VisualArt
85A presents CHERNOZEM:KINO! Sat 28 & Sun 29 Apr, Thu 3–Sat 5 May, 9pm–midnight. £10 (£8). Arts collective 85a presents an immersive ‘total cinema experience’ based around its first self- produced film Chernozem (Black Earth). FREE RE-CORD Thu 3–Sat 5 May, 5–8pm. Work inspired by cinema.
■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Daily 10am–5pm; opening times can vary, please call to check. FREE Henry Coombes: I Am The Architect, This Is Not Happening, This Is Unacceptable Until Mon 7 May. Film and paintings responding to the House for an Art Lover. GI. FREE Paul Murray: Table Tops and Other Places Too Until Mon 14 May. Figurative paintings. FREE Carolyn Burchell: Spirit of Place Tue 15 May–Mon 11 Jun. Paintings and drawings of woodland, parkland and gardens. ■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. FREE You took the part that was once my heart Until Mon 7 May. Exhibition exploring a fascination with death and display. GI.
■ IOTA Unlimited Studios, 25 Hyndland Street, 338 6052. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE Clara Brasca: The Art of Art Until Sat 19 May. Works on linen and paper. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm.
✽✽ FREE Richard Wright Until Sat 23 Jun. Works on paper from the
Turner Prize-winning artist. GI. The Essence of Beauty: 500 Years of Italian Art Until Sun 12 Aug. £5 (£3). Italian art from the 14th to the 19th centuries featuring Titian, Bellini and Botticelli. FREE Sense Scotland: It is is it Until Mon 7 May. Responses to Kelvingrove’s collection by young artists with disabilities. GI. FREE Utility: Rationalising Furniture Design Fri 4 May–Sun 30 Sep. Key pieces of furniture from the Freedom of Design movement.
■ KENDALL KOPPE GALLERY Suite 1–2, 6 Dixon Street, 07969 403472. Normal opening hours Wed–Sat noon–6pm; extended opening hours during GI, daily 11am–6pm.
✽✽ FREE Emory Douglas Until Fri 1 Jun. See review, page 119. GI.
■ KINNING PARK COMPLEX Cornwall Street, 419 0329. FREE Rupert Wilks: New Work Fri 27 Apr–Fri 11 May, Thu & Fri 10am–4pm. Paintings employing a semi-abstract language to depict feeling. CANCELLED. ■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5360. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; during GI also Sun noon–5pm. FREE Arrives in Starting Until Mon 7 May. Work by Scotland’s emerging artists. GI. FREE Colin Oliphant & Jennifer Argo: Between Two Worlds Until Mon 7 May. Pop-up shop displaying textiles and installation work. GI. FREE Manifesto 11: A comedy of errors Until Mon 7 May. A collaborative manifesto created as part of The Mutual’s Charter season. GI.
Cyril Gerber Fine Art 19th-21st Century British Drawings, Paintings & Sculpture
Tom H Shanks, RSW RGI PAI ‘A Scottish Master: Landscapes & Other Works’ 28 April – 19 May 2012
178 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 4RL 0141 221 3095 www.gerberfineart.co.uk Open Mon-Fri 9.30-5.30, Sat 10-5.30, Sun 11-4
122 THE LIST 26 Apr–24 May 2012
■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 578 8847. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm. FREE Young People’s Art Until Thu 24 May. Work from the gallery’s Saturday art classes. ■ OLD HAIRDRESSERS Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Daily 6pm–midnight. FREE Open Glasgow: Prawn’s Pee Until Mon 7 May. Production of a daily newspaper for GI. GI.
■ THE MACKINTOSH CHURCH Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. Mon, Wed & Fri 10am–5pm. FREE Surface Treatment Until Fri 11 May. Sculptural ceramics from Malcolm S Dobson.
■ MACKINTOSH MUSEUM The Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Normal opening hours Mon–Fri 10.30am–4.30pm; Sat 10am–2pm; extended opening hours during GI, daily 10am–5pm. FREE Folkert de Jong: The Immortals Until Mon 7 May. See review, page 119. GI. ■ MARKET GALLERY 334 Duke Street, 556 7276. Normal opening hours Thu–Sun 11am–5pm; extended opening hours during GI, daily 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm). FREE In the Shadow of the Hand Until Mon 7 May. Objects cast in lead, melted down and recast as letters. GI.
