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.
-
ReviewsCollections Show @ Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, until 18 Jan
Blackpool is a town known for its knickknack shops and bizarre paraphernalia, something that the latest exhibition at the Grundy Art Gallery is fully embraci... Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
ReviewsTime & Motion: Redefining Working Life @ FACT Liverpool, until 9 Mar
Under strip lights, a group of young people in blue overalls solder wires and pass plastic components along a conveyor belt. But these Chinese workers aren't... Read more »| 23 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsHisachika Takahashi: Antwerp 1967/Brussels 2013/Liverpool 2013 @ LJMU Exhibition Research Centre, Liverpool
Glow-in-the-dark artwork seen under UV light is something usually associated with a trip to your local Laser Quest, but, in a unique exhibition experience, t... Read more »| 20 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Emily Shepherd @ WASPS, Hanson Street, until 10 Jan
Un-discovery is the thematic basis for Emily Shepherd’s ambitious new solo show at Hanson Street; a confluence of seemingly disparate events, it plays ... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
ReviewsMan of the Year @ CCA, until 26 Jan
Man of the Year at CCA brings together two excellent video artists: Glasgow-based Henry Coombes – perhaps one of the most interesting artists working i... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Sonica 2013: Whispers @ Tramway
The title Whispers suggests a calmness and quietness that is to be found in Rob van Rijswijk and Jeroen Strijbos' sculptural installation at Sonica. The soun... Read more »| 06 Dec 2013
-
ReviewsLouise Bourgeois @ Fruitmarket, until 23 Feb
220 framed paper-works hang side by side on the ground floor of the Fruitmarket. This intense collection from Louise Bourgeois’ Insomnia Drawings forms... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Dennis Reinmüller @ Summerhall, until 22 Nov
Seinfeld, the TV sitcom based loosely on the ‘real’ lives of its writers is often cited as ‘a show about nothing.’ Dennis J. Reinm&uu... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Reviews
Witches and Wicked Bodies @ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Witches and Wicked Bodies is an incredible exhibition that showcases the evolution of the witch, through five hundred years of artistic expression. Drawings,... Read more »| 22 Nov 2013 -
Reviews
Sonica 2013: Picture Window
In November, as part of Sonica, shop fronts in Glasgow became impromptu gallery spaces for the public art project Picture Window. Five venues welcomed a rang... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
Reviews
Bedwyr Williams @ Welsh Pavilion, Venice Biennale
There’s something eccentrically humungous about the garden observatory cum shed that's been ceremoniously dropped into a small Venetian chapel by W... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
Reviews
With: @ Rogue Studios, Manchester
From artists Nicola Dale, Julie Del’Hopital, Annie Harrison, Sarah Sanders, Jenny Steele and Jacqueline Wylie, With: is the result of a series of discu... Read more »| 31 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Ahmed & Carpenter: Aversion Management @ Rogue Artists' Studios & Project Space, Manchester, until 6 Oct
Loss aversion theory and target-based pay scales are more akin to a sales environment than a gallery, but, for Aversion Management, Ahmed & Carpenter hav... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Plan for a Ruin @ Islington Mill, Salford, until 9 Nov
Islington Mill’s fifth floor is vast and doesn’t conform to traditional notions of gallery space. Windows are boarded up in preparation for the e... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013 -
Reviews
Jeremy Deller: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 19 Jan
Like the lines of a family tree, Jeremy Deller uses artworks, objects and historical accounts to create a personal view of the cultural, sociological and tec... Read more »| 29 Oct 2013