Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to art@llst.co.uk. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528.
I lam—l lpm .
The View from Here l'ntil Sun 13 May. Free. Photographer Sarah Briggs documents everyday landscapes. shifting. abstract moments and views. both imaginary and real. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
lmprovanime Tue l5 Tue 2‘) May. Swirling shapes and human movement broken down through dance. camera. edit and animation. l.ive performance by artists Rosalind Masson and Sam Stewart on Thu 15 May at 6pm. NEW SHOW
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue-Fri l lam 6pm: Sat 10am-6pm . Spectrum l'ntil Sat 12 .May. Free. Showcase of 40 years of (ierman video art centring on the work of Nan Hoover and Nina Konnemann. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal lixchange Square. 22‘) 1996. Mon Wed ck; Sat l0am--5pm: Thu
l0am 8pm; Fri & Sun I lam—5pm. Free. Graham Fagen: Downpresserer CC l'ntil Mon 28 .May. An exhibition of new work by (iraham Fagen examining Scotland’s involvement with the slave trade. ()rganised to coincide with the 200th anniversary of abolition.
Histrionics COCO l'ntil Sun 28 ()ct. (ilasgow artist Roderick Buchanan's
latest exhibition is a response to the sectarian divide that rips right through (usually the poot'csll streets of (ilasgow. Buchanan uses film. graphs and evocative. loaded music and images. forcing the spectator to remember how real this intolerance is.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh (iallery. I67 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon-~Fri l0am—5pm: Sat 10am-2pm. Free.
MFA Interim Degree Show Sat |2~Fri 25 May. Annual exhibition of work by first year students on the postgraduate Master of Fine art course which has produced Roddy Buchanan. Simon Starling. Ross Sinclair. (‘laire Barclay. Joanne Tatham and Tom ()‘Sullivan. NEW SHOW
I THE LIGHTHOUSE
l 1 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. Mon 6’; Wed Sat l0.30am -5pm; Tue 11am-5pm: Sun noon »5pm. £3 (£1—£l.50).
Six Cities Design Festival: The Scottish Show 07 Thu l7 May-Sun l2 Aug. The Scottish Show ()7 brings together 34 of Scotland‘s most exciting designers in an exhibition at The Lighthouse. with associated projects. including a six-city-wide billboard project. publication and specially- commissioned souvenirs. Building on the success of The Scottish Show in 2004. the exhibition will celebrate the vibrancy and vitality of Scotland’s design industry with work and installations by the designers inhabiting the galleries. corridors. stairwells and shop of The Lighthouse. See wwwthescottishshow.com for more
information. NEW SHOW
I LUV GALLERY
1226 (iovan Road. 445 5 I00. Mon —l"ri l.30—4.30pm.
Luvin’ Life l'ntil Wed 30 May. An exhibition in partnership with the ()pen Museum ((ilasgow Museums) and The
Luv (iallery showcasing artwork produced by local residents and the museum objects that inspired them.
I SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM
Museum of liducation. 225 Scotland Street. 287 0500. Mon-Thu & Sat 10am—5pm; Fri & Sun I lam—-5pm. Free. Peter Blake: Alphabet l'ntil Sun 3 Jun. Free. Bold quirky alphabet screen prints (K is for King. As in lilvis) collaged from comics. antique adverts and cigarette cards. by the pop artist best known for designing the Sergeant Pepper album cover.
