VisualArt 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 Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW
■ ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN SCOTLAND Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 225 8350. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm. FREE Cedric Price: Think the Unthinkable Until Sat 3 Sep. New graphic renderings of the architect’s projects alongside work by current architecture undergraduates.
■ BIG MOUTH COFFEE BAR AND CAFÉ 167 Dumbarton Road, 337 7023. Mon–Fri 8am–7pm (Fri until 6pm); Sat 9am–6pm. FREE Seeing You There Until Wed 28 Sep. Caroline Watson exhibits drawings and mixed media work exploring themes of nature and solace as well as cultural memory and attachment. ■ THE BRIGGAIT 141 Bridgegate, 553 5890. FREE Emilia Muller-Ginorio & Thomas PR Horak Until Fri 26 Aug. Daily 2.30–5.30pm. Muller-Ginorio’s Contexts for Sewing is an exploration of artistic labour and production in an attempt to confront globalisation while Horak’s Time is a Piece of Glass concerns time.
■ CASTLE GALLERIES Level One, Princes Square, 48 Buchanan Street, 221 6867. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm FREE Bob Dylan: Drawn Blank Series 2011 Until Wed 31 Aug. Signed prints of the singer’s colourful and mysterious paintings.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE British Art Show 7 Until Sun 21 Aug, Tue–Sun 11am–5pm. Grand touring art affair including work by The Otolith Group, Christian Marclay, Charles Avery, Luke Fowler and Juliette Blightman, spread across three venues. FREE Kai Fischer: Entartet Until Sat 20 Aug. An exhibition reflecting on the Third Reich’s 1937 Exhibition of Degenerate Art (Entartete Kunst), which aimed to ridicule non-conforming artists and ended up as an inadvertent celebration of modernism.
Donnini, Ralph Mackenzie & Travis Souza Sat 20 Aug–Sun 11 Sep. Three artists explore the ‘instant archives’ we all create, relationships between personal and collective histories, obsolete modes of production and modern technologies.
■ THE DUCHY GALLERY 23 Duke Street, 237 8754. Fri–Sat noon–6pm ✽✽ FREE Karen Cunningham & Zara Idelson: Early Relativity ●●●●● Until Sat 3 Sep. Joint show by emerging Scottish artists. See review, page 115.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4.30pm. FREE Georgie McGowan Until Wed 31 Aug. Exhibition of art works inspired by memories of Neilston Mill in East Renfrewshire.
■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon–Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Peace at Last! ●●●●● Until Sun 16 Oct. Work created by Glasgow artist Kate Davis in response to objects from the Glasgow Museums collections. See review, page 115.
✽✽ FREE British Art Show 7 Until Sun 21 Aug. See CCA, Glasgow.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. Daily 10am–6pm. FREE Ghost Orchids Until Thu 15 Sep. A site-specific sculptural installation in the gardens’ Orchid House by Siobhan Healy.
■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Mon–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 10am–2pm ✽✽ FREE Live Your Questions Now ●●●●● Until Sat 1 Oct. A
unique survey of Scottish, UK and international artists over 60 years old.
■ GLASGOW UNIVERSITY LIBRARY University of Glasgow, Hillhead Street, 330 6704. Mon–Fri 9am–4.55pm; Sat 1–4.55pm. FREE Weathering: An Alastair Reid Retrospective Until Fri 30 Sep.
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Manuscripts and translations, featuring illuminating works on the poetry of Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.
■ GOETHE INSTITUT 3 Park Circus, 332 2555. Mon–Thu 10am–5pm; Fri 10am–4pm FREE From Death Zone to Nature Reserve: The European Green Belt Until Fri 19 Aug. Photographs, maps and text providing an insight into a unique European nature conservation project along the line of the Iron Curtain. ■ HEART BUCHANAN 380 Byres Road, 334 7626. Mon–Fri 8.30am–9.30pm; Sat 9am–9.30pm; Sun noon–7pm. FREE Ingo Glaetsch Until Wed 31 Aug. A huge canvas featuring a black and white sketch of a scene on the Great Western Road.
■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 5431. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5pm
✽✽ FREE Breaking the Renaissance Code ●●●●●
Until Tue 4 Oct. Precious emblem books together with prints, drawings and paintings from the university’s collections.
