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NEW Jeremy Deller Sat 13 Sep–Sat 25 Oct. Work from English artist, whose English Magic installation was one of the hits of the 2013 Venice Biennale. ■ THE OLD HAIRDRESSERS Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Mon–Thu & Sun noon–midnight; Fri & Sat noon–1am. NEW VAU Members Show Sun 24 & Mon 25 Aug. Sun noon–1am; Mon noon–8pm. The emerging artists of VAU (Visual Artist Unit) show off their works. Part of Glasgow City of Science.
■ PEOPLE’S PALACE & WINTER GARDENS Glasgow Green, 276 0788. Palace: Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon; Winter Gardens: daily 10am–5pm. Beagles and Ramsay: Ventriloquist Dummies Double Self-portrait Until Mon 29 Sep. Ventriloquist dummy installation. Fred A Farrell: Glasgow’s War Artist Until Sun 23 Nov. Sketches and watercolours from the WWI artist.
■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE Cameron Morgan: Cameron’s Way – Coast to Coast Until Sat 23 Aug. A giant wall painting in the Project Ability gallery space. ■ REID BUILDING Glasgow School of Art, 164 Renfrew Street, 353 4500. Opening times vary, check individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE Graham Fagen: Cabbages in an Orchard Until Fri 29 Aug. Mon–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm. Works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his peers, selected by the artist, alongside new work. Generation.
■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am– 5pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Arpita Shah: Portrait of Home Until Sun 24 Aug. Images of families based in Scotland who have roots in Commonwealth countries.
✽ TELFER GALLERY 3rd Floor, 84 Miller Street, gallery@
thetelfer-com. Thu–Sun noon–5pm. Nick Thomas Sat 13–Sun 28 Sep. See preview, page 90.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon. Cathy Wilkes Until Sun 5 Oct. Belfast- born installation artist whose pieces draw on her personal history. Generation.
✽ LAST CHANCE Charlie Hammond, Iain Hetherington
and Alex Pollard: Internet Curtains Until Sun 14 Sep. See review, page 89. Generation.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Tue–Sat 11am–5.30pm but individual exhibitions may vary. LAST CHANCE Richard Davies: Impossible Beauty Until Sat 23 Aug. Thu–Sat noon–5pm. Contemporary sculpture referencing the natural world. EDINBURGH
■ ALPHA ART GALLERY 52 Hamilton Place, Stockbridge, 226 3066. Mon, Tue & Thu–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm; closed Wed. LAST CHANCE M&P Italian Art Exhibition: Foreign Bodies – Corpi Estranei Until Sat 6 Sep. Performance art, contemporary dance and food, in this month-long Monticelli & Pagone residency.
✽COCKENZIE HOUSE 22 Edinburgh Road, Cockenzie,
01875 819456. Daily 11am–4pm. Art Rooms Until Sun 28 Sep. See preview, page 90.
■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. A–Z: An Alphabetical Tour of
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MIXED MEDIA CORIN SWORN The Common Guild, Glasgow, until Sat 13 Sep ●●●●●
One year on from its appearance in the Scottish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Corin Sworn’s project has come home. Returning – with some edits – to the Common Guild, the partner institution that presented it in Venice, this display is succinct and compelling.
‘The Foxes’, an 18-minute video, is the central focus of the exhibition. Based upon a series of slides taken by Sworn’s father, static images are intercut with the artist’s own motion footage. The narration incorporates Sworn’s own memories of first seeing the slides, her father’s recollection of their context, and interviews with locals quizzed in the present day about the photographs. Visual and aural works unfold in tandem, with subtle digital manipulations appearing alongside the undulating story, providing clues to the rest of the works on display.
Upstairs, RGB prints subtly merge past and present day shots of streets or landscapes, revealing the technical construction of images implied in the video work and the slides. These high-gloss prints are inspired by the same spirit of historical recording and reassessment present in ‘The Foxes’, analysed in static form.
‘How Desires Change’ comprises ceramic tiles spread across the floor, transcribing the elements of editing and reconfiguration into a physical intervention. The tiles mirror the antique and sepia tones that appear in many slides, and while certain patterns reappear, the irregular juxtapositions once more echo sentiments present in ‘The Foxes’.