I STREET LEVEL GALLERY
48 King Street. 552 2l5l. Tue—Sat 10am-5pm. Free.
Timeloop at Street Level Photoworks l’ntil Sat 1‘) May. This leg of the Glasgow-wide celebration of video art is composed of three distinct elements: screenings of Multiple Madonna. a video triptych by Myriam Thymes and ilIaa/esli by Boa]. Kai/man. and the Mediaz‘xrtArchive. a digital archive containing over 1200 video art
works. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I TRAMWAY
25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 350]. Tue— Fri |0am--5pm: Sat & Sun noon-5pm. Airworld l'ntil Sun 27 May. Huge exhibition tracing the role that design has played in developments in air travel over the years. looking at everything from liero Saarinen's poured concrete at JFK airport to (‘hristian I)ior‘s couture designs for the stewardesses of Air France. Par! aft/1e Six ( 'ilies‘ I )esign l-estii'al. See Around Town. page 24. Lucy Orta: Nexus Architecture l'ntil Sun 20 May. As part of Trainway‘s ('amman ll'ark season exploring socially engaged arts practise. Parisian artist ()rta displays her ongoing piece ‘.\'exus Architecture' -‘ protest wear designed to be worn by potentially thousands of
92 THE LIST ’1) .94 May 2007'
Anatomy Acts: How we come to know ourselves
exhibition originated by the Scotland Medicine Collections and Connections Initiative, which brings together objects at the point where art and science meet. Made by professional artists, anatomists and technicians, spanning the past 500 years, the objects are sometimes gory, but often beautiful.
I Col/ins Gal/cry, StramC/yde Un/‘versny. Glasgow, Sat 26 May—Sat 30 Jan.
The Collins gallery is the final venue for Anatomy Acts, 3 major touring
interlinked demonstrators at a time. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Private Galleries
I KALYANI GALLERY
200 Bath Street. 33l 0722. TueuSat 9am-- 6pm.
Pascal LeGras l'ntil Wed 23 May. lixhibition of direct. bold oil paintings by the Parisian artist best known for his work with The Fall. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I MARY MARY
Suite 2/l. 6 Dixon Street. 226 2257. Thu-Sat noon—5pm.
Sara Barker Sat 12 May~-Sat l6 Jun. Glasgow-based artist Barker makes sculpture with found or manipulated wood and metal. In this new exhibition she recreates a sense of place and re- imagines non-specific landmarks. NEW SHOW
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE
73 Robertson Street. Suite 6. Floor 1, 248 37] 1. Mon «Fri 10am 5pm; Sat noon 5pm.
A fee to avoid our expenses Sat 1‘) May- Sat 23 Jun. New installation by Joanne Tatham and Tom ()‘Sullivan. NEW SHOW
I SORCHA DALLAS
5 St Margaret's Place. 553 2662. Tue-Sat l—r5pm .
Fiona Jardine: Moltke’s Eye
.0 lfntil Sat l‘) May. See review. page ()1. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
Artist Spaces A
I INTERMEDIA GALLERY
(‘(‘A. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 552 2540. Daily noon—6pm.
The Consequence Sat 12--Sat 26 May. noon--5pm. Site-specific urban installation artist Janie Nicol] and video artist Alex l-letherington collaborate on a new two person show which juxtaposes themes and methods from their individual practises. NEW SHOW
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY
45 King Street. 552 48l3. Tue-Sat
l lam~5pm.
Lutz Fezer, Kevin Hutchinson, Clunie Reed .00 l'ntil Sat 12 May. (iroup show by three artists who work in collaged. photocopied. found images. Pop culture images are rendered intense and uncomfortable by Fe/er and Reid's obsessive fetish-work and repetitive collages. while llulcheson's nostalgic. retro pieces punctuate the pervading sense of (iermanic kitsch. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
POLLY ll - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands Tue 22» Sat 26 May. llourly screenings of Anja Kirschner's new film. in which pirates and outcasts make their last stand in the flooded ruins of liast London. NEW SHOW
I 73-75 TRONGATE
73 -75 Trongate.
Felt-Tip Thu l7 May— Sun 3 Jun. 30 leading graphic designers were invited to to revisit analogue methods and rekindle the art of drawing. liach designer was set free with a sheet of Al paper and a set of l.etraset Tria markers and asked to create a poster about play. colour and the marker pen aesthetic. NEW SHOW
I 98 SALTMARKET
US Saltmarket. Merchant (‘ity. 0786 272 02l5. 10am 5pm; Thu l0am 7pm: Sun noon-5pm.
Che Camille’s Parlour of Design Delights Thu l7 May Sun 3 Jun. Showcase of exciting new designers. art and fashion events. changing window installations and a chance to watch designers at work in a new shop front for the ultra-hip (ilasgtm design showroom. lnterior designed by Simon llarlow. l’ar! all/re Sit (‘ilies Design l'i’slival. NEW SHOW