Visual Arts One more week of David Lemm’s exhibition Debris and Phenomena, at Edinburgh Printmakers. Lemm completed an artist residency on the Isle of Eigg, which explored the role of maps in society, storytelling through map making and maps being used as … David Lemm : Debris and Phenomena
Visual Arts Artist and musician Tim Vincent-Smith presents a series of works and experiments during his Sound Shape residency, as he explores aspects of shape and sound at St.Margaret’s House. Pieces of work include a piano ‘cube’ constructed from three upright pianos … Tim Vincent-Smith : Sound Shape
Visual Arts Sardinian artist Michele Ciacciofera introduces his current Summerhall exhibition, I Hate The Indifferent. The site-specific exhibition features paintings, installation and sculpture, and takes its name from a speech the Italian politician Antonio Gramsci made. I Hate The Indifferent is on … Michele Ciacciofera : I Hate The Indifferent
Visual Arts It Surrounds Me – Part 2 is a continuation of work first started on a residency in Thailand, by artist jeweller, Fiona Hermse. Her initial focus was to create work that reflected the natural elements of her surroundings on the … Fiona Hermse : It Surrounds Me – Part 2
Visual Arts There’s only one week left to see The Lighthouse’s exhibition, Empowerment, which looks at the progress of Humanitarian architecture organisation Orkidstudio, and the work that it has carried out in the developing world over the last few years. The company aims … James Mitchell : Empowerment
Visual Arts ART 101 is a YouTube channel created by artist Ben Robinson, in response to the UK government’s decision to cut funding for arts education. Along with artist Morgan Cahn and editor Andrew Maclean, Robinson is currently involved in creating a … Ben Robinson : ART 101
Visual Arts Michele Ciacciofera, whose current exhibition ‘I Hate the Indifferent’ is currently on at Summerhall, in conversation with Robert McDowell and Richard Demarco. The exhibition runs from December 2014 to April 2015 in Summerhall’s Church Galleries. Michele Ciacciofera : In Conversation
Visual Arts Man + Machine presents a series of Leith-born Eduardo Paolozzi’s maquettes, depicting his obsession with the relationship between mankind and technology. After attending classes at the Edinburgh College of Art he went on to shape a considerable career teaching sculpture … Eduardo Paolozzi : Man + Machine
Visual Arts Last chance to catch film and moving image art works by Emma Charles, Rose English and Abri de Swardt in Cooper Gallery’s Men Gather, In Speech. The exhibition is a nod to Hannah Arendt’s proposition of ‘the space of appearance’ and offers a … Sophia Hao and Rose English : Men Gather, In Speech…
Visual Arts From the Personal to the Universal, a major retrospective of work by artist Alasdair Gray, is on for one more week at the Kelvingrove Gallery. The exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the many stages of Gray’s artistic … Alasdair Gray : From the Personal to the Universal
Visual Arts It’s the final week of Fallen, an exhibition of photographer Don McCullin’s works, currently on at Shetland Museum & Archives and Bonhoga Gallery. Fallen is the first showing of McCullin’s work by ARTIST ROOMS, the collection of modern and contemporary art acquired … Don McCullin : Fallen
Visual Arts Generator Projects presents the annual members show, which offers members a chance to showcase their work to the public. The project puts out an open call for work, with no particular theme, allowing members the freedom to submit a piece … Alison Scott : Generator Projects Members Show 2015
Visual Arts As part of the Edinburgh Iranian Festival, Perception exhibits the work of Iranian and non-Iranian artists inspired by Iran, in a variety of media. The international open call for submissions drew in work from 250 artists, which a panel of … Anna Montazam : Perception
Visual Arts Fun A Day Dundee encourages people to create something every day throughout the month of January. Originating in America, artist Morgan Cahn brought it over to Dundee in 2011 and it’s been going ever since. Creations can be in any … Hazel Saunderson : Fun A Day Dundee 2015
Visual Arts Participants of the Merz Barn Project discuss the future developments and plans for the Cylinders Estate, which includes developing the Merz Barn buildings and woodland in the garden-ground, first developed by Harry Pierce, in the 1940s. The Elterwater Merz Barn … The Merz Barn Project
