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Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to artGlist.co.uk. Listings compiled by Kirstin lnnes.
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Glasgow I THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. 10am—midnight.
City Sleeps Thu 8 May—Wed 4 Jun. Dreamlike night time city shots frotn photographer Jack Hoyle.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Tue—Fri 11am—6pm; Sat l0am—6pm. FREE Catherine Yass: High Wire Until Sat 24 May. A multi-screen film and video installation receiving its premiere at the CCA for Glasgow intemational 2008. High Wire continues Catherine Yass' interest in vertiginous spaces: architecture. height and scale have been dominant formal themes in her previous work.Part of Glasgow international 2008.
amid a quiet riot of colour and materials lighting it out in sculptural works that take inspiration frotn both art history and contemporary hairstyling trends. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
48 King Street. 552 0704. Tue—Sat 10am—5.30pm.
FREE The Mundane Shell Until Sat 10 May. An exercise in visual story- telling by Sharon Thomas and Laurence liiggis. Part of Glasgow International 2008.
FREE Patterned Lands: Gayle Robinson Until Fri 30 May. Gayle Robinson specialises in collograph printmaking and uses familiar sights within nature such as trees. lield patterns and the changing of seasons as her main source of inspiration.
I THE GLASGOW PROJECT ROOM
Top floor. 64 ()sborne Street. 552 1472. Tue—Sat noon—5pm.
From Crystal Into Smoke Until Sat 10 May. l—6pm. Free. New installation by a group of young Scottish artists: Kate Temple. Katy Wilson. Greg Sinclair.
I COLLINS GALLERY
University of Strathclyde. 22 Richmond Street. 548 2558. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat noon—4pm.
FREE Contemporary Felt Art from Mongolia Sat 10 May—Sat 21 Jun. Scotland‘s first exhibition of contemporary felt art by over 40 Mongolian makers.
I COMMON GUILD AT 21 WOODLANDS TERRACE
2| Woodlands Terrace. 223 0087. Thu—Sat noon—7pm.
FREE Adel Abdessemed Until Sat 7 Jun. Abdessemed's work has long been concerned with the ways in which the body politic filters its way into life on the street. This new series of videos is uneven. some balancing politics and
form tnore effectively than others. Part of
Glasgoit' internatiomrl 2008.
I COMPASS GALLERY
178 West Regent Street. 221 6370. Mon—Sat Ilium—5.30pm.
Eoghann MacCoII: RSA Alastair Salvesen Scholarship Winner 2005 Until Wed 14 May. New works documenting his trip to Iceland. Canada and the Faroe Islands looking at the influence of Gaelic culture in Nova Scotia.
I THE FRIDGE GALLERY Southside Studios. 17 Westmoreland Street. 07932 710877. Mon—Sun
l 1am—7pm.
FREE Zatorski + 7.atorski: The Last 3600 Seconds of Wasp. Until Sun I I May. Video installation by British artist duo ZATORSKI + ZATORSKI. Carefully choreographed to an emotive Philip Glass score. the demise of this small creature is melodramatised and infused with a surrealist celebration of the absurdl’art ofGlasgoit' international 2008. See interview. page 106.
I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square. 229 1996. Mon—Wed & Sat 10am—5pm: Thu 10am—8pm; Fri 8: Sun I 1am—5pm. FREE Torsten Lauschmann .0... Until Sun 25 May. Lauschmann brings together sculpture. photography. projections and sound into an exhibition which is at once a dramatisation and a simplification of the everyday. from where the viewer can experience the shimmering. fleeting transcendence of the German-born. Glasgow-based artist's vision.
FREE Jim Lambie: Forever Changes eeee Until Mon 29 Sep. Lambie's biggest exhibition in Glasgow to date includes a new version of his celebrated black and white. vinyl floor
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART Atrium Gallery. Foulis Building. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4731. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm: Sat 10am—1pm.
FREE Glimpses Until Fri 16 May. Exhibition of work by second and third year silversmithing students.
The Mackintosh Gallery. 167 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat 10am—2pm.
FREE Asking for It: Everyday Neurosis in Chinese Contemporary Art eee Until Sat 10 May. Curated by Beijing-based curators Colin Chinnery and Pi Li. this exhibition presents work by seven emerging Chinese artists. It‘s designed to draw the audience into the artists‘ ‘personal universes‘. bypassing media versions of China as an ancient culture. host of the upcoming ()lympics. or a last bastion of Communistn. See review. page 103.
FREE MFA Interim Degree Show Sat l7—Sat 24 May. Annual exhibition of work by first year students on the postgraduate Master of Fine Art course. Graduates front the course include Roddy Buchanan. Simon Starling. Ross Sinclair. Claire Barclay. Joanne Tatham and Tom ()‘Sullivan.
I HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Gilbert Scott Building. University Avenue. University of Glasgow. 330 4221. Mon—Sat 9.30am-5pm. FREE A Healing Passion: Medicine in Glasgow Until Tue 30 Sep. 9.30am-5pm. Display covering historical and contemporary aspects of medicine in Glasgow. including several medical artefacts which have never before been on public view.
FREE Hunter: Man, Medic and Collector Until Tue 30 Sep. 9.30am—5pm. This exhibition tells the story of Dr. William Hunter. the Scottish obstetrician. teacher. collector and founder of the Hunterian museum. The displays explore Hunter‘s life and highlight both his passion for collecting and his hugely successful career as a royal physician. teacher of anatomy and surgery and scientific researcher.
FREE Lord Kelvin: Revolutionary Scientist Until Tue 30 Sep. 9.30am—5pm. This permanent display is based around the life and work of Lord Kelvin. An exciting mix of hands-on
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I MARY MARY . Suite 2/1. 6 Dixon Street. 226 2257.
