics and glassware. Reflections: A Decade of Northlands Creative Glass t‘nril Sun 7 Jan. Free. :\ collection of o\ er ()0 beautiful works from Scotland's inter‘nationall) renowned centre for contemporar} glass.

Sacred Words IV} Wtr (ialler‘). untii Sun 31 Dec. li\p1ore the power ol' the written word in ('hinese \isual culture. From 7th centur} Buddhist te\ts to modern-da) Islamic calligraph}. words are trsed for meditation and worship.

I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The .\1onnd. 335 ()(i7i. .\1on Sat

Illam 5pm; Sun noon 5pm.

Roter Salon & New Academy l‘ntil Sun 17 Dec. Free. 1)ornestic-si/ed works from RSA rrrembers. and other works b_\' Academy scholars. residents and 3006 award-winning emerging artists.

92 THE LIST Iii; Now 14‘. t)t><: Why.)

Sarah Cameron

I NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART

7.5 lielford Road. (r34 (i3()(). Dani} Illam 5pm.

Off the Wall Sat 1) 1)ec Mon 38 Ma); See preView. page 8‘). NEW SHOW

I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

1 Queen Street. (i34 63”“. Mon Wed (Y Fri Sun Illam 5pm; Thu Illarn 7pm. Being There: Harry Benson’s Fifty Years of Photojournalism 00000 t'ntil Sun 7 Jan. to (£4: under- 13s free). ('elebrit) portraits and breaking news pictures from the career of influential press photographer llarr) Benson. Energy: North Sea Oil Portraits t'ntil Sun 38 Jan. Free. Portraits of a cross-section of people working in the oil itttlttstt'}' b) Scottish painter Fionna ('arlisle.

I STILLS

33 ('ockburn Street. (r33 (i3()().

1 lam (rpm.

Among the Modems t'nril 'l'hu 3l the Free. In collaboration witlr the ('inematheoue de Tanger in Morocco. Stills creates a \ ideo librar} unearthing the dixerse cultural. political and social space of the Arab world.

I TALBOT RICE GALLERY t'ni\ersit} of tidinburgh. South Bridge. 05(1 3310. Tue Sat ltlam 5pm.

Henry Raeburn and his Printmakers l'ntil Sat 0 Dec. Free. To mark the 350th anniversary of his birth in lidinburgh. this exhibition includes 34 prints inspired b} Raeburn's oil portraiture. b} artists such as William Walker. ('harles 'l‘urner. John Beugo and William Sharp. LAST CHANCE; 1O SET Keith Farquhar 0000. [not Sat 9 Dec. Free. Working with what has now become his trademark of commerciall} produced clothing. Farquhar has gix en life

to hooded tops and (i()Rl",-TI{X1 r'r jackets.

alluding to the battle between culture and its subcultures. (‘onceding that the feminine is an increasingl} important direction for societ}. Farquhar's installation will include an elegant totem comprised of women's ol'f—the—peg

underwear. LAST CHANCF TO SEE

An exhibition of landscape and seascape paintings by the Edinburgh-based artist, showing work inspired by Cameron’s recent travels from the North of Scotland to Greece and Iran. I Ambor Art‘s. Edinburgh. r/rrtr/ Sat 23 DOC.

Lucy McKenzie: Ten Years of Robotic Mayhem 00000 t'ntil Sat t) the Free. (‘ross-cultural solo show encompassing all aspects of l.uc} McKen/ie's practice. including artwork created for album co\ers. maga/ine illustrations and collaboratite pieces created w ith local fashion designer Beca Lipscombe. Iler ps} cho-geographieal studies of(i1asgow place it as a series of faded and fragmented memories. as she continues to de\elop in w it and conlidence. The exhibition also incor'Por'ates tt 'sublet' where some ot' the pieces created with l.ipscombe are on

sale. LAST CHANCE TO Stit-

Private Galleries

I AMBER ARTS

78 Montrose Terrace. Abbe} hill. (mt

I 167. Tue Fri lllarn 5pm: Sat

ltlanr 3.30pm.

Sarah Cameron t'ntil Sat 33 Dec. Free. li\lribition of oil paintings b_\ the lidinburgh-based artist. inspired b} trips to the north of Scotland. Iran and (ireece. The work is a stud} in abstracting images of land and sea. to capture the atmosphere that e\oke.s memories.

