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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ReviewsThey Had Four Years @ Generator
They Had Four Years, the annual exhibition of Duncan of Jordanstone graduates a year on from qualification, has by now established itself as a hardy perennia... Read more »| 04 Jun 2009 -
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Re-make
The title of the exhibition is somewhat hammered home: the works are re-made, re-represented and re-visited from pieces the artists made at college; the spac... Read more »| 05 May 2009 -
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Francesca Woodman @ Ingleby Gallery
Posthumous 1986 touring exhibition ‘Francesca Woodman, Photographic Work’ marked the first point of widespread public awareness for the work of t... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsEdwyn Collins - Wildlife 1
When former Orange Juice man Edwyn Collins was hospitalised in 2005 following a major cerebral haemorrhage, his family were initially told to brace themselve... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009 -
ReviewsBruce Nauman @ Tramway
There is an exploratory element to Nauman's works which is exploited in this exhibition, with a particular interest in process becoming apparent. His work Ra... Read more »| 23 Apr 2009 -
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Mass Damper @ Generator Projects
At the centre of George Henry Longly’s show Mass Damper, in the middle of a darkened gallery, a snake eats a mouse on an endless loop. The DVD is shot ... Read more »| 13 Apr 2009
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Hayley Tompkins: Autobuilding
The shells of old mobile phones guard the entrance and exit of Hayley Tompkins' first solo show in Scotland, transforming Inverleith House into a silent, tum... Read more »| 01 Apr 2009 -
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Craig Barrowman: Castlegate @ Peacock Visual Arts
The historic Aberdeen neighbourhood of the Castlegate is examined by a local artist Read more »| 27 Mar 2009 -
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Moult-in @ Duncan of Jordanstone
Two recent graduates of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone, Lauren Gault and Ashley Nieuwenhuizen, have combined in an ambitious reference of allegorical lite... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
ReviewsRichard Couzins: Free Speech Bubble
HICA (The Highland Institute for Contemporary Art) was set up last August by two artists in the front room of their converted sheep farm near Loch Ness. It... Read more »| 26 Mar 2009 -
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A Moveable Feast @ SWG3
Outside the warehouse I could hear muffled music, which always makes me a little excited when entering a show I know nothing about. Emerging from the dark co... Read more »| 24 Feb 2009 -
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LIFE IS OVER! If You Want It @ Cooper Gallery
LIFE IS OVER! If You Want It sees Tracey McKenna and Edwin Janssen use the exhibition as a space for discussion and reflection, staging various events and ta... Read more »| 23 Feb 2009 -
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RSA New Contemporaries 09
The RSA student show has been transformed beyond all recognition, and the much-anticipated reformatting was today unveiled, proving an emphatic success. Inst... Read more »| 13 Feb 2009 -
ReviewsEcho Residency: Pudding @ Collective
Pudding is the third and final instalment of Echo’s A LA CARTE residency at The Collective Gallery. The show features a selection of artists' films pr... Read more »| 30 Jan 2009 -
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Sandy Smith & Alex Gross @ Collective
The image that has stuck in my head is that of a giant, undulating surface covered in a thick coat of multicoloured glitter. Somewhere between Joseph's tech... Read more »| 27 Jan 2009