Visual Art
Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Rosalie Doubal. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Glasgow
■ +44 141 AT SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–8pm. FREE Katri Walker: Sometimes it makes me wonder what I fought for Sat 12–Sun 20 Sep. Cross- disciplinary Glasgow-based artist Katri Walker presents audiovisual installations that engage with new forms of communication. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Sat 9am–8pm & Sun noon–6pm. FREE Once Upon a Time . . . Right Now Wed 16 Sep–Tue 6 Oct. Artist Julia Kristina-Bauer presents an exhibition of work that explores fairy tales and their iconic characters and structure.
■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE A Painter of Poems – Matthjis Maris Until Sun 27 Sep. A selection of works by the Dutch artist Matthijs Maris (1839–1917).
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10am–6pm. FREE The Last Days of Jack Sheppard Until Sat 26 Sep. See review, page 91.
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Timo Jokela: Northern Traces: 1999-2009 Until Sat 26 Sep. An insight into the philosophy and practice of one of the earliest pioneers of environmental and community art in Lapland. ■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 07731 453666, Thu–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Sara Barker & Fiona Brown- Hovelt: Guarded Chivalry Until Sat 19 Sep. New work by established Glasgow artist Sara Barker and recent Glasgow School of Art graduate Fiona Brown-Hovelt.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE sh[OUT]: Contemporary Art and Human Rights ●●●●● Until Sun 1 Nov. Striking and thoughtful biennial social justice exhibition featuring work from Sadie Lee, Nan Goldin and Robert Mapplethorpe. FREE Echo and Transcend Until Sun 31 Jan. A wide-ranging selection of abstract art, some of which echoes and some of which transcends reality.
■ GATEHOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road, 620 0235. Mon, Thu, Fri & Sun 1.30–5.30pm; Sat 11.30am–5.30pm. FREE Emma S Davis Until Sun 27 Sep. Solo exhibition of abstract landscapes. ■ GLASGOW INDEPENDENT STUDIO Glasgow Project Room, Trongate 103, 552 2263, Tue–Sat 11am–3pm. FREE Glasgow Independent Studio Members Show Fri 11–Sun 27 Sep. Group exhibition designed to reflect the diversity of visual artwork created by its studio members.
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■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704,Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE Past Impressions – 30 Years in Print Sat 12 Sep–Sat 31 Oct. Varied exhibition celebrating the art of printmaking, featuring works by John Bellany and Alasdair Gray.
■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh Gallery, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Dai Nippon Until Sat 10 Oct. Exhibition of 19th Century Japanese woodblock prints from the Henry Dyer collection. FREE Emergent artists: Yvonne Mullock, Michael Hill Johnson & Karen Cunningham Until Sat 19 Sep. The fourth exhibition in the GSA’s emergent artists series. ■ HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. FREE Alexander Stoddart: Drawings and Models Until Sat 12 Sep. This exhibition of preparatory drawings is a valuable look at the relationship between artist and – often famous – model.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Cold War Neons and Socialist Modernity Until Sun 4 Oct. A photographic essay by Ella Chmielewska examining the ‘neonisation’ project initiated in 1960s Warsaw. ■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2pm–5pm. FREE Mystery and Imagination Until Wed 23 Sep. Exhibition drawn from the gallery’s collection, featuring work by Lesley Banks, Marj Bond and James Cowie. FREE Worlds Until Wed 23 Sep. Thirteen west of Scotland-based photographers, all members of Scottish Photographers, exhibit new work.
■ MACGREGOR FINE ART 5th Floor, 34––36 West George Street. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Artists for Mary’s Meals Until Sat 12 Sep. Charity exhibition featuring work by Jolomo, Tom Shanks and Emma Davis. ■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 3424124. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Kirsty Wither: New Paintings Until Wed 30 Sep. An exhibition of new paintings by one of Scotland’s most sought after young painters.
■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Studio Project 19: Iede Reckman Thu 24 Sep–Wed 21 Oct. Dutch sculptor Reckman exhibits new work created during residencies at Scottish Sculptural Workshop and Market Gallery.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Thu–Sat noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Lili Reynaud-Dewar: Power Structures, Rituals
& Sexuality of the European Short- hand Typists Until Sat 3 Oct. Fetishising analogue technology in a digital age, installation artist Lili Reynaud- Dewar teases viewers with a seductive installation based on the lost profession of shorthand-typists. ■ MITCHELL LIBRARY 201 North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Inspired Until Sun 20 Sep. Fifty works inspired by Robert Burns by
leading contemporary artists. Part of Homecoming Scotland 2009. Edinburgh
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE Suite 6, Floor 1, 73 Robertson Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Alex Dordoy: Winner Until Sat 17 Oct. Exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by Scottish artist Alex Dordoy.
