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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ReviewsOlivia Plender @ CCA
Showing at CCA, the third and final installment of Olivia Plender’s show Rise Early, Be Industrious, utilises drawing, installation and historical... Read more »| 17 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsDieter Roth @ Fruitmarket Gallery
“Dieter was heavy on collecting everything and including everything,” begins Björn Roth in a video accompaniment to his father’s colle... Read more »| 15 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsScotland + Venice: Critical Dialogues
What is a fallow year for Venice Art Biennale is the big blowout for the architecture world. But as you might expect, the work on show at the 13th Internatio... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsSemi @ Rhubaba
It is a brave move to introduce an exhibition by quoting from Shelley's Ozymandias - ''Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!'' – but there is nothi... Read more »| 11 Oct 2012 -
ReviewsDashnDem & Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen @ DCA
DashnDem’s Imagine Being a World Leader adorns Gallery 1 of the DCA with all the artifice of the political Summit; a red carpet, the backdrop of a stat... Read more »| 08 Oct 2012 -
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Rembrandt and the Passion @ Hunterian Museum
The name 'Rembrandt' conjures up the kind of obvious and indisputable sense of quality that's often deliberately missing from contemporary art – art cr... Read more »| 25 Sep 2012
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James McLardy @ The Duchy
James McLardy’s sculptures at The Duchy Gallery in Glasgow are familiar in shape, if not in scale. They resemble pieces of architecture or monuments. O... Read more »| 10 Sep 2012 -
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Studio 58 @ Mackintosh Gallery
It’s no wonder that the exhibition Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow since World War II is crowded. There have been a lot of women making art in Scot... Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
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Bobby Niven @ SWG3
Bobby Niven has made some art about the uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth called Inchgarvie. Once a holiday retreat for sufferers of syphilis in the l... Read more »| 26 Jul 2012 -
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Infinite Jest @ DCA
The word 'epic' was at one time used in the context of a film or poem, but these days it’s an adjective for anything, what the Urban Dictionary descr... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
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Lis Rhodes @ Tramway
Just seven works represent Lis Rhodes’ forty-year career in the exhibition Dissonance and Disturbance at Tramway, on tour from ICA, London. Rhodes&rsqu... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
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Teresa Margolles @ GSS, 8 May-30 Jun
One of Mexico’s foremost artists, Teresa Margolles’ show at Glasgow Sculpture Studios concludes her five-month residency in the city. Ciudad Ju&a... Read more »| 30 May 2012 -
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They Had Four Years @ Generator Projects, 19 May-10 Jun
Every year, Generator Projects in Dundee showcases emerging talent from art schools across Scotland. Hand-picked by the gallery’s committee, the select... Read more »| 30 May 2012 -
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The Making of Us @ Tramway
A collaboration between theatre director Graham Eatough and artist Graham Fagan, working alongside director of photography Michael McDonough, The Making of U... Read more »| 30 Apr 2012 -
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Rob Kennedy @ CCA
Is there anything to do here, is there anything to see? The title of Rob Kennedy’s show might be the cry of his audience – tentative, impatient &... Read more »| 24 Apr 2012