VisualArt Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to art@list.co.uk. Listings compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW
■ +44 141 AT SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Wed–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Stillmatic Sat 12–Fri 25 Mar. New mixed media works by Christian Newby.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon, Tue & Thu 11am–11pm; Fri & Sat 11am–midnight; Sun noon–11pm. FREE Totem of My Love Until Tue 8 Mar. Poet Drew Taylor and sonic artist Fi Johnston show ‘recycled karmic tributes’ to loved ones. FREE An Act of Gradual Civilisation Wed 9 Mar–Mon 4 Apr. Photographs by Lorna McParland. ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE China Through the Lens of John Thomson Until Sun 12 Jun. A unique insight into the vanished world of mid 19th-century China.
■ CAFÉ COSSACHOK 10 King Street/Trongate 103, 553 0733. Tue–Sat noon–midnight; Sun 4pm–midnight. FREE From Image to Reality and Reality to Image Until Sun 27 Mar. Paintings, prints, ceramics and crafts by world artists.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm.
Morag Macdonald
✽✽ FREE Resemblances, Sympathies and Other Acts
Sat 26 Mar–Sat 7 May. See feature, page 119.
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE John Makepeace: Enriching the Language of Furniture Until Sat 5 Mar. Touring show of design work. FREE The Chalet Sat 12 Mar–Sat 9 Apr. Pieces by contemporary artists from Glasgow.
■ COMPASS GALLERY 178 West Regent Street, 221 6370. Mon–Sat 10am–5.30pm. FREE Owen Boyle: Still Time Until Sun 6 Mar. Landscapes inspired by Glasgow’s urban spaces. ■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 148 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon- Sat 09:30-17:30 FREE Philip Reeves: Early Prints, Drawings & Paintings 1949-1959 Until Thu 10 Mar. Drawings, paintings, etchings and lithographs.
■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 71–73 Brook Street Bridgeton, 258 9124. Fri–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Point / Line / Surface / Solid Until Sun 13 Mar. Through painting and installation Mackenzie and Miller question the conventional vocabulary of visual representation. ■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri & Sat noon–6pm. FREE A Prism Applied to the Eye Glass of My Reflector Until Sat 12 Mar. New work by Samuel Nias.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Mon–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm. FREE Behind the Mirror Mon 7
Originally from North Uist in the Western Isles, Morag Macdonald graduated with a degree in Drawing and Painting from Edinburgh College of Art in 2008. Since then, while developing her own projects, she has tutored a range of English and Gaelic visual art programs for organisations including the Fruitmarket Gallery, City Arts Centre and the Children’s Parliament. Morag’s work is heavily reliant on repetitive mark making, to an almost obsessive level. The surrounding environment, whether rural island or busy city, feeds continuously into pen and paper compositions. Her work is a constant collecting of visual observation; a collaboration of memory and meditative drawing woven together through exploration of shape and line. ■ www.thisiscentralstation.com 122 THE LIST 3–31 March 2011
Mar–Sat 30 Apr. Group show by Martin McGuinness, Katie Johnston, David Wylie and Katie McKinnon. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Fri noon–2.30pm & 5.30–8pm; Sat noon–10pm; Sun 12.30-10pm. FREE Sue Biazotti Until Tue 5 Apr. Paintings inspired by the sea and the light of Greece.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Blueprint for a Bogey Until Sun 5 Jun. Exhibition exploring play, with work from Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Andy Goldsworthy, Corin Sworn and more. FREE Hertie Querty Until Sun 1 May. Joyful and mischievous pieces of art from the Glasgow museums’ collections.
This group exhibition exploring society draws to a close. FREE The Erratics Sat 12 Mar–Sat 9 Apr. A huge stone sculpture by Danish artist Lotte Glob is moved from its location in Sutherland to Glasgow.
■ MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 Hyndland Street, 342 4124. Tue–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Miss Otis Regrets Until Sat 12 Mar. Group exhibition featuring work by Fiona Watson, Alice McMurrough, Margaretann Bennett, Ashley Cook, Helen Flockhart and others. ■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Thu–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Telling Stories Until Sun 6 Mar. Work by artists who use narrative to construct their own unique worlds, including David Shrigley and Frank Quitely.
■ GATEHOUSE GALLERY Rouken Glen Road, 620 0235. Mon, Fri & Sun 1.30–5.30pm; Sat 11.30am–5.30pm. FREE Mixed Exhibition Sun 6–Sun 27 Mar. Work by gallery artists including Georgina McMaster. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue–Sat noon–6pm. FREE Maximilian Zentz Zlomovitz ●●●●● Until Sat 2 Apr. Painting and drawing from the elusive Berlin artist. See review, page 120.
■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Tue–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Poster Club Fri 4–Sun 13 Mar. Work by a group of seven Glasgow- based artists who meet weekly to collaborate on designing and printing posters.
■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Christine Borland Until Fri 25 Mar. Work examining the performative aspects of the doctor/patient relationship. ■ GOVANHILL BATHS Calder Street, 433 2999. FREE Govanhill Baths Auction Thu 17 Mar, 7–9pm; Fri 18 & Sat 19 Mar 10am–6pm. Art donated by artists including Claire Barclay to raise funds for the redevelopment of Govanhill baths. Works will be auctioned off at 7pm on Sat 19 Mar.
■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4770. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Jack Frame Until Mon 14 Mar. Work by the emerging Glasgow-based artist.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm. ✽✽ FREE John Cage: Every Day is a Good Day ●●●●● Until Sat
2 Apr. See review, page 120. FREE Past, Present and Future: Caring for William Hunter’s Prints Until Tue 21 Jun. Prints and paintings from Hunter’s astonishing collection.
■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Scottish Glass at Kelvingrove Until Sun 1 Jul. A celebration of glassmaking in Scotland.
■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 221 6362. Mon & Wed–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Tue 11am–5pm. FREE Making Space Until Sat 21 May. Shortlisted entries in a design competition for under-18s. ■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 10am–2pm. FREE Living Today Until Sat 5 Mar.
■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Alasdair Gray: Life and Lanark Fri 4 Mar–Sat 21 May. Items from the library and private collections relating to Gray and his most famous work, including original artwork. Part of Aye Write! ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14-20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Tony Swain Until Sat 26 Mar. Complex and surreal worlds created by the County Antrim-born newsprint artist.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts, Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Let the Games Begin Fri 4 Mar–Thu 21 Apr. In his first solo show, Cameron Morgan paints a giant mural directly onto the gallery walls.
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm. FREE Apartness Until Sun 6 Mar. Pop surrealism showcase, with bright and fun works from seven young artists.
■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Mon–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–1pm. FREE Glasgow Society of Women Artists Until Wed 9 Mar. Exhibition of paintings, ceramics, sculpture and jewellery. FREE Black Lodge Sat 12 Mar–Sun 10 Apr. Daily (not Mon) 12–6pm. The visual manifestation of a new subversive secret society, the Black Lodge, initiated by three young Scottish artists going by the names of Soulrelics, Macism and Estum. ■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE Jack Frame Until Wed 30 Mar. New work from a winner of the Jolomo Scottish Landscape Painting Award.
■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE George Birrell Sun 6 Mar–Sun 10 Apr. Colourful and gentle architectural paintings.