Thu—Sat noon—5pm.
FREE Ernst Caramelle eeee
Until Sat 17 May. New work including a wall painting intervention. drawings.
; I mm 323 North Woodside Road. 07968 252 454 . Tue—Sun noon—8pm.
activities. original scientific instruments. demonstrations and computer-generated images. Visitors will have the chance to investigate how solving problems in physics 150 years ago led to practical
g inventions which have transformed all of . our lives today.
: i‘m LIGHTHOUSE
11 Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. Mon &
Wed—Sat 10.30am—5pm; Tue 11am—5pm;
Sun noon—5pm. £3 (ill—£1.50). Take Away Until Sun 8 Jun. Exhibition
looking at the culture of takeaway food
and the objects associated with eating on the move. from the Museum of Design in Zurich.
Elaine Bremner Until Mon 26 May.
. An exhibition of work by innovative
textile designer Elaine Bremner. whose experimental work includes unusual
structures and combinations of textiles
and yarns.
I LILLIE ART GALLERY
Station Road. Milngavie. 578 8847. Tue—Sat 10am-1pm & 2—5pm.
FREE Joan Eardley Drawings Until Wed 21 May. Best know for her painting
of children. this collection of drawings is
to become an annual display from the
gallery‘s permanent collection.
: FREE Young Peoples’ Art Until Wed 21 May. Drawing. painting and sculpture : from students at the gallery‘s Saturday
moming art classes.
I MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY
5 Hyndland Street. 342 4124. Tue—Sat
1 1am—5pm.
Sandy Murphy Until Sat 24 May.
Textured still lives and landscapes by the
Ayrshire painter.
gesso pieces and video. Simple
geometric arrangements they may be. but
Caramelle's judicious use of colour and
. form makes this exhibition deserving of
a viewer‘s time even amongst the current avalanche of Gi. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
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73 Robertson Street. Suite 6. Floor 1.
248 371 l. Mon—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat
' noon—5pm. FREE Records Played Backwards 0... Until Sat 10 May. Group show
mixing text. lilm. design. photography and performance. Part of Glasgow
international 2008. See review. page
104.
FREE The Bizarre Brood Until Wed 28 May. Grotesque. twisted. obsessively-
detailed pencil portraits by emergent illustrator Russell Dempster.
L I not—KELLY— GALLERY
1 18 Douglas Street. 248 6386. Mon—Fri 10.30am—5pm; Sat 10.30am—1pm. FREE Venezuela and Harris
Landscapes Until Sat 10 May. . Exhibition of new paintings by Mary Harper. FREE Simon White 0. Alison j Auldjo Sat 17—Sat 31 May. Abstract views of nature featuring photographer ; Simon White‘s planetary landscapes and ' vivid oil paintings by Alison Auldjo.
.’ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret's Place. 553 2662. Tue—Sat
1—5pm. Alasdair Gray eeeee Until Sat 17
May. Solo exhibition of never-before _ seen works that establishes the painter and writer in his rightful place as one of
our greatest living artists. See Listpieks. Part of Glasgow International.
I STREET LEVEL PHOTO
WORKS
48 King Street. 552 2151. Wed—Sat noon—5pm. ; FREE Try to Do Things We All Can Understand eeee Until Sat 10
May. This first major solo show by London-based artist EJ Major meditates
on love and loss through collage. prints. 9 films and manipulated photography. demonstrating Major‘s intemational significance alongside the worthies of the current Gi programme. while also forging a strong connection with the viewer. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
I TRAMWAY
25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. Tue—Fri 10am—5pm; Sat & Sun noon—5pm. FREE Rachel Mimiec: (Betual Pendula) Silver Birch Until Sun 18 May. This exhibition is the culmination : of Mimiec‘s experiences as artist in residence in Tramway‘s Hidden Gardens. Includes sculptural and paper-based
pieces. Part of Glasgow international
2008.
FREE Something No Less
Important Than Nothing, Nothing
No Less Important Than
Something .00 Until Sun 18 May. First Scottish exhibition in some years
from Jonathan Monk. a Conceptualist of the Gordon/ Shrigley school. whose cross-media works glance back at the
1960s and 1970s. See review. page 104. Part of Glasgow international 2008.
FREE In the Flesh Fri 9—Sat 24 May.
A four minute stereoscopic ‘dance screen installation' by choreographer and filmmaker Billy Cowie. in which the audience wear 3-[) glasses.
I TRANSMISSION GALLERY
45 King Street. 552 4813. Tue-Sat
l lam—5pm.
FREE Prison for Objects: Melanie Gilligan .0. Until Sat 10 May. New work for Transmission and Glasgow International by the London- based performer. writer and object- makerPart of Glasgott' interttatamal 2008. See review. page 104.
Ed inburqh I CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street. 529 3993. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm. FREE North Light Until Sun 8 Jun. ; Contemporary photography from the City Art Centre Collection featuring the work of Calum Colvin. ()wen Logan and David Williams and new acquisitions by Albert Watson. Wendy McMurdo and
Jane Brettle.
I COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22—28 Cockburn Street. 220 1260. Tue—Sat noon—5pm: Mon—Sat 9.30am—5pm.
FREE How to be Hospitable Until Sat 17 May. Using slogans. performances. billboards and publications. anist collective Freee have created a new work which aims to use the Polish immigrant experience in Edinburgh to trigger a much wider debate about the underlying issues of global capitalism.
I CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street. 561 7300. Wed—Sat
1 lam—4.30pm.
FREE Dislocation Until Thu 29 May. Artist Anna Constantinou and sculptor Thomas Winstanley present two complex bodies of work which interact through the emotional responses they provoke from the viewer. 3
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