www.list.co.uk/visualart Being Human
Artists Audrey Grant and Martyn McKenzie have created two contrasting but dramatic visions of the human condition in the 21st century. While Grant is interested in how the figure reacts and interacts in an abstract yet emotional way to its surroundings, creating poses that connect in a dynamic way to the space, McKenzie’s work plays with the paraphernalia of the modern world and how this reflects and impacts upon people’s minds and emotions. ■ Union Gallery, Edinburgh, until Mon 14 Mar.
■ SORCHA DALLAS 5 St Margaret’s Place, 553 2662. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Rearrange Your Face Fri 4 Mar–Fri 8 Apr. Works by
Michael Bauer, Charlie Hammond and Gabriel Hartley that move between the figurative and the abstract. ■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 553 2557. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Stardust: Some Thoughts on Death Until Thu 30 Jun. An exploration of mortality through video art.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. FREE City of Home Until Sun 3 Apr. Ukrainian photographer Alina Kisina investigates the power inherent in mundane objects. FREE In Case it Rains in Heaven Until Sun 3 Apr. Photographs of delicate paper offertory objects.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Keith Farquhar: More Nudes in Colour, Glasgow Until Sun 27 Mar. Flat-pack, cut-out sculptural works examining cultural commodification of the body.
■ TRANSMISSION GALLERY Trongate 103, 552 4813. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Elastic Frames Until Sat 5 Mar. Film and video works curated by Corin Sworn.
✽✽ FREE Shelly Nadashi Tue 15 Mar–Sat 9 Apr. Solo exhibition
incorporating live performance, video, sound works, puppetry, written texts and sculpture.
■ UBIQUITOUS CHIP 12 Ashton Lane, 334 5007.
✽✽ Ingr3dients Mon 7–Thu 31 Mar; Mon-Thu 7pm. £49.50. The Ubiquitous Chip presents a brand new Alasdair Gray mural as part of the world’s first 3D interactive sensory dining experience.
EDINBURGH
■ ART’S COMPLEX St. Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, 661 1924. Opening times vary; see individual exhibition listings. FREE Ruth Nay: Bird Hide Sat 5–Sun 13 Mar. Daily 11am–6pm. Drawings made at Bawsinch Nature Reserve in Duddingston. FREE Adele Gregory: Streamlines Sat 5–Sun 13 Mar. Sat & Sun noon–5pm; Mon–Fri 10am–6pm. Paintings inspired by Art Deco posters. FREE Gaynor Boggon: Invisible Cities Sat 19 Mar–Sun 3 Apr. Daily 11am–7pm. Drawing, painting and photography inspired by construction sites. FREE Scratching the Surface Sat 19–Sun 27 Mar. Daily 11am–7pm. Recent drawings, prints and smaller works by Scott McCracken, Andrew Smith and Allan Robertson. See also Patriothall Gallery, below. FREE Happenings Fri 25 Mar–Sun 10 Apr. Daily 11am–7pm. Contemporary artists living in Scotland respond to selected texts.
■ AXOLOTL 35 Dundas Street, 557 1460. Wed–Sat 11am–4pm. FREE Joyce Gunn Cairns Until Sat 5 Mar. Figurative works. FREE Frank McGonigal Sat 5 Mar–Mon 4 Apr. Oil paintings of Edinburgh scenes by the prolific Scottish/Italian artist. FREE Simon Pontin: Karmaralised Sat 5 Mar–Mon 4 Apr. New works by the South African artist. ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm. FREE Alberto Morrocco: Works on Paper Until Sat 26 Mar. Drawings and sketches.
■ BRASS AND COPPER COFFEE 18 William Street, blackmarketgallery@gmail.com. Mon–Fri 8am–5pm (Thu until 6pm); Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. FREE Liv Jamieson Until Sun 15 May. Black and white photographs. ■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.
FREE Greig Burgoyne: Drawn In Until Sun 13 Mar. Drawings by Greig Burgoyne on the walls and window of the Centre, created at a live event in February to launch the Travelling Gallery’s latest exhibition. FREE Ian Hamilton Finlay ●●●●● Until Sun 6 Mar. Sculpture and prints from the city’s collection. FREE Window to the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art Until Sun 6 Mar. Historical and contemporary artists explore Highland life and culture.
■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY 22–28 Cockburn Street, 220 1260. Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. FREE White Knight Until Sun 3 Apr. Pieces examining architectural perspective and the way buildings can frame a landscape. ■ DANISH CULTURAL INSTITUTE 3 Doune Terrace, 225 7189. Mon–Thu 10am–4pm. FREE Textile, Silver, Wood Until Fri 15 Apr. Mixed media works.
■ DEAN GALLERY 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm. FREE Artist Rooms: August Sander Until Sun 10 Jul. One of the most significant photographers of the 20th century.
■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm FREE Salon Until Fri 11 Mar. Collaboration between LINE magazine and Candid International. ■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. FREE Anni Albers: Design Pioneer Until Sat 26 Mar. Creations of
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the German textile artist and printmaker, one of the central figures of the Bauhaus, and artists inspired by her work. ■ DUNDAS STREET GALLERY 6a Dundas Street, 0131 446 9510. FREE Jamie Primrose: Auld Reekie Sun 13–Sat 19 Mar, Sun & Mon 11am–5pm; Tue, Wed & Fri 10am–6pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Sat 11am–4pm. New monochrome Indian ink drawings of Edinburgh.
■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE COURT 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat & Sun 10am–2pm. FREE Deeds of a Cast Tue 22–Sun 27 Mar. Exploration of the investigation and conservation techniques demonstrated in the College of Art’s plaster cast of Michelangelo’s Dead Christ.
■ EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Muriel Barclay Sat 5 Mar–Tue 5 Apr. Large, figurative oil works form the mainstay of this solo exhibition centred on themes of observation and ambiguity. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm. FREE John Goto: Mosaic Until Sat 19 Mar. Pictures of the Gaza conflict that have been artificially ‘censored’ by the artist. FREE An Informed Energy: Lithography and Tamarind Sat 26 Mar–Sat 21 May. Exhibition celebrating the diversity of the medium of lithography and the accomplishments of the Tamarind Institute of New Mexico.
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