I AMBER ROOME

75/7‘) ('umberland Street. 558 3353. Wed Sat 11am (rpm. Free.

Naoko Shibuya & Jade Stout t'ntil Fri 33 Dec. lishibition of new paintings. Slribu}a's work looks at the changing r11} thrn of time. and Jade Stout's work l'octrses on her memories of the sea.

I ANALOGUE

ltl3 \Vest How. 330 Will]. Mon Sat

lllam 5.3tlpm.

Matt Sewell l'ntil Sal to Dec. Free. See Around Town. page 37. 1AS1 ()1 lANCt

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I ASSEMBLY

41 l.othian Street. 331) 4388. 11) 1am. Scrawl Collective t'ntil Stnr 31 Dec. Free. Selection of prints and a signed mural b} the Scrawl ('ollecti\e. a collaboration of illustrators w ho ha\e designed for Son}. Nike and Puma. Their work is produced b} hand rather than trsing computer packages.

I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY ('onstitution Street. 561 73()(). Wed Sat 1 1am 4.30pm. Free.

Tobias Sternberg: Point of Sale t'ntil Fri 33 Dec. Sternberg creates sculptural objects that aim to have presence enough to stand in for human emotions and experiences. and enter into a conversation with the view er. as a result of his need to engage with the world.

I DOGGERFISHER

1 1 (ia_\tie|d Square. 558 71 [(1. Wed Fri

1 lanr 6pm: Sat noon 5pm.

Graham Fagen: Closer 0000

tintil Sat ‘) l)ec. Free. New works from the (ilasgow based artist. LAST CHANCF 'lO SEF

I INGLEBY GALLERY

(i ('arlton Terrace. 55o 4441. Tue Sat Illarn 5pm.

Winston Roeth 000 t'ntil Fri 33 Dec. 1(lam 5pm. Free. New paintings b_\ the t'S-based abstract artist. llis painted panels of wood and slate are sometimes di\ ided into grids. or planes of a single colour with a contradictor} border. At first glance they appear simple. but shift in the changing light as _\ou more around them.

Artist Spaces

I THE EMBASSY

7o liast (’rosscausewa}. M7 3808.

Thu Sun noon (rpm.

Alasdair Gray 8. Stuart Murray l'ntil Sun 3 Dec. Free. Paintings and sketches from writer and artist (ira). and a series of ribald drawings entitled In l’uln b_\ Murra}. The latter will also be displa} ing a collection of his books.

lAST CHANCE TO SET;

Outside the Cities

I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

153 Nethergate. (11383 900001). Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat 1t).3t)am 5.3(1pm: Thu l().3t)arn 8.30pm; Sun noon 5.30pm. A-Lite and G-Vision Visual Research ('entre. ()1383 388(1o4. Fri 1 Fri 15 Dec. Wed Fri 10.30am 5.3llpnt:

Sat Sun 1330 5.3(lpm. Free. Two projects undertaken b} Nigel Johnson in the l)(‘.'\.s Visual Research ('entre. (’omputer-contrrr1led artwork and

\ ision-based motion recognition software. gi\inging an interactiw art experience.

David Hockney & Louise Bourgeois Print (killer). until Tue 5 the Free. .-\ siltttll collection oT edg). humourous and sometimes contro\ersial prints. from Marlborough Fine Art's collection.

David Shrigley l'ntil Sun 31 Jan. Free. The first solo eshibition in Scotland ol~ Shrigle} ’s work former ten )ears. This selection of drawings. sculptures. photographs and short animationsoffer insight into the strange _\'et beguilingl} familiar world created h} the (ilasgow -based humourist and eccentric.

I THE CHANGING ROOM

.3.5 The (raw ford Arcade. King Street. Stirling. (1178(i47‘)3(i1. Wed Sat

noon Split. Free.

Andrew Reid 0... t'ntil Sun 7 Jan. (‘orporate ideologies in \ isual culture are de\ eloped o\ er the e\ltitutioti period o1~ Reid‘s installation. in the ('hanging Roonr’s window. His work has been aided b) looking at l.e\i Strauss. kinship studies. Barthes. Derrida and ('ulture Jamming the use and sulwersion of e\isting cultural iconograph}.

Social Work Sat 3 Fri 15 Dec. A fresh and crunch) group show. curated b} l.esle} Young and Katherine Stewart. bringing together recent graduates of Scotland‘s art schools. Includes free ironing se:'\ ice