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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ReviewsHarun Farocki @ CCA
There were a few who thought the CCA a lost cause. A series of obscure shows that persistently fell short of what Glasgow’s foremost contemporary art i... Read more »| 21 Feb 2011 -
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August Sander @ The Dean Gallery
Not content with just one exhibition of great German art in Edinburgh – that of Rosmarie Trockel at the Talbot Rice Gallery – The Dean Gallery pr... Read more »| 18 Feb 2011 -
ReviewsRosemarie Trockel @ Talbot Rice
Talbot Rice Gallery eschews Rosemarie Trockel's multi-faceted work in film, sculpture and painting and begins with a meticulous survey of her considerable us... Read more »| 03 Feb 2011 -
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SALONVERT @ Embassy, Until 30 Jan
‘Eclectic’ is an apt description of SALONVERT at the Embassy. Like all members shows, it offers an array of medium and messages. Oil paintings, d... Read more »| 28 Jan 2011 -
ReviewsHannah James @ Rhubaba
Hannah James’s work functions beneath a guise of opacity. Her oeuvre consists of deliberately bad camera angles and hazy images. The past year of her p... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011 -
ReviewsWindow to the West: The Rediscovery of Highland Art @ City Art Centre
Installing a contemporary art exhibition that self-professedly aims to “rediscover highland art” is certainly a risky strategy. After all, when s... Read more »| 27 Jan 2011
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John Goto @ Edinburgh Printmakers
John Goto’s exhibition at the Edinburgh Printmakers may be small but it certainly evokes an intense response from the viewer. His collection of Mosaic... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
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Living Today @ Mackintosh Gallery, GSA
Sporting a title of almost limitless possibility, the group show Living Today at the Mackintosh Museum assembles works by contemporary artists who explore as... Read more »| 26 Jan 2011 -
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Dirk Bell @ The Modern Institute
What starts with a bitten apple, is followed by a star, proclamations of freedom, love and freelove? Apparently, not just the Bible but also Dirk Bell's new ... Read more »| 25 Jan 2011 -
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Clusterbomb @ Patriothall Gallery
Notwithstanding the occasional guidebook erroneously, and rather hilariously, describing Stockbridge as ‘bohemian’, it’s probably fair to s... Read more »| 20 Jan 2011 -
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Artur Zmijewski: Democracies @ Tramway
Set against a backdrop of nationwide public concern over government funding cuts, and a heightened political engagement within the art world, Artur Zmijewski... Read more »| 19 Jan 2011 -
ReviewsMichael White – So Miami!! @ The Duchy Gallery
When is a lumpy plaster erection falsely elevated by a platform a challenge to the edifice of penis as phallic signifier, and when is it just another cock? ... Read more »| 11 Jan 2011 -
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A Little Bit of Magic Realised: Susan Derges and Garry Fabian Miller @ Ingleby Gallery
In the words of photographer Matt Hardy, "Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograp... Read more »| 11 Jan 2011 -
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Min Angel @ Corn Exchange Gallery
Exploring the grey areas of life, language and perception through a mixure of drawings, sculpture and collage, artist Min Angel delves into the art of making... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011 -
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Ellie Harrison @ Market Gallery
Looking through the wide windows of Duke Street’s Market Gallery the interior more resembles a shop window display than an art exhibition. The main att... Read more »| 07 Jan 2011