Visual art, Issue 682
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Nina Rhode: Friendly Fire / Cara Tolmie: Read Thou Art And Read Thou Shalt Remain
23 Jun 2011
Mixed media from Glasgow and Berlin
If the world is a circle without a beginning and nobody knows where it really ends (‘laa-la-laaa-la’), as a zenned-out Hal David once wrote to a Burt Bacharach choon, then both Nina Rhode and Cara Tolmie’s worlds seem to be on a permanent loop in these…
Edinburgh Art Festival 2011 highlights
1 Jul 2011
David Mach, Tamsyn Challenger and Anish Kapoor among picks
David Mach. Explosive and daring exhibition of large-scale collage and sculpture works inspired by and confronting the narratives of the Bible on the 400th anniversary of the publication of the highly influential King James version. 400 Women. A…
You Seem The Same As Always
23 Jun 2011
Group show of work based on the human hand
In 1966 Yvonne Rainer made her first film, ‘Hand Movie’, while her body was confined to a hospital bed and unable to dance. She used only her right hand, each finger itself a performer moving gracefully. Since then a number of artists have captured the…
Central Station: Lesley Barnes
23 Jun 2011
Profile on the former Glasgow uni and GSA student
Lesley Studied Film and English at Glasgow University before attending Glasgow School of Art to study 2D/3D Motion Graphics. Lesley’s graduation film Herzog and the Monsters has shown in competition at film festivals all over the world and has won a…
Thomas Houseago: The Beat of the Show
14 Jun 2011
Sculptures that 'suggest a society getting back to basics'
The relationship between the title of the first museum-based show by Leeds-born sculptor Houseago and the work itself may not be immediately apparent. It’s taken from Transmission, the urgent post-punk anthem released in 1979 by Joy Division, who…
Nina Rhode: Friendly Fire / Cara Tolmie: Read thou Art And Read Thou Shalt Remain
14 Jun 2011
Two art films from a Berliner and a Glasweigan
If the world is a circle without a beginning and nobody knows where it really ends (‘laa-la-laaa-la’), as a zenned-out Hal David once wrote to a Burt Bacharach choon, then both Nina Rhode and Cara Tolmie’s worlds seem to be on a permanent loop in these…
Michelle Hannah: Who Wants to Live Forever
14 Jun 2011
Prints and paintings based on Highlander film and Queen soundtrack
Can God create a rock so heavy that even God himself cannot lift it? If so, then the rock is now unliftable, limiting God’s power. But if not, then God is not omnipotent because he cannot create that rock. The work of Michelle Hannah is concerned…
Cryptic Nights: Inhabitants
14 Jun 2011
A one-off fusion of live contemporary dance performance
Fresh from performing in Geneva as part of the International Mapping Festival, one of Scotland’s most innovative companies presents a one-off fusion of live contemporary dance performance, sound and film as part of Cryptic Nights. Inhabitants is…