■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm FREE Scottish Glass at Kelvingrove Until Jul 2012. Glass art and artefacts from the 18th century to the present day.
■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon-Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm FREE Eyes of the Street Until Wed 31 Aug. Photographs depicting Glasgow’s streets from the perspective of people experiencing homelessness. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm FREE Urs Fischer & Georg Herold ●●●●● Until Sat 3 Sep. Work by young Swiss artist Fischer and veteran German artist Herold.
■ OFFSHORE 3/5 Gibson Street, 07748 363354. Mon–Fri 8am–10pm; Sat & Sun 9am–10pm.
OUTSIDE THE
FESTIVALS ■ COLLINS GALLERY 22 Richmond Street, 548 2558. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–4pm FREE From Quilts to Couture in Kyrgyzstan Sat 20 Aug–Sat 24 Sep. Textile pieces from the Central Asian nation in an exhibition created in partnership with St Andrews University’s department of Social Anthropology, the Carnegie Trust and the British-Kyrgyz Association.
■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon–Sat 9.30am–5.30pm FREE First of the Summer Wine ●●●●● Until Wed 31 Aug. Works by Vanessa Bell, Elizabeth Blackadder, FCB Cadell, Joan Eardley, JD Fergusson, SJ Peploe, Tom Shanks and many others.
■ DAVID DALE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 71–73 Brook Street Bridgeton, 258 9124. Fri–Sun noon–5pm FREE Instant Archives: Emily 116 THE LIST 18–25 Aug 2011
Recoat Gallery celebrates its fourth birthday with an exhibition and the launch of Team Recoat, a collective of ten artists – Kirsty Whiten, Susie Wright, Elph, David Galletly, Rue Five, Al White, Mark Lyken, FiST, Syrkus and Death Rattles – who exemplify the type of work the gallery has supported. The exhibition consists of a specially commissioned screen print from each artist, plus other paintings and drawings. ■ Recoat, Glasgow, until Sun 4 Sep.
FREE Lightscapes Until Tue 23 Aug. Scottish landscape photography. ■ PROJECT ABILITY Centre for the Developmental Arts Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm FREE Young Talent Until Sat 20 Aug. Annual showcase of artwork created as part of Project Ability’s Create Programme.
■ RECOAT 323 North Woodside Road, 341 0069. Tue–Sun noon–6pm
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■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm FREE Alumni: Glasgow University Until Sun 28 Aug. Scenes from around Glasgow University painted by popular gallery artists including Peter Nardini, Karen Cairns, Todd Garner, Jack Frame, Lee Robertson and Adrian McMurchie. ■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm FREE Gordon Wilson Until Sun 28 Aug. Paintings ranging from quirky portraiture to dynamic landscape and figurative work.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTO WORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm FREE Futureproof Until Sun 9 Oct. The third in a series of annual exhibitions which profile rising young artists from Scotland’s photography and visual arts courses.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–5pm
✽✽ FREE British Art Show 7 Until Sun 21 Aug, Tue–Sun 11am–5pm.
See CCA, Glasgow.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun 12.30–5pm FREE John, I’m Only Dancing Until Mon 12 Sep. Abstract painting and photography by Robin Burgess and Michael James exploring Glasgow’s queer culture. ■ WELCOME HOME CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, welcomehomestore.co.uk Tue–Sat 11am–6pm FREE Fabricated Until Wed 31 Aug. Textile design showcase featuring playful interpretations of theme, scale and material from makers based in Glasgow and London.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ CALLENDAR HOUSE Callendar Park, Falkirk, 01324 503798. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 2–5pm. FREE Inventing Landscape Until Sun 16 Oct. Exhibition using paintings, postcards, objects and archive material to explore ideas of what constitutes a ‘picturesque’ landscape.
■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm (Thu until 8.30pm); Sun noon–5.30pm. FREE DCA Editions – Martin Boyce Until Wed 30 Nov. Prints created at in the DCA print studio. ✽✽ FREE Ruth Ewan: Brank & Heckle Until Sun 9 Oct.
Exploring the idea that history is always alive and relevant, Ruth Ewan presents historical images and sounds and renders them ‘active’ through use.