With an absorbing film at its heart, this exhibition pertinently touches on memories, history and documentation, inviting us to consider the ways we may remember our own recordings and derive meaning from them in years to come. (Jennifer Owen)
■ ARUSHA GALLERY 13a Dundas Street, 07814 189018. Mon– Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm. Individual exhibition times may vary. LAST CHANCE Kate Walters: The Mute, the Hidden and the Mysterious Until Sun 31 Aug. Exploring the relationships between humans and the natural world. ■ BON PAPILLON 15 Howe Street, 538 2505. Wed–Sun 9am–5pm; closed Mon & Tue. LAST CHANCE Evelyn Buchanan and Kathleen Mullaniff Until Sun 7 Sep. New paintings.
■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Galloway Paintings Until Sun 24 Aug. Paintings held by the Blamire Family and Bourne Fine Art. LAST CHANCE John Byrne: Dead End Until Mon 1 Sep. Paintings from the distinguished artist and playwright.
Scottish Art Until Sun 16 Nov. An overview of Scottish art from the 17th century to the present day. Urban/Suburban Until Sun 19 Oct. Architecture and the built environment in recent Scottish art. Generation. Where Do I End and You Begin Until Sun 19 Oct. Investigating the ideas and myths underpinning the notion of ‘commonwealth’. ■ COLLECTIVE GALLERY City Observatory & Dome, 38 Calton Hill, 556 1264. Daily 10am–6pm until Sun 31 Aug; from Mon 1 Sep, Tue–Sun 10am–5pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Marie-Michelle Deschamps: Don’t trip over the wire! Until Sun 7 Sep. New work by the French-Canadian artist who uses industrial materials, influenced in part by the writings of American schizophrenic Louis Wolfson. Generation.
■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE August Works on Paper Until Sun 31 Aug. Paintings, drawings and limited edition prints by various artists. NEW Land and a Cow Sat 6–Tue 30 Sep. Images of crofts from the outer Hebrides, from four artists who live there.
■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Building: Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun;
Viewing Balcony: Mon–Fri noon–3pm, Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun; but individual exhibitions may vary. LAST CHANCE Dalziel + Scullion: Tumadh | Immersion Until Sat 13 Sep. Daily 10.30am–6.30pm until Sun 31 Aug; from Mon 1 Sep, Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun. Work from the celebrated environmental artists. Generation. Craigie Aitchison: Paintings, Etchings and Tapestries Until Sat 27 Sep. Daily 10.30am–6.30pm until Sun 31 Aug; from Mon 1 Sep, Mon–Fri noon–3pm; Sat 10.30am–5.30pm. Work by the late artist. Current Exchanges: Dovecot and the Australian Tapestry Workshop Until Sat 27 Sep. Daily 10.30am–6.30pm until Sun 31 Aug; from Mon 1 Sep, Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun. A celebration of the links between Dovecot and Melbourne’s Australian Tapestry Workshop. ■ EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART 74 Lauriston Place, 221 6000. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. LAST CHANCE Edinburgh College of Art Degree Show 2014 Until Thu 21 Aug. Thu 11am–8pm; Fri– Sun 11am–5pm. New work by more than 400 students of art and design.
■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Festival II Mixed Exhibition Until Fri 12 Sep. Paintings by gallery artists.
■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE Calum Colvin: The Magic Box Until Sat 6 Sep. An archaeology of the artist’s practice, featuring image transparencies going back to the 1980s and new work.
■ EMBASSY 10b Broughton Street Lane, embassygallery.org Thu–Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon–Wed. LAST CHANCE Lewis den Hertog: Protein Shake Until Sun 24 Aug. New video work by the Scottish artist with an interest in pornography. ■ THE ENGLISH SPEAKING UNION 23 Atholl Crescent, 229 1528. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. LAST CHANCE Sheila Masson: Milk and Honey Until Fri 29 Aug. Mon 9am–8pm; Tue, Fri & Sun 9am– 5pm; Wed 11am–5pm; Sat 9am–noon. Images of US by Edinburgh photographer who lived in the States for 20 years.
■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm but different opening hours apply during Edinburgh Art Fair. Jim Lambie Until Sun 19 Oct. Daily 10am–7pm until Mon 25 Aug; from Tue 26 Aug, Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. Installations by the Glasgow- born installation artist and sculptor.
■ GALLERY TEN 10 Stafford Street, galleryten.co.uk Tue– Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE Japanned! Until Tue 2 Sep. Printmaker Kouki Tsuritani exhibits his mezzotint prints alongside British and international artists who use Japanese techniques and imagery. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm until Sun 31 Aug; from Mon 1 Sep, Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Sun. Billboard for Edinburgh: Charles Avery Until Thu 30 Oct. Visible all day.