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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Dirk Bell @ The Modern Institute
What starts with a bitten apple, is followed by a star, proclamations of freedom, love and freelove? Apparently, not just the Bible but also Dirk Bell's new ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2011 -
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Clusterbomb @ Patriothall Gallery
Notwithstanding the occasional guidebook erroneously, and rather hilariously, describing Stockbridge as ‘bohemian’, it’s probably fair to s... Read more »| 20 Jan 2011 -
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Artur Zmijewski: Democracies @ Tramway
Set against a backdrop of nationwide public concern over government funding cuts, and a heightened political engagement within the art world, Artur Zmijewski... Read more »| 19 Jan 2011 -
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Michael White – So Miami!! @ The Duchy Gallery
When is a lumpy plaster erection falsely elevated by a platform a challenge to the edifice of penis as phallic signifier, and when is it just another cock? ... Read more »| 11 Jan 2011 -
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A Little Bit of Magic Realised: Susan Derges and Garry Fabian Miller @ Ingleby Gallery
In the words of photographer Matt Hardy, "Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograp... Read more »| 11 Jan 2011 -
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Min Angel @ Corn Exchange Gallery
Exploring the grey areas of life, language and perception through a mixure of drawings, sculpture and collage, artist Min Angel delves into the art of making... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011
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Ellie Harrison @ Market Gallery
Looking through the wide windows of Duke Street’s Market Gallery the interior more resembles a shop window display than an art exhibition. The main att... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
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Childish Things @ Fruitmarket Gallery
Pin-pricking the nostalgic bubble that surrounds our memories of childhood, the Fruitmarket Gallery’s latest show presents our formative years as an un... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
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The Ethics of Encounter @ Stills
Although set within the formal paradigm of the documentary film, the works in the second part of the Stills Gallery’s exhibition are not didactic or ex... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
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New Work Scotland 2010: Nicolas Party & Catherine Payton @ Collective
Successful conceptual art should (of course) contain a strong concept, but – crucially – it must convey that concept to the viewer. Unsuccessful ... Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
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Tacita Dean @ The Common Guild
The Tacita Dean exhibition in The Common Guild is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Scotland in over a decade and it’s worth making the trip ... Read more »| 15 Dec 2010 -
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Jonathan Horowitz @ DCA
For the screening of Jonathan Horowitz’s 20-minute film Apocalypto Now, the audience is seated in a chamber that’s declared entirely carbon-neutr... Read more »| 13 Dec 2010 -
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Midnight Clear @ Frame Creative
Another art gallery is exactly what Edinburgh’s New Town doesn’t need. However, Frame Creative marks an exciting departure from the stuffy, often... Read more »| 10 Dec 2010 -
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Be the Hammer or the Anvil @ Generator Projects
There’s an all new, all female, committee at Generator Projects, Dundee. Their first show, Be the Hammer or the Anvil, is a similarly all female affair... Read more »| 09 Dec 2010 -
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Laura Yuile @ The Duchy
As with many independent galleries in Glasgow, The Duchy is an old shop front in the east end. A five minute walk from George Square, the gallery and its adj... Read more »| 02 Dec 2010