Visual art, Issue 616

Gerhard Richter

Man for all seasons

When Sonic Youth toured their 1988 Daydream Nation album in 2007 on the back of the same year's two-CD deluxe edition of what had originally been the New York art rock pioneers' final independent release, the original LP cover art was probably the last…

Alex Frost: Compassion Fatigue

The packaging from healthy breakfast cereals, eye drops, tooth polish and intensive moisturising lotion may not sound like promising subject matter for contemporary art, but Alex Frost's excellent new exhibition consists of works based on just these…

Monika Sosnowska

While Polish artist Monika Sosnowska's architecturally-concerned works can often be playful in tone, the pieces on display here are masked by a kind of bleak austerity. In this regard, Sosnowska has taken inspiration from her home city of Krakow, and in…

Langlands & Bell: Films and Animations 1978-2008

Reflecting on Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell's joint career since first collaborating at Middlesex Polytechnic in the 1970s, this show tracks a continuing assessment of visual culture in the moving image, from Super-8 film to digital…

Matthew Smith

It seems as though Mary Mary has executed a bit of a coup by getting Matthew Smith's work to Scotland for this new exhibition. Smith's CV includes solo shows at cutting-edge galleries such as White Columns and Rivington Arms in New York, and he was…

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Autoconstrucción

Abraham Cruzvillegas creates work that reflects his upbringing in Ajusco, a district of Mexico City developed by migrants from the countryside attracted to work in the city's building trade, who used their knowledge to collaboratively construct their…

Ruth Claxton: Postcards

Rightly celebrated for her touring large-scale installation, Lands End, Claxton's presentation of nine small postcards at the Ingleby Gallery sadly disappoints compared to that sprawling installation of delightfully kitsch figures arranged atop dazzling…

Good Teeth

The new Glasgow Scupture Studios premises in Kelvinhaugh Street launches with a large-scale sculptural installation by Beagles & Ramsay, who are undertaking a three-month production residency at the venue. Good Teeth draws on the artists' recurring use…