■ PENTAGON GALLERY 36 Washington Street, 221 2123. Mon–Fri 9am–5.30pm. FREE Drawn Together Until Thu 24 Sep. Selection of work by Glasgow School of Art 2009 graduates.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Daily 9am–5pm. FREE Ourselves and Others Until Thu 24 Sep. Exhibition exploring the human experience through the study of portraiture, relationships and social and domestic activities. ■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Elph One and Lyken Love: Haunted Graffiti Fri 18 Sep–Sun 18 Oct. For their first collaborative exhibition, discarded architectural drawings and blueprints will act as canvas for a mural.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 6 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, 638 1200. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Group Show Thu 17 Sep–Mon 19 Oct. Exhibition of painting, drawing and sculpture by selected gallery artists.
■ SH(OUT) SPACE 4 Parnie Street, Fri–Thu 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Dani Marti: Insideout Fri 11 Sep–Sat 10 Oct. An exhibition of
sound, video and sculptural installations which explores issues of gay men’s health, sexuality and disclosure. Part of Glasgay!
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 1pm–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Henry Coombes: The Bedfords Until Fri 9 Oct.
Coombes’ most ambitious film to date tells the story of Sir Edwin Landseer, a famed artist and favourite portrait painter of Queen Victoria. ■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Famine – New Works by Peter Howson Until Mon 28 Sep. The Great Irish Famine through the eyes of Glasgwegian artist Peter Howson.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Taking Liberties: John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins Sat 12 Sep–Sat 7 Nov. Includes images covering the political and cultural manifestations or influences on the counter-culture: protest movements, avant-garde jazz, beat poetry, rock music and London subcultures.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Cerith Wyn Evans with Throbbing Gristle:
A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N ●●●●● Until Sun 27 Sep. See review, page 89. ■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Daily 11am–5pm. FREE Klaus Weber: Bee Paintings Until Sat 3 Oct, 11am–5pm. A collection of stretched canvases that have been defecated on by ‘cleansing’ bees in Berlin.
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, FREE Fear’n’Lothian Fri 11 Sep–Sun 4 Oct. A selection of paintings and monotypes by artist Peter Mann. ■ CENTRAL LIBRARY George IV Bridge, 242 8040. Mon–Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm & Sat 9am- 1pm. FREE The Henry Dyer Collection Until 10 Oct. Drawn from the Henry Dyer collection of Japanese art, this exhibition features reproduced pages from the 1857 woodblock printed album ‘Murasaki Shikibu Genji Cards’.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–6pm. FREE The How Not To Cookbook – Lessons Learned the Hard Way Until Sun 27 Sep. A limited edition book and art project based on artist Aleksandra Mir’s personal history of cooking disasters. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE The Enlightenments: Susan Norrie ●●●●● Until Sat 26 Sep. Australian artist Susan Norrie’s Enola pictures a world that has become mummified as a result of nuclear trauma, while film project SHOT explores aspects of outer space. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
■ CORN EXCHANGE GALLERY Constitution Street, 561 7300. Wed–Sat 11am–4.30pm. FREE Lilah Fowler Sat 19 Sep–Thu 29 Oct. Fowler explores ideas of retro- futuristic design and form, utopian architecture, science fiction and parallel universes through a series of geometric sculptures and drawings.
■ DOVECOT 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. 11am–5pm; Wed 11am–7pm, Closed Sun.
✽✽ The Creative World of Alan Davie ●●●●● Until Sat 26 Sep. £3
(£2). Exhibition tracing Davie’s artistic trajectory from gauche art student to grifting musician and artist to sponge-like spiritual seeker. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Jerwood Contemporary Makers 2009 Until Sat 26 Sep. Part of a series of exhibitions and prizes celebrating emerging creative talent. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ DOGGERFISHER 11 Gayfield Square, 558 7110. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Nashashibi/Skaer: Our Magnolia ●●●●● Until Sat 26 Sep. A concise and suggestive 16mm film that explores a nostalgia for Maggie Thatcher. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Alive with Innovations: Paolozzi’s Beginnings Until Sun 27 Sep. Aggressive, machine-like sculptures and kaleidoscopic mosaics and paintings. FREE Paul & Nusch Eluard and Surrealism ●●●●● Until Sun 27 Sep. Exhibition charting the affair between surrealist Paul Eluard and his wife and muse Nusch. FREE The Enlightenments ●●●●● Until Sun 27 Sep. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE Gillian Murray: Scotland’s Islands & Edges Sat 12 Sep–Sat 24 Oct. Exhibition of screen prints and collagraphs exploring the drawn line, textures, colours and forms of Scotland’s coasts.