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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ReviewsRaqib Shaw @ Manchester Art Gallery, until 26 May
The Manchester Art Gallery has, since Valentine’s Day, been host to that which lurks in the murky depths of the human unconscious – in a collecti... Read more »| 01 May 2013 -
ReviewsJames McLardy @ The Royal Standard, until 28 Apr
James McLardy: White Teeth in the Planetarium @ The Royal Standard, Liverpool Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
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Cough em if they can't take a choke @ Verge
What do you get when two Scotsmen, a Mexican and a Welsh woman spend three weeks together in a gallery space in Govan? Well, a pretty good show, actually. Th... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
ReviewsNicolas Party @ The Modern Institute, until 8 May
In one of the still lifes alluded to in the misleadingly sober title of Nicolas Party’s solo show, Still Life oil paintings and Landscape watercolours,... Read more »| 19 Apr 2013 -
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Mick Peter @ SWG3, until 27 Apr
Mick Peter takes a certain hard-line approach to making art that has its origin in 20th Century experimental literature. A fan of novelist and poet B.S. John... Read more »| 02 Apr 2013 -
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Threshold Festival, 7-11 Mar
Hidden between the wood warehouses of Jamaica Street and Greenland Street, Liverpool's Baltic Triangle plays host to Threshold, back for its third year for t... Read more »| 25 Mar 2013
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Jennifer Moon @ Transmission, until 27 Apr
Unlike her domineering portrait suggests, Jennifer Moon is mild, almost apologetic, in person. As she explains her theories on the unifying potential of love... Read more »| 18 Mar 2013 -
ReviewsInterzone @ The Whisky Bond
It’s over 56 years since the dissolution of the Tangier International Zone, an entity immortalised by no end of bad spy movies and impenetrable, soul-s... Read more »| 08 Mar 2013 -
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Nick Evans @ Tramway, until 31 March
Nick Evans takes on Tramway 2 with panache in this ambitious exhibition of new sculpture. It’s an astounding show that ticks every box, from exciting c... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
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Benedict Drew @ Rhubaba, until 17 March
In this trademark video installation by Benedict Drew we are confronted with a rubber mask pulsating in a paroxysm of claustrophobic disillusionment with con... Read more »| 07 Mar 2013 -
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Jutta Koether @ DCA, until 21 April
Contemporary German artist Jutta Koether and French classicist Nicolas Poussin may seem an unlikely combination – Poussin’s classical style and e... Read more »| 01 Mar 2013 -
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Lauren Gault @ Tramway, until 24 February
The title’s reference to ensilage may conjure images of coarse, rugged agriculture, but Gault’s show in Tramway 5 is exquisitely sleek, pristine ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
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Ross Fraser McLean @ Diaosu
Diaosu Limited inhabits a small shop front in Dundee’s Hilltown, hosting a variety of art and community projects. Its current venture in this somewhat ... Read more »| 13 Feb 2013 -
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Massimo Bartolini @ Fruitmarket, until 14 April
Divided across two floors, an interesting dichotomy of a show presents a decisive split between Bartolini’s renowned immersive works and his quiet stud... Read more »| 11 Feb 2013 -
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Oliver Braid @ Intermedia
Despite the playful nature of its titular reference to Pokémon, Oliver Braid’s latest exhibition, Snorlax Beanbag, is an almost antisocial affai... Read more »| 08 Feb 2013