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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Bruce Nauman @ Tramway
There is an exploratory element to Nauman's works which is exploited in this exhibition, with a particular interest in process becoming apparent. His work Ra... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009 -
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Mass Damper @ Generator Projects
At the centre of George Henry Longly’s show Mass Damper, in the middle of a darkened gallery, a snake eats a mouse on an endless loop. The DVD is shot ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2009 -
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Hayley Tompkins: Autobuilding
The shells of old mobile phones guard the entrance and exit of Hayley Tompkins' first solo show in Scotland, transforming Inverleith House into a silent, tum... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Craig Barrowman: Castlegate @ Peacock Visual Arts
The historic Aberdeen neighbourhood of the Castlegate is examined by a local artist Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Moult-in @ Duncan of Jordanstone
Two recent graduates of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone, Lauren Gault and Ashley Nieuwenhuizen, have combined in an ambitious reference of allegorical lite... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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Richard Couzins: Free Speech Bubble
HICA (The Highland Institute for Contemporary Art) was set up last August by two artists in the front room of their converted sheep farm near Loch Ness. It... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009
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A Moveable Feast @ SWG3
Outside the warehouse I could hear muffled music, which always makes me a little excited when entering a show I know nothing about. Emerging from the dark co... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
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LIFE IS OVER! If You Want It @ Cooper Gallery
LIFE IS OVER! If You Want It sees Tracey McKenna and Edwin Janssen use the exhibition as a space for discussion and reflection, staging various events and ta... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009 -
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RSA New Contemporaries 09
The RSA student show has been transformed beyond all recognition, and the much-anticipated reformatting was today unveiled, proving an emphatic success. Inst... Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
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Echo Residency: Pudding @ Collective
Pudding is the third and final instalment of Echo’s A LA CARTE residency at The Collective Gallery. The show features a selection of artists' films pr... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
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Sandy Smith & Alex Gross @ Collective
The image that has stuck in my head is that of a giant, undulating surface covered in a thick coat of multicoloured glitter. Somewhere between Joseph's tech... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009 -
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Charles Avery @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Charles Avery’s Islanders is an astonishingly good exhibition. ’Good’ is necessarily too facile a term: it is fascinating, entrancing, a tr... Read more »| 26 Jan 2009 -
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Urban Reflections @ Stills
Forget postcard images of glittering skyscrapers, iconic buildings and national monuments, the five artists in this exhibition portray a much grittier readin... Read more »| 26 Dec 2008 -
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Keep Calm and Carry On
This exhibition, featuring students from Edinburgh College of Art, never skips a beat, from Ross Christie’s amply stocked zine hut to Liam Crichton&rsq... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
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Two Alasdairs Retrospective
Apart from their name and the fact that they attended Glasgow School of Art, Alasdair Gray and Alasdair Taylor do not appear at first glance to have a lot in... Read more »| 16 Dec 2008