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REVIEW FILM & ARCHIVE MATERIAL ANJA KIRSCHNER AND DAVID PANOS: THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SHEPPARD CCA, Glasgow, until Sat 26 Sep ●●●●●
German-Greek filmmaking duo Anja Kirschner and David Panos are screening their feature, The Last Days of Jack Sheppard, inside an installation made of the film’s own sets. They accompany this with a display of archive material associated with the film’s subject, the notorious 18th century proletarian hero Jack Sheppard, who was at large at the time of Britain’s first recorded financial crisis, known as the South Sea Bubble. During his controversial career Sheppard was imprisoned four times, escaping on every occasion. This hour-long period drama explores the representation of Sheppard’s hedonistic character, looking at the story through contemporary eyes.
Kirschner and Panos are great storytellers, but they mix things up by
drawing attention to the film’s construction and constraints, particularly the discrepancy between historical fact and popularised fiction. Without trying to create an authentic account, the artists highlight the
distance between contemporary and 18th century subjectivity, the problems of representation and the rise of popular culture. They display remnants of the film sets alongside the archive of artist prints and publications of the early 1700s; novels, plays, photographs and chapbooks of the 1800s; and periodicals, story pamphlets and films of the 1900s. Cleverly these extra exhibits add to the cycle of reinterpretation. (Talitha Kotzé)
FREE Lesley Logue: Beautiful Trophies Sat 12 Sep–Sat 24 Oct. Works exploring contemporary visual portrayals of the relationship between the primitive instinct of the hunter and the hunted. FREE Paul Nougé, Subversion of the images Until Sat 26 Sep. Original photographs and documents produced by Belgian surrealist Paul Nougé. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Daily 10am–7pm. FREE Eva Hesse Studiowork ●●●●● Until Sun 25 Oct. The work of the late German-born sculptor is placed in its historical context in this delectable feast for contemporary eyes. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ THE HENDERSON GALLERY 4 Thistle Street Lane NW, 225 7464. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm. FREE Paul Martin: Through a Glass Darkly Until Sat 3 Oct. Exhibition of new work proffering painterly metaphors of rhythm, matter and colour.
■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–7pm; Closed Sun. FREE Callum Innes ●●●●● Until Sat 19 Sep. New paintings and works on paper by the leading Scottish abstract painter. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Bilboard for Edinburgh: Tacita Dean Until Sat 31 Oct. The fifth artist to participate in the Ingleby’s bold public art project. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ INSTITUT FRANCAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon–Fri 9.30am–6.30pm; Sat 9.30am–1pm (not 14 Sep).
■ LEITH GALLERY 65 The Shore, Leith, 553 5255. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Jack Morrocco Sat 12–Sat 26 Sep. Edinburgh-born artist Jack Morrocco presents still lifes and a large number of his beautiful depictions of the South of France. ■ NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX The Mound, 624 6200. Daily 10am–6pm. Raphael to Renoir: Master Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna Until Sun 6 Sep. £4 (£3). Collection spanning the 500 years between the Italian Renaissance and the post-impressionism of 19th century France. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. The Discovery of Spain ●●●●● Until Sun 11 Oct. £8 (£6). Major exhibition exploring the relationship between Spanish innovators and the British artists they influenced. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Edinburgh Castle, 225 7534. 9.45am–5.30pm. £7 (£2–£5). FREE Ballast: Bringing the Stones Home Until Sun 8 Nov. New Zealand artist John Edgar presents stone sculptures that explore the experience of the
emigrant. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. Helmand: Faces of Conflict Until Sun 31 Jan. A showcase of the photography of Robert Wilson, war artist with Edinburgh’s 52 Infantry Brigade, giving an unflinching account of the lives of civilians and soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.
■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, 226 7126. noon–6pm & Thu noon–7pm. Distance No Object Until Tue 15 Sep. Edinburgh-based artist Ian Reddie exhibits abstract landscapes. ■ THE QUEEN’S GALLERY Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm £5 (£4.50). The Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life ●●●●● Until Sun 20 Sep. Exhibition celebrating well-off life in Holland and England between the reigns of Charles 1 and Queen Victoria. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN (INVERLEITH HOUSE) Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Daily 10am–5.30pm. FREE John McCracken ●●●●● Until Sun 11 Oct. See review, page 89. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE I Would Like You To Know That I Am Not Her or Zdarzaja sie przeciez wypadki oblakania na takich izolowanych placowkach (quote from “Solaris” by Stanislaw) Until Sun 13 Sep. Contemporary Polish film works. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ THE SAINT 44 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge, 225 9009. Daily noon–midnight. FREE Gammel Butikken Until Fri 9 Oct. Photographer Christina Kernohan explores an abandoned store deep in The Arctic Circle.
■ SCOTLANDART.COM 2 St Stephen Place, 225 6257. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Figurative Paintings Thu 24 Sep–Mon 26 Oct. Exhibition of original paintings and drawings by selected gallery artists.
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■ SIERRA METRO 22 West Harbour Road, 07731 302960. Thu–Sun 1pm–5pm. FREE Ashley Nieuwenhuizen: In the Absence of Wolves Sat 19 Sep–Sun 11 Oct. Recent Duncan of Jordanstone graduate Ashley Nieuwenhuizen uses sculpture, film and photography to investigate the discomforting realms of shamanistic and arcane ritual.
■ SLEEPER 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2pm–5pm. FREE Roger Ackling Until Tue 25 Sep. Artist Ackling focuses sunlight through a hand-held magnifying glass to draw onto pieces of discarded wood. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm. FREE Joachim Koester: Poison Protocols and Other Histories Until Sun 25 Oct. Koester plays with the constructs of myth and history. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Jane and Louise Wilson ●●●●● Until Sat 26 Sep. Intriguing video installation based on research of the Stanley Kubrick Archive. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival. FREE Joseph Kosuth: (An Interpretation of this title: Nietzsche, Darwin and the Paradox of Content) ●●●●● Until Sat 26 Sep. Kosuth creates work in the library where Darwin was inspired to pursue his revolutionary theory. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
Stirling ■ THE CHANGING ROOM Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274005. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. Alasdair Gray: Old Negatives/The Scots Hippo Sat 12 Sep–Sat 24 Oct. This exhibition focuses on two series of work: illustrations for Gray’s own poems in Old Negatives, first published in 1989, and The Scots Hippo print series, Gray’s adaptation of the TS Eliot poem ‘The Hippopotamus’, from 2007.
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■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Agnes Martin ●●●●● Until Sun 8 Nov.
See review, page 89. Part of the Edinburgh Art Festival.
■ 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 Thomas Hirschhorn: It’s Burning Everywhere Sat 19
Sep–Sun 29 Nov. See preview, page 88. 10–24 Sep 2009 THE LIST 91