Visual Art
n STILLS
23 (‘ockburn Street. 622 6200.
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Dan Holdsworth: At the Edge of Space l'ntil Sun 29 Apr. l)an Holdsworth's large-scale photographs explore the limits of perception and the possibilities of photography. This exhibition focuses on his interest in communicating the invisible realms of time and space.
n TALBOT RICE GALLERY l’niversity ol' lidinburgh. South Bridge. 650 22l0. Tue Sat l()am 5pm.
Jamie Shovlin: Aggregate lintil Sat 10 Mar. ln Aggregate. the Beck's Futures nominee plays with the boundaries between authoritative systems ol‘ knowledge about the natural world like Darwin's theory ol~ evolution. and apparently inconsequential ways of making sense of the world such as jigsaw puzzles and amateur bird watching. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Private Galleries
n AMBER ROOME
75/79 (‘umberland Street. 558 3352. Wed Sat llam (ipm. Free.
Group Exhibition: Delia Baillie and Iain Sturrock, Jessica Harrison, Karen Kirkwood, Sophie McKay Knightl'ntil Thu S Mar. New group exhibition. Baillie and Sturrock collaborate on a piece inspired by Romulus and Remus. Harrison explores the voyeuristic impulse behind
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surveillance culture. while Kirkwood and McKay Knight‘s works look at ideas of belief and the sublime. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
n ANALOGUE
l()2 West Bow. 220 060l. Mon Sat l()am 5.30pm.
That and This l'ntil Sat l0 Mar. Visual ideas and l970s-inspired graphology from (iuardian illustrator Marcus ()akley. lAST CHANCE TO SEE
n ATTICSALT
50 Thistle Street. North liast Lane. 225 2093. Wed Sat 1 lam bpm. Construct! l'ntil Sat 24 Mar. A group show ol’ new works inlluenced by architecture.
n CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY (‘onstitution Street. 561 7300. Wed Sat l lam 4.30pm. Free.
Perceptions: Kris Emmerson [Tntil Thu 19 Apr. .\leticulously cral'ted large- scale sculptures and digital animation in this lirst solo show from the recent Royal (‘ollegc of Art graduate. whose work explores our new relationship with digitised virtual reality utopias from a Romantic perspective.
n DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE
3 l)oune 'l'crrace. 225 7|S9. Mon Fri 9am 5pm.
Paint Over Fri 2 Mar Fri 27 Apr. Paint ()ver are a Danish art group whose spacious. sculptural installations and digital works have removed the painting from two dimensions. NEW SHOW
n DOGGERFISHER
I l (iaylield Square. 55S 7] 10. Tue Fri
l lam (rpm: Sat noon 5pm.
La femme de nulle part t'ntil Sat 28 Apr. New work by Anita l)i Bianco. Sophie .\lacpherson and Rosalind
Nashashibi. (‘urated by Lucy Skaer. See interview. page 9 l.
n INGLEBY GALLERY
6 (‘arlton Terrace. 556 4-1-1 l. Tue~Sat l()am—5pm.
Dark Light 1 lfntil Thu 5 Apr. See review. page 88.
n SCOTTISH GALLERY
lb l)undas Street. 558 I200. .\1on--Fri l()am~opm: Sat l()am—4pm. Alexander Fraser Mon 5—-Wed 28 Mar. New paintings drawing on the artist's experiences in the rainl'orests of Mexico. (iuatemala and Honduras. but composed from the perspective of his native Muchalls in Aberdeenshire. NEW SHOW
n TORRANCE GALLERY
3b l)undas" Street. 556 (i366. Mon~Fri l lam—6pm: Sat l0.30am- 4pm. Dugald FinIay Sat l0- Sat 24 Mar. With Tom Boak. NEW SHOW
Artist Spaces '
n RED DOOR GALLERY
42 Victoria Street. 477 3255. Mon—Sat l2.30--5.30pm; Sun noon-5pm. Free. Elph: Become the Work Machine l'ntil Thu 1 Mar. New work by one of Scotland’s most exciting young artists.
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3 Bristo Place. 220 4538. noon~ l()pm. Head Eats Circles l'ntil Sat 10 .\lar. Filmmaker Simon (ireen exhibits his humorous. dark drawings. which feed into and develop from the strange spaces
of his films. LAST CHANCE TO SEE n WASPS STUDIOS
Patriothall Studios. 48 Hamilton Place. Stockbridge. 225 I289. God! Sort your life out! Sun I l- Wed
This is the RCA alumnus’ first show after graduating last year. Emmerson’s work explores the relationship between Oriental and Occidental philosophies, the real and the illusory, creating ornate
wooden skeletal constructions that hold dismembered televisions and DVD players. .': Corn Exchange Gal/ery. Edinburgh, until Thu 79 Apr.
92 THE LIST i— 1:") Mar 2007
2l Mar. A whimsical. heartfelt. tongue in cheek collection of paintings. collage and installation charting emerging Edinburgh artist Ross Macgregor's personal quest to right the wrongs in his life through art. NEW SHOW
n HEART FINE ART
6 Waterloo Place. noon—6pm. Free. Biosmos NaCI Until Fri 2 Mar. Sensory and visual exploration through light and space. surprisingly made using
rock salt. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
n ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE (irindlay Street. 248 4848.
Kim McLelland: La Piste est Ou? l'ntil Sat 10 Mar. Snow-scapes. l‘unscapes and slightly abstracted landscapes spattered. colourwasbed and bled through with oils. Kim McLelland's first solo exhibition. in the Lyceum‘s Howard Bar. shows off the versatility ol‘ oils on canvas. rendering snow lTurries and calm. carefully rendered stretches of water.
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n STOCKBRIDGE ART & ANTIQUES
5| St Stephen Street. 308 4l9l. Tue—Sat noon - 6pm.
Mabel Leigh: Artist, Potter Until Thu 8 Mar. Exhibition showcasing one of the most important pottery designers of the l930s. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Public Galleries ‘ "
n DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
I52 Nethergate. 0|382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri 8; Sat l0.30am—5.30pm; Thu l0.30am- 8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm. Ahlam Shibli 1 Until Sun I Apr. Free. Shibli‘s lens attends to the bleak realities ol‘ Palestinian identities lived within Israel and the Occupied Territories.