Reviews
The latest exhibitions, festivals and art shows reviewed by The Skinny’s art writers. You’ll find reviews of art exhibitions, analysis of artist and curators' choices, and expert insight on Scotland's best art exhibitions.
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British Art Show 7: It’s Time
The British Art Show is sprawling across Glasgow with more art than you can shake a stick at. The Skinny finds it operates across time as well as space Read more »| 27 Jun 2011 -
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Cara Tolmie @ DCA
Cara Tolmie's new show at DCA, Read Thou Art and Read Thou Shalt Remain, marks a welcome return to Dundee after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2005. Ben Robinson catches up with the artist to discuss what it's all about Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Captain Hate and the Golden Babies @ HAUNT
A new art space is launched in a back alley off Argyle Street, Glasgow. Known as HAUNT, it’s a smelly little corner of the city perfect for doing things you don’t want others to know about and will play host to a new performance by Captain Hate called The Golden Babies and the New Aesthetic – which sounds in every way terrifying. We ask the Captain to shed a little light on the event Read more »| 12 May 2011 -
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Jeff Koons @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
It’s hard to decide if Jeff Koons is laughing with us, at us, or all the way to the bank. Despite his work comprising mainly of colourful kitsch, he&rs... Read more »| 10 May 2011 -
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Kit Leffler @ Patriothall Gallery
What more suitable way for a late-April art show to open, than with a homage to the impending Royal wedding? In her work, Kit Leffler appropriates images fr... Read more »| 09 May 2011 -
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Patricia Cain @ Kelingrove Art Gallery and Museum
“Patricia Cain’s work on the Riverside Transport Museum uniquely documents the geometric complexity and structural integrity of the museum’... Read more »| 05 May 2011
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Narcissus Reflected @ Fruitmarket Gallery
When Narcissus gazed upon his reflection in a pool of water he fell in love. Unable to embrace this watery heart-throb, he pined away and became immortalised... Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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Jeremy Millar @ CCA
The first piece encountered in Jeremy Millar’s current show, Resemblances, Sympathies and Other Acts, is one that hauntingly resonates after viewing. C... Read more »| 04 May 2011 -
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Rob Churm @ Sorcha Dallas
A member of the bands Park Attack and Gummy Stumps, Rob Churm has been a prominent figure in the Glasgow music scene. His gig posters were once ubiquitous. B... Read more »| 27 Apr 2011 -
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Manfred Pernice @ DCA
There’s a freestanding structure in the middle of the DCA’s main gallery. Rather crudely assembled from chipboard, each of its quadrants is a dif... Read more »| 12 Apr 2011 -
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Johnny Charles Harris @ Big Mouth Coffee Company
"See a painting you like the look of? How much do you want to pay? Hundred quid? Tenner? A pound? Pay whatever you want," says imaginative – and brave ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
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Strange Loops @ Generator Projects
Not often will you find a gallery deviating quite so boldly from the traditional group show format. With the Craig Mulholland-curated exhibition Strange Loop... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
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RSA New Contemporaries
Now in its third year, RSA New Contemporaries brings Scotland’s latest art graduates to the attention of the gallery-going public. Evolving from their ... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
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Christian Newby @ +44 141
Imagine you were to inhabit the pictorial space of a black and white glaze of the 1950s pottery range Homemaker. If so, you’ll have some notion of what... Read more »| 25 Mar 2011 -
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Satellite @ East Kilbride Arts Centre
The five artists that make up the collective Satellite visit the remote plains of Daer reservoir in South Lanarkshire. A small gallery in out-of-the-way East... Read more »| 23 Mar 2011