■ MARY MARY @ 45 ALEXANDRA PARK STREET 45 Alexandra Park Street, marymarygallery.co.uk Daily during GI, 11am–6pm. FREE Marieta Chirulescu & David Korty Until Mon 7 May. Commissioned paintings and sculptures by the Berlin and LA-based artists. GI.
■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Normal opening hours Tue–Sat noon–6pm; extended opening hours during GI, daily 11am–6pm. FREE Lorna Macintyre: Midnight Scenes & Other Works Until Sat 2 Jun. See review, page 120. GI.
■ MITCHELL LIBRARY North Street, 287 2999. Mon–Thu 9am–8pm; Fri & Sat 9am–5pm. FREE Nairy Baghramian: Spanner (Strecher/Loiterer) Until Mon 7 May, Mon–Sat 10am–6pm (Thu until 8pm). Sculptural installation created specially for the Mitchell by the artist. GI. FREE Art Lending Library Until Mon 7 May, daily 11am–5p (Tue & Thu until 8pm). An experimental library, allowing members of the public to borrow selected works by 50 artists. GI. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3-5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. FREE Michael Wilkinson: Dresden Until Mon 7 May, daily noon–5pm. The artist casts Liverpool as the bombed city of Dresden in a series of images. GI.
■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm. FREE Paul Thek: If you don’t like this book, you don’t like me Until Sat 2 Jun. The notebooks of American artist Paul Thek (1933–1988). GI. ■ MONO 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. Life As We Know It Sun 6 May, 7.30pm. £5. An event from the Pipe Factory featuring eight collaborative interpretations of the end of the world. GI.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Mon–Fri 10am–8pm; Sat & Sun 10am–5pm. FREE Alex Frost: The New Easterhouse Mosaic A mosaic situated directly outside the venue, referencing the original Easterhouse community mosaic. GI. Outskirts Sat 28 Apr, 3.30–10.30pm. £10 with food; £6 without; under 12s free without food. A day of boundary- traversing installations, performance, art and music.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; during GI also Mon 10am–5pm & Sun noon–6pm. FREE The World Awaits (For More Info) Until Sat 26 May. Text-based work by four artists with disabilities. GI. ■ QUEENS PARK RAILWAY CLUB Queens Park Railway Station, 492 Victoria Road. patriciaflemingprojects.co.uk FREE Everything Flows Until Sun 6 May, Tue–Sun 2.30–6.30pm. Work from Glasgow’s experimental art-into-music scene. GI.
■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5pm; Sat 10.30am–3pm. FREE Kim & Lara Scouller Until Sat 28 Apr. Figurative paintings by two sisters. FREE Gradients and Thresholds: Contemporary Perspectives on the Figure Tue 1–Sat 12 May. Figurative works by recent GSA graduates Louise Chang, Brian McCluskey & Claire Paterson. FREE Sule Ceylen Tue 15–Sat 26 May. Paintings of Istanbul.
■ ROGER BILLCLIFFE GALLERY 134 Blythswood Street, 332 4027. Mon–Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–1pm. FREE Jane Charles: Unique Glass Until Fri 27 Apr. Unique bottles and sculptures by glass artist.
■ ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. FREE Glasgow International Artists Bookfair Sat 28 & Sun 29 Apr, 11am–6pm. Artists’ books from Scotland, the UK and abroad. ■ SAINT JUDES 190 Bath Street, 352 8800. FREE Packing & Mourning Until Fri 27 Apr, noon–8pm. Part of The Mutual’s Charter, this project aims to communicate the exhilaration and melancholy of moving on. GI.
■ SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. FREE Ruth Ewan: The Glasgow Schools Until Mon 7 May. Exhibition exploring the Socialist Sunday School movement in Glasgow in the early 20th century. GI. FREE Cardonald College Presents Tue 22–Sun 27 May. Multimedia exploring experiences of education.
■ MONORAIL 12 Kings Court, King Street, 552 9458. Mon–Sat 11am–7pm; Sun noon–7pm. FREE Record Store Until Mon 7 May. To mark Record Store Day, 20 artists have created 20 vinyl record sleeves for fictional records by fictional artists. ■ SIX FOOT GALLERY The Pentagon Centre, 36 Washington Street, 221 3704. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm. FREE Damian Henry Until Fri 1 Jun. Bold and lively linear images of young couples plus new landscapes and animals together with more romantic etchings.