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✽ Nina Beier: Liquid Assets New work created at Glasgow Sculpture Studios will be shown alongside existing works in this first exhibition by the Danish multimedia artist to be held in Scotland. Glasgow Sculpture Studios, until Sat 7 Sep.
✽ Rachel Barron: Grammar of
Ornament Barron’s first solo exhibition is an evolving process created as a collaboration in conjunction with the people of Glasgow. See preview, left. Briggait, Glasgow, until Fri 23 Aug.
✽ Domicele Tarabildiene – A Challenge to Time Stunning collection of 34
photographic prints by Tarabildiene, presented as part of Scotland’s Lithuanian Season of Photography. See preview, page 88. Hidden Lane Gallery, Glasgow, until Fri 20 Sep.
✽ Ian Hamilton Finlay: Poet,
Artist, Revolutionary Modestly sized exhibition of prints, concrete texts and installations that takes a winningly fresh and intriguing approach to the work of this much celebrated artist. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, until Sat 1 Mar 2014.
✽ Sara Barker: The Things that are Solid, Absorbed and Still New
sculptural work from the Manchester-born artist made of assemblages of aluminium, steel, brass and glass. Mary Mary, Glasgow, until Sat 26 Oct.
✽ Sukaina Kubba Residence by the Baghdad-born artist who grew up in the
United Arab Emirates and Canada and graduated from Glasgow School of Art last year. Kendall Koppe, Glasgow, Sun 1 Sep–Wed 30 Oct.
RACHEL BARRON: GRAMMAR OF ORNAMENT Participative, evolving work by the Glasgow-based artist
B ringing fresh meaning to the term public artwork, Rachel Barron’s first solo exhibition is an evolving process created in conjunction with the people of Glasgow. Holding stamp-making workshops and open- access creative sessions throughout its three- week run, she’s offered an open invitation to anyone who wants to stop by and create their own patterns using stamps and coloured ink. Using her temporary on-site studio she’s then interpreting these patterns into her own prints of ‘repeat symmetrical patterns using a coordinate system’ for use in an evolving floor display which will be completed in time for the closing event on Friday 23 August.
space with colour and activity,’ says the Glasgow-based, Edinburgh College of Art-graduate, ‘and to allow and encourage people to express themselves creatively in an open collaboration.’ The design of her final installation, she says, will reflect both the architecture of the Briggait’s 1873 main hall, where it will be displayed, and the architecture of Glasgow itself, with the title – Grammar of Ornament – echoing the name of the 1856 catalogue of design from around the world by 19th century architect and designer, Owen Jones, a huge influence on her own work and practice. (David Pollock)
‘My aim is to brighten and enliven the Briggait, Glasgow, until Fri 23 Aug.
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