Visual Art
I DEAN GALLERY
73 Belford Road. 624 6200. 10am—5pm. FREE Focus on Demarco Until Sat 21 Jun. 10am—5pm. A display in the Keiller Library celebrating the completion of the Demarco Digital Archive Project. which will make accessible 10.000 items from artist Richard Demarco.
I DOGGERFISHER l l Gayfield Square. 558 71 10. Tue—Fri l 1am—6pm; Sat noon—5pm.
FREE Janice McNab Fri 9 May—Thu 12 Jun. Solo exhibition by the Scottish artist.
I EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street. 557 2479. Tue—Sat 10am-6pm.
FREE Alastair Clark Until Sat 10 May. 10am—6pm. Solo exhibition by the mixed media artist.
FREE Gill Tyson Until Sat 10 May. 10am—6pm. Solo exhibition by the Fife printmaker.
I THE EMBASSY
76 East Crosscauseway. 667 2808. Thu—Sun noon-6pm.
Luke Collins: Streak of Fat, Streak of Lean Until Sun 1 1 May. The first solo show by the Glasgow-based artist. including new video work involving narrative and theatre sets.
I FRUITMARKET GALLERY
45 Market Street. 225 2383. Mon~Sat
l 1am—6pm; Sun noon~5pm.
FREE Lucy Skaer Sat 17 May~Wed 9 Jul. A solo exhibition of work by one of Scotland‘s most promising young artists. whose large-scale drawings. sculpture and film are beginning to bring her international attention and acclaim.
I THE GRV
37 Guthrie Street. 220 2987. Ian Reddie Until Sun 11 May. noon—7pm. New works from the Edinburgh-based abstract painter and former graphic designer. who works in geological forms and textures.
Le Fresnoy in Edinburgh Until Sat 31 May. Programmes of films and videos produced by artists at Studio Le Fresnoy in France will be screened in this recently opened space in iidinburgh.
I HOME HOUSE
12 Picardy Place. 523 1523. Exposure 08 Until Sun 29 Jun. Curated exhibition bringing together the best amateur and professional photography by the Home House members‘ camera club. Viewing by appointment: call 0131 523 1523 or email infonhotnehouseedinburgh.co.uk. I INGLEBY GALLERY
6 Carlton Terrace. 556 4441. 10am~5pm. FREE Cornelia Parker 8. Marcel Broodthaers Until Sat 10 May. The latest in the Ingleby‘s inspired series of
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joint shows pairs a piece by English sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker with one of the late Belgian poet. filmmaker and artist's distinctively witty pieces.
FREE Jonathan Monk & Keith Arnatt Sat l7—Sat 24 May. A piece by Keith Arnatt. the 20th Century painter and sculptor who later moved into conceptual work. is held up for comparison with the younger Scottish artist Jonathan Monk.
I u NATIONAL GALLERY or
MODERN ART 75 Belford Road. 624 6200. 10am—5pm. FREE Miroslav Baika: Entering
Paradise Until Sun 29 Jun. Print ‘ portfolio from the Polish artist.
FREE From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted
House Until Sun 22 Jun. 10am—5pm. A
. collection of 20th century British art that ’ hung in Boxted House. home of Bobbie
and Natalie Bevan from 1946—74. Artists
represented include Natalie Denny. Mark Gertler. Walter Sickert. Harold Gilman. Charles Ginner. Christopher Nevinson. John Armstrong and Frederick Gore. FREE Maternity: Images of Motherhood 00. Until Sun 22 Jun. 10am—5pm. A selection of works from the National Galleries of Scotland showing representations of motherhood
' frotn the early Renaissance to the
present. While the quality of works on display is invariably high. the presentation and accompanying material
can be heavy-handed and dictatorial.
closing down rather than opening up the central concept.
I NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND
The Mound. Princes Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm.
FREE Fantasy and Function: Design for Goldsmiths Until Sun 3 Aug. Prints and drawings produced by
. artists and craftsmen in the ‘Grotesque‘
style that was popularised during the
Renaissance after the excavation of
Roman grottos at that time.
I NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
1 Queen Street. 624 6200. Mon—Wed & Fri—Sun 10am—5pm; Thu 10am—7pm. FREE Faces and Places Until Sun 20 Jul. ()rganised in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. this collection of paintings. sculpture. drawings. photographs. architectural
drawings. notebooks and sketches
coincides with the centenary of the RCAHMS.
I PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios. off 48 Hamilton Place. 226 7126.
FREE human/nature Until Sun I l
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examining our relationship with nature. including kinetic and living sculpture. video. sound. and print. Artists featured
include Tim Chamberlain. Andrea Geile
and Lara Greene.
I ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE)
Inverleitb Row. 248 2983. Tue—Sun 10am—5.30pm.
FREE Louise Bourgeois: Nature Study Until Sun 6 Jul. l()am—5.30pm. New works on paper and assemblages by the French-born American artist.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound. 225 6671. Mon—Sat 10am—5pm: Sun noon—5pm.
BSA 182nd Annual Exhibition Sat 10 May—Wed 25 Jun. £4 (£2). Open submission exhibition. plus work by invited high-profile artists. such as Alex Pollard. Barry Atherton. David Shrigley and llana Halperin.
I STILLS
23 Cockburn Street. 622 6200.
l lam—6pm.
FREE Nicky Bird: Beneath The Surface/Hidden Place Sat 10 May—Sun 20 Jul. 1 1am—6pm. Photographic works using materials found by collaborating with communities across Scotland whose surroundings have undergone significant change. resulting in an exploration of the physical and emotional effects of economic change and regeneration.
I TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh. South Bridge. 650 2210. Tue—Sat 10am—5pm.
FREE Enrico David Until Sat 10 May. Gouaches. photography and large canvases sit alongside sculpture of varying scale by the Italian artist. with clear links to an uncompromising. bold Italian design tradition.
Ewniiréns’ MUSEUM
Lady Stair‘s Close. Lawnmarket. 529 4901. Mon-Sat 10am~5pm.
FREE A Scots Helicon: Portraits of Nine Contemporary Scottish Women Writers Until Sat 12 Jul. 10am 5pm. Free. inspired by Mount Helicon. the mythical home of the nine muses. this new Writers‘ Museum exhibition features portraits of nine
3 contemporary Scottish women writers:
Kate Atkinson. Helen Dunwoodie.
3 Margaret lilphinstone. A1. Kennedy. Joan
Lingard. Val McDermid. Denise Mina. Dilys Rose and Louise Welsh. All by Edinburgh-based artist Anna Caro.
OutSIde the Cities I DCA PRINT GALLERY
152 Nethergate. 01382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat 10.30am—5.30pm; Thu 10.30am-8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm. FREE Swans, Lovers, Myths and Stars: Carol Robertson Until Tue 10 Jun. Arrested by the figure of the swan. with its astral significance and mythical aura. Carol Robertson explores her subject in this intriguing series of prints on paper and plaster.
I DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS
152 Nethergate. 01382 909900. Tue. Wed. Fri & Sat 10.30am—5.30pm; Thu 10.30am—8.30pm; Sun noon—5.30pm. FREE Arts Action Until Sat 31 May. 6—8pm. A laid back session for young people to get involved in making artworks and hand printed magazines. as
INTERVIEW
ZATORSKI
David Pollock speaks to one half of Zatorski + Zatorski about their video installation ‘The Last 3600 Seconds of Wasp’.
David Pollock Why do you both refer to yourselves just as Zatorski. and not speak about your relationship?
Zatorski We like the anonymity of it, really. There‘s a pair of us. we work together. but otherwise we like the sexlessness and impersonality of referring to ourselves this way. DP What does this installation involve?
2 It's about tragedy. it's a swansong. The video shows a wasp, which many people would swat away without a second thought, lying on its back dying. It's on a 17th century French plate. There are flowers on this plate. which it looks like the wasp is trying to get some last nutrition from. But they're fake, they're not there, they’re not real.
DP What does it all symbolise?
2 At the time my grandfather was dying, and he took a year to wither away in a hospice. Death is like birth. Once the process begins, it's an unstoppable machine. Referring back to the flowers which aren’t there. it's about belief, it's a theological discussion. My grandfather was a Catholic who became an atheist and went back to Catholicism. He had far too long to think about dying, really, and so does this wasp.
DP Is it a dramatic piece?
2 Absolutely. in the sense that we’re laughing in the face of death. We use a huge Philip Glass score for a tiny insect. It’s quite absurd. really. I The Fridge Gallery, Glasgow, until Sun 11 May.
well as checking out exhibitions and films at DCA.
FREE Ellipsis Until Sun 22 Jun. 10.30am—5.30pm. Works made by three artists who were pioneering the use of self portraiture in photography. film and video in the 1970s and 1980s. Please note: some works contain frank images of the human body.
I DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN University of Dundee. 13 Perth Road. 01382 385330. Mon-Fri 9.30am—5.30pm; Sat 9.30am«i.30pm. FREE Dundee Degree Show 2008 Sat l7—Sat 24 May. Degree show from students graduating in 2008 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.