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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Another World @ Dean Gallery
More of a way of thinking than a style, Surrealism encompasses sculpture, painting, literature, photography and film. Spanning several countries and evolvin... Read more »| 26 Nov 2010 -
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Simon Starling @ The Modern Institute
Simon Starling's show at The Modern Institute is just the kind of essayist rubbish that I've come to expect from the 'vibrant' Glasgow art scene. I'm sure I'... Read more »| 24 Nov 2010 -
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Robin Thomson @ Generator Projects
Duncan of Jordanstone graduate Robin Thomson returned to Dundee recently for a two-week gallery residency at Generator Projects, putting together an epic and... Read more »| 01 Nov 2010 -
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New Work Scotland 2010 @ Collective
New Work Scotland kicks off again, and first up we have considerably dissimilar Glasgow based artists Shelly Nadashi and Jacob Kerray. Originally from Israe... Read more »| 25 Oct 2010 -
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Christen Købke @ National Gallery of Scotland Complex
Sitting modestly beside the vast Impressionist Gardens exhibition at the National Gallery complex, one might wonder if the Christen Købke exhibition h... Read more »| 12 Oct 2010 -
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Giles Round: The Form of the Book @ SWG3
You move down the line of Vs and say ‘VVVVVVVVVVVV…’ to yourself, trying to form it into a word. Nothing comes of it. Wondering if the ita... Read more »| 11 Oct 2010
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Studio Projects 22 & 23 @ Market Gallery
The two concurrent studio projects at Market Gallery this autumn address how we represent reality. There is something of the slavish will to reproduce our su... Read more »| 27 Sep 2010 -
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Robert Barry: Words and Music @ The Common Guild
It’s perhaps no coincidence that The Common Guild, housed in a building owned by Douglas Gordon, has decided to exhibit Robert Barry, one of Gordon&rsq... Read more »| 20 Sep 2010 -
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Sara MacKillop and Mary Redmond @ DCA
A sculptor presents a solo show in each of the DCA’s two galleries for this intriguing double-header. Sara MacKillop and Mary Redmond’s displays ... Read more »| 15 Sep 2010 -
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Tela Vuota @ Zizzi
Sometimes, while eating dinner, one might listen to music. Whole families are known to eat meals in front of the telly. Few get the opportunity to dine at th... Read more »| 26 Aug 2010 -
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Down Over Up @ The Fruitmarket Gallery
Do you ever get the feeling that you’re missing something? Like the punch line of a joke you just don’t understand, and you’re the only one... Read more »| 24 Aug 2010 -
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Staged @ City Observatory
The title of Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth’s new Edinburgh Festival commission might suggest a work that is rather spectacular. ‘Staged’ ... Read more »| 23 Aug 2010 -
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Martin Creed: Ballet Work No. 1020 @ Traverse Theatre
Calling this work a ballet is misleading. There are some ballet dancers who do a few ballet moves but otherwise the piece transgresses the form’s other... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
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Julie Roberts @ Talbot Rice
On the surface, the exhibition title – Child – seems solely to describe Julie Robert’s subject matter: kitsch and almost fashiona... Read more »| 11 Aug 2010 -
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Nefertiti: New Works by John Squire
Working out of a converted barn seven days a week, John Squire made a point not to listen to music while painting. Quite ironic considering that he is arguab... Read more »| 10 Aug 2010