list.co.uk/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 and Alex Johnston. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Mon–Thu 11am–11pm; Fri & Sat 11am–midnight; Sun noon–11pm. FREE An Act of Gradual Civilisation Until Mon 4 Apr. Photographs by Lorna McParland, created as part of the artist’s residency in British Columbia between 2008 and 2010. ■ BIG MOUTH COFFEE BAR AND CAFÉ 167 Dumbarton Road, 337 7023. Mon–Fri 8am–7pm; Sat & Sun 9am–6pm. FREE SOS LTD: Designed For You And Your Happiness Until Sun 29 May. New work by Jonny Charles Harris on an environmental theme.
■ 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. Documentary photos of 19th-century China by the pioneering photographer. ■ CASTLE GALLERIES Level One, Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 221 6867. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm (Thu until 8pm); Sun noon–5pm. FREE Alexander Millar: Prints Until Fri 6 May. Six signed prints by Millar, known for his representations of Glasgow working men.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Resemblances, Sympathies and Other Acts Until Sat 7 May. Sculptural, video and photographic pieces by Jeremy Millar.
■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm. FREE The Chalet Until Sat 9 Apr. Mixed selection of pieces by contemporary artists from Glasgow. FREE Craft Scotland Sat 16–Sat 30 Apr. Scottish crafters display their skills in an exhibition accompanied by a programme of workshops. ■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 223 0087. Wed & Sat noon–5pm; Thu & Fri noon–7pm. FREE Neue Alte Welt Sat 2 Apr–Sat 21 May. Ulla von Brandenburg uses photographs, installation, performance, drawing, painting and film to draw aspects of European cultural heritage.
■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 71–73 Brook Street Bridgeton, 258 9124. Fri–Sun noon–5pm. FREE Ric Warren: Boundaries and Barricades Sat 2–Sun 24 Apr. In his first solo Scottish show, the artist uses sculptural installation and print to respond to and reconsider the theories underpinning urban planning. ■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri & Sat noon–6pm. FREE Rachel Adams: Marble Mouthed Sat 2–Sat 30 Apr. Sculptural installations that set up new dialogues with old-fashioned and typically feminine objects and techniques.
Ryan Hays VisualArt
Ryan Hays graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2006 then shortly afterwards relocated to Glasgow where he began exhibiting and curating larger shows such as the multi-medium art event A Wee Tasty in 2009.
Two years ago he relocated to Berlin and helped create the artist network Unatittel, which is committed to supporting artists’ and curators’ productions throughout Europe. Since then he has exhibited several times in Berlin, Hamburg, London and Sydney and is currently working towards his first solo show later this year.
Ryan’s work, though multi-disciplinary, focuses largely on painting. He is interested in deconstructing the labored conventions of human perception and attempting to challenge the typical assumptions and responses we have to the visual, by contradicting the typical rules of pictorial representation. He believes that by attempting a less humanistic perspective on the world we will achieve a greater understanding of how it functions. ■ www.ryanhays.co.uk www.thisiscentralstation.com
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Mon–Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm. FREE Behind the Mirror Until Sat 30 Apr. Group show by four younger Scottish artists whose work explores the idea of the body and self through the medium of paint.
■ GALLERY 23 23 Parnie Street, 552 6325. Mon–Sat 11am–5pm. FREE Chris Gollon Until Sat 23 Apr. The first Scottish show by Gollon, who has exhibited alongside Yoko Ono, David Bowie and Gavin Turk in the ROOT show curated by Thurston Moore. ■ THE GALLERY @ MUSSEL INN 157 Hope Street, 572 1405. Mon–Fri 12–2.30pm & 5–10pm; Sat 12–10pm; Sun 12.30–10pm. FREE Sue Biazotti Until Tue 5 Apr. Paintings inspired by the sea and the light of Greece, from award-winning Scottish painter Sue Biazotti.
■ 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. An exhibition exploring the
right to play, how we play and the boundaries of play, including art work from GoMA’s collection by Dame Paula Rego, Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, Andy Goldsworthy and Graham Fagen, plus work by David Sherry, Corin Sworn and the collaborative project Women@Play. FREE Hertie Querty Until Sun 1 May. Deriving its moniker from an old Scots expression meaning ‘merry persons in search of amusement’, this exhibition comprises mischievous pieces of art selected from the Glasgow museums’ collections to delight the child in us all, and features new acquisitions from David Shrigley, Roderick Buchanan and Beagles & Ramsay. ■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Opening times vary – see individual exhibition listings. FREE The Erratics Until Sat 9 Apr. Mon–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 10am–2pm. A sculpture by Danish artist Lotte Glob. Please note this exhibition takes place in the Mackintosh Museum. FREE not pretty? Fri 8–Fri 22 Apr. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm. Contemporary jewellery and objects created by nine male makers from Scotland and Australia. Please note this exhibition takes place in the Atrium Gallery in the Foulis Building at 158 Renfrew Street.
FREE 40 Years in the Tower Sat 16–Fri 29 Apr. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. Work by staff past and present from the Silversmithing & Jewellery Department. Please note this exhibition takes place in the Newbery Gallery, Newbery Tower. ■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS 145 Kelvinhaugh Street, 204 1740. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. FREE Christine Borland: Cast from Nature Until Sat 16 Apr. Sculpture installation examining the performative aspects of the doctor/patient relationship.
■ HEART BUCHANAN 380 Byres Road, 334 7626. FREE Joe O’Brien: Scotland Forever? Fri 1 & Sat 2 Apr, 9am–5pm; Sun 3 Apr, 10am–6pm. Surrealist paintings with bold use of colour from this West End 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. The first major exhibition to examine the entire range of Cage’s visual practice.
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