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Visual art and Issue 662

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Profusion of painting at 2010 Edinburgh Art Festival

Profusion of painting at 2010 Edinburgh Art Festival

Richard Wright, Joan Mitchell and Julie Roberts head up painting programme

4 Aug 2010

Painting has inspired some epic declarations over the years. In the 1960s Donald Judd declared the medium dead. In 2005 Young British Artist Damien Hirst advised people that they were more important than paintings. And this year, in light of the…

Prints of Darkness

Prints of Darkness

Playful compendium of new work exploring record cover art

(4 stars)29 Jul 2010

If a record is the ultimate mass-produced multiple, the mainstream music industry’s demise has seen a reclaiming of vinyl as a more bespoke medium whereby one work of art (musical) is packaged inside another (visual). This compendium lines up 13…

Sitting & Looking

Sitting & Looking

Innovative group show offers comfortable, close examination of 21st century objects

(3 stars)28 Jul 2010

At first glance you might be forgiven for thinking you have wandered into an upmarket furniture store. Upon closer inspection it becomes apparent that there are wonders here that far outweigh the trappings of consumerism. Taking a seat to peruse the…

Edinburgh Art Festival surrealist exhibition Another World leaves potential unfulfilled

Edinburgh Art Festival surrealist exhibition Another World leaves potential unfulfilled

Impressive, if surprisingly straightforward, collection of surrealist works

(3 stars)27 Jul 2010

For a source so rich in departures for radical flights of enquiry, this presentation of surrealist paintings, objects, journals and sculptures is alarmingly straightforward. By marrying a host of mesmerising works by the likes of Dali and Magritte to a…

William Wegman and Edward Weston mark City Art Centre reopening

William Wegman and Edward Weston mark City Art Centre reopening

EAF presents first major Scottish show from two great photographers

27 Jul 2010

Celebrating the reopening of the City Art Centre after a period of refurbishment are two photographic exhibitions by American artists: Edward Weston, one of the great classical photographers of the 20th century, and the contemporary photographer William…

Natura Sensus explores relationship between plants and people

Natura Sensus explores relationship between plants and people

Edinburgh-based 'Hortisculpturist’ Mairi Gillies at Art Festival

27 Jul 2010

5 words to describe your show at Atticsalt In the image of nature. 4 visual artists who should be better known than they currently are Jessica Harrison, Jock Mooney, Stuart MaCaffer and Rabiya Choudhry. 3 shows in this year’s Edinburgh Art…

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