Visual Arts Curator Sarah Cook introduces LifeSpace’s newest exhibition Material Concerns, which explores the issues surrounding the use of human tissue within research, medical experiments and training. Gina Czarnecki, David Connearn, Carolee Schneemann, Verena Friedrich and Alec Finlay, present pieces of work … Material Concerns
Visual Arts Artist Tom Carlile presents Fractures, an exhibition exploring the ongoing child abuse investigation, Operation Yewtree. Combining sculpture, video work and drawing, Carlile aims to investigate the victims, the presentation of the investigation, and the sense of social desensitisation to the … Tom Carlile : Fractures
Visual Arts Canadian artist Stan Douglas presents a series of photographs and prints taken from his films, including Der Sandman, up to the just-completed The Second Hotel Vancouver, at the Fruitmarket Gallery. This solo exhibition showcases the work Douglas undertakes to explore themes … Stan Douglas
Visual Arts Coming into its final week at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Christopher Orr’s selection of new and recent paintings for his exhibition ‘The Beguiled Eye’. Orr draws inspiration from a range of source material and visual appropriation such as clips from … Christopher Orr : The Beguiled Eye
Visual Arts Coming into its final week on show, Futureproof is an annual showcase of new photographic talent selected from Scotland’s photographic and fine art degree courses. Work comes from Edinburgh College of Art, Glasgow School of Art, University of the West … Malcolm Dickson : Futureproof 2014
Visual Arts Programme Curator for Suttie Arts Space, Fraser MacDonald, discusses the work of Grampian Hospital Arts Trust, which has been working for 30 years to bring art into the hospital. Featuring a mix of traditional and contemporary styles of work, the … Fraser MacDonald : Grampian Hospital Arts Trust
Visual Arts Edward Welch, Director of the Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture introduces the archive of photographer George Washington Wilson and the contemporary work of the Visual Culture Aberdeen blog. Photographs courtesy of the University of Aberdeen. Edward Welch : George Washington Wilson
Visual Arts Same Same But Different is a group exhibition featuring the work of artists Lotte Glob, Oliver Laric and Stephanie Mann. The three artists work in very different media, but all share the theme of repetition within their work, whether it … The Suttie Arts Space : Same Same But Different
Visual Arts Photographers Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska discuss their work in January’s Talk See Photography event, held at CCA. Both photographers work with analogue technology, Dolewska incorporating found imagery with new photographs, creating a dialogue between pictures and exploring the various … Catherine Cameron and Jolanta Dolewska : Talk See Photography
Visual Arts In collaboration with Art Fund International & Hayward Touring, Glasgow’s GoMA is one of five UK galleries and museums that will be showing a range of works by international artists. Acquired through the Art Fund scheme, the collection will feature … Martin Craig : Art From Elsewhere
Visual Arts Artist William Latham introduces his show Mutator 2, which displays early drawings and an interactive projection work involving three projections that visitors interact with via touchscreen to morph and mutate forms. The software used is modelled on evolution. Mutator 2 … William Latham : Mutator 2
Visual Arts Lesley-Anne Lettice introduces Kirkcaldy Galleries’ collection of watercolours and drawings, featuring works by the likes of Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir William Gillies, Frances Walker and many more. Due to the delicate nature of the works they aren’t shown as often as … Lesley-Anne Lettice : Into The Light
Visual Arts Warburton Gallery presents ‘Edgelands’, a new exhibition of work from artists Paul Martin and Idris Murphy. The exhibition came out of a conversation they had in Australia, where they discovered that they shared similar references and inspirations. Although each painter … Paul Martin : Edgelands
Visual Arts Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews presents her exhibition, Shot at Dawn, which explores the sites where British, French and Belgian troops were shot for cowardice and desertion between 1914 and 1918. Chloe Dewe Mathews : Shot at Dawn This project was conducted … Chloe Dewe Mathews : Shot at Dawn
Visual Arts Curator Graham Domke introduces the work of American artist, Jim Campbell. Indirect Imaging is the first ever UK solo exhibition of his work, and he presents a series of light sculptures derived from simple films – birds in flight or … Jim Campbell : Indirect Imaging
