Visual art, Issue 698
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Interview: Craig Coulthard on Forest Pitch
25 Jun 2012
The football pitch will be planted in the Borders and allowed to grow naturally
This July artist Craig Coulthard will create a working football ground deep within the Scottish Borders as part of Forest Pitch, a hotly anticipated commission for the Cultural Olympiad. Here he tells The List what to expect Where did the idea for the…
Exhibition documents women artists in Glasgow since World War II
25 Jun 2012
Sarah Lowndes on curating exhibition of female artists
Curator Sarah Lowndes discusses an exhibition and publication examining the period between World War II and the present when women artists have been at the forefront of Glasgow’s art scene
A Parliament of Lines
25 Jun 2012
Group show includes work by David Shrigley, Callum Innes and Charles Avery
This group show curated by Euan Gray explores the very definition of drawing and its boundaries with other disciplines, successfully bringing together a diverse body of work by 15 contemporary artists connected to Scotland. Works by artists including…
Edinburgh Annuale 2012
20 Jun 2012
Essential showcase of city's independent artistic infrastructure
In terms of how art happens at a grassroots level, both Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government are as clueless as each other. The importance of Edinburgh Annuale to the city’s independent artistic infrastructure, on the other hand, cannot be…
Lotte Gertz: New Work
14 Jun 2012
Hand stitched canvases give value to these paintings
New Work by Lotte Gertz is a surprisingly beautiful, yet unassuming exhibition. Murky shades of green, grey and blue paint have been pushed and swirled around the canvases. Traces of a second layer appear visible through the cloth – revealing a…
Lis Rhodes: Dissonance and Disturbance
14 Jun 2012
Showcase of artist's film work from last four decades
‘It is dangerous to step out of line – and lethal not to,’ declared Lis Rhodes, British filmmaker and artist, whose work is political, feminist, visually rich and powerfully poetic. Tramway showcases a cross section of her films from the last four…
Artist Alex Simpson works across painting, sculpture and printmaking
14 Jun 2012
Recent commissions include miniature porcelain sculptures for Guinness
In 2010 Alex Simpson graduated with a first class honors degree in Illustration from the University of Brighton, where she received the John Vernon Lord Sketchbook Prize. Alex is a multi disciplinary artist who works intuitively across painting…
