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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ReviewsThe Turner Prize @ Baltic
The Turner Prize exhibition is in the Baltic this year and features Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw. Read more »| 23 Nov 2011 -
ReviewsLost Lake, Chalk Burst @ Generator Projects
At once poetic and arbitrary, Lost Lake, Chalk Burst is named after two colours of Dulux paint. The title would seem to cutely explore the gap between art an... Read more »| 22 Nov 2011 -
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Against Anti-Intellectualism @ SWG3
On the exhibition’s poster is written its title in block capital letters in black tape. Its visceral nature little correlates with what one imagi... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011 -
ReviewsWarp And Woof @ CCA
Artists Anna Barham (London) and Bea Mahon (Dublin) show together for the first time at CCA’s exhibition Warp and Woof. Both originally studied mathema... Read more »| 24 Oct 2011 -
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Christian Newby @ Transmission
A large-scale, intensely patterned marbled-ink drawing decorates a freestanding wall in Transmission’s basement space. It’s stunning and compelli... Read more »| 19 Sep 2011 -
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Ruth Ewan @ DCA
Where art meets history may be the most appropriate way to summarise Ruth Ewan’s enlightening and often wonderfully nostalgic collection of objects, in... Read more »| 01 Sep 2011
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Peles Empire @ Sierra Metro
Not often do you see contemporary art and marvel at its opulence – artists today are an ascetic bunch. Peles Empire, the ongoing project by Katharina S... Read more »| 29 Aug 2011 -
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The Indirect Exchange of Uncertain Value @ Fettes College
There’s a snippet of academic art speak that can still bring me out in hives five years after graduating from Glasgow School of Art. The context is hal... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
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Ingrid Calame @ Fruitmarket Gallery
Unfortunately, identifiable with a style of modernism appropriated by every homeware store, you could be excused for thinking you’ve seen it all before... Read more »| 23 Aug 2011 -
ReviewsSMILE @ Embassy
A spaced-out cosmic bliss suffuses much of the work at the Embassy’s new show. Channelling the spirits of Sienna Miller and the 21st century satirist M... Read more »| 17 Aug 2011 -
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David Mach @ City Art Centre
The city has found God, or rather David Mach has found him, and decorated the City Art Centre with his image. Mach’s show Precious Light – unmist... Read more »| 16 Aug 2011 -
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National Museum of Scotland Reopens
It was a scene that would have had Jeff Goldblum’s heart racing. A little after 9am, on a temperate Friday morning in Edinburgh, a Tyrannosaurus Rex ca... Read more »| 04 Aug 2011 -
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Nina Rhode: Friendly Fire / Cara Tolmie: Read Thou Art And Read Thou Shalt Remain @ DCA until 31 July
Dynamic, multi disciplinary installations unite the work of Glasgow born Cara Tolmie and Berlin based Nina Rhode in this intriguing pair of solo exhibitions ... Read more »| 04 Jul 2011 -
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British Art Show 7: It’s Time
The British Art Show is sprawling across Glasgow with more art than you can shake a stick at. The Skinny finds it operates across time as well as space Read more »| 27 Jun 2011 -
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Cara Tolmie @ DCA
Cara Tolmie's new show at DCA, Read Thou Art and Read Thou Shalt Remain, marks a welcome return to Dundee after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone in 2005. Ben Robinson catches up with the artist to discuss what it's all about Read more »| 25 May 2011