Visual art, Issue 696
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Karla Black
25 Apr 2012
'Giant tiramisu' is breathtaking and ludicrous in equal measure
Between Karla Black’s work and its viewer, the tension is unbearable. Rarely can inert sculptural work have exerted such a gravitational pull upon its audience, and the effect of ‘art vertigo’ it inspires just can’t be understood unless it’s seen live.
Teresa Margolles
25 Apr 2012
Photographic archive of the now decaying Mexican border town
Life’s a riot in Teresa Margolles’ work for Glasgow Sculpture Studios’ new space in Glasgow’s old whisky bond building, which sources a photographic archive of the now decaying Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez alongside a new piece mined from…
The Magical World of Mackintosh makes the famed designer accessible to kids
26 Apr 2012
The architect is the subject of a Festival of Museums activity day
It went from a place of learning, to a place to learn about learning – but whatever its use, the brilliance of its architect shines through. Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904, Scotland Street School Museum has many of its creator’s signature…
Jeremy Deller: Sacrilege
25 Apr 2012
Stonehenge reimagined as a bouncy castle celebrates creative power of play
If you’re feeling down in the dumps, there are few things more rejuvenating than jumping up and down like an idiot for a few minutes. If you can do so without bursting out laughing like an even bigger loon, chances are you’re dead. As a child of the…
Lorna Macintyre: Midnight Scenes & Other Works
25 Apr 2012
Intriguing and apparently unrelated pieces across various media
An exhibition which speaks most eloquently only when its creator’s intentions have been read and understood, Midnight Scenes & Other Works at first appears to be a series of intriguing but unrelated pieces across various media. There’s a video work…
Emory Douglas: Seize the Time
25 Apr 2012
Imagery of Black Panther party’s minister for culture still high in insurrectionary power
The imagery of the Black Panther party’s first and only minister for culture has lost none of its insurrectionary power over the last half-century. At a time when the Arab Spring and Occupy movements have reintroduced a generation to often violent…
Wolfgang Tillmans
25 Apr 2012
Visually stunning and technically excellent mix of photographic works
Wolfgang Tillmans’ new installation at the Common Guild is composed of an eclectic mix of photographic works, both visually stunning and technically excellent, with a disconcerting disregard for continuity of imagery. This diverse collection includes…
Folkert De Jong: The Immortals
25 Apr 2012
Dutch artist references Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh
A gaudily attired couple sit astride some scaffolding watching the debris-ridden legacy of the best minds of their generation. Or at least that’s the sense you get of Dutch artist Folkert De Jong’s site-specific sculptural intervention, which looks to…
Richard Wright: Works on Paper
25 Apr 2012
Small and delicate lesser-known works are enigmatic and unassuming
Buried in the back corner of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Richard Wright exhibits some of his lesser-known works on paper. They are unassuming, enigmatic and predominantly abstract as with most of Wright’s work. However, in contrast to his more usual…
New Print Generation
17 Apr 2012
Edinburgh Printmakers exhibition featuring Rachel Maclean, Patrizio Belcampo and Lyndsay Gauld
Just in time for Degree Show season, Edinburgh Printmakers has chosen to hold its own mini student exhibition – a selection of emerging graduates from the four major colleges who use printmaking techniques as the basis for their work. As with every…
