Art
The Skinny art guide. We bring you the latest in emerging artists, art exhibition previews, reviews, interviews, and features. Find out the latest art news for Scotland with our news columns, and view emerging artists' portfolios in our monthly Showcase.
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Reviews
Kirsty Whiten - Votive Icons
A trompe l'oeil image of fingers penetrating what look likes a vagina which also looks a wee bit like an elephant Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Elaine Woo
Intense, focused meditations on portraiture Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
Features
Shrigley
I quite enjoy poems. I never studied poetry or anything like that, because I went to art school. Any idiot can go to art school. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
News
Fizzers
Ian Rankin wondered why we made him look so grumpy but then conceded that he never smiles in photographs. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Paul Carter - I2XU
Suburban Guerilla' is the kind of document Rick from The Young Ones might have put together if he was a real person. Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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After the War
The inclusion of frankly decorative works mars what could have been a fascinating show Read more »| 16 Apr 2006
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Fred Sandback
It is this capacity to trigger a new way of looking that makes these works valuable Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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David Julian Leonard
intelligent snapshots into Western culture Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
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Katy Dove
we get the sense that we are witnessing some kind of organic process, a slow-paced biological dance both alien and strangely familiar Read more »| 16 Apr 2006 -
News
The Aspect Prize
Supporting the current rage for painting, the Aspect Prize is an extraordinarily generous prize that offers fifteen thousand pounds for the winner and five t... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Reviews
Julian Goethe - Beams Are Gonna Find Me - Sorcha Dallas
Described as 'post-functional' interior design, Goethe's work employs found objects and mirrors to make objects that resemble a baroque take on minimalism. W... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
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Luke Fowler- The Modern Institute
A homecoming for the globetrotting wunderkind, Fowler's exhibition at the gallery that represents him sees a showing of his film 'Pilgrimage from Scattered P... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Reviews
Ant Farm - The Lighthouse
Famous for staging media events, which take their form from a synthesis of sixties-style happenings and staged televisual events, Ant Farm commented upon a m... Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Interviews
Interview with David Trujillo-Farley
In terms of getting things done, I see a lot of possibilities Read more »| 17 Mar 2006 -
Interviews
Wrought, Raised 'n' Forged
The works are to a certain extent concept-driven yet combine this with a quality of workmanship rarely seen in contemporary Scottish galleries Read more »| 17 Mar 2006