The Art Fund Helps Hunterian Acquire Work by Turner Prize-nominated Artist Lucy Skaer

Optical illusions at Atelier Hermes

Your eyes will go spinning the moment you set foot in the Atelier Hermes in Sinsa-dong.

Artist Jim Lambie has covered the 326.81 square-meter floor with multi-colored neon vinyl tape for his first solo exhibition in Korea, titled "Nervous Track."

"It is like putting a new skin on the floor, almost like a tattoo. It also reminds of the lines of an LP," the Scottish artist told The Korea Herald last week.

Martin Boyceis in seventh heaven at the Venice Biennale

Glasgow-based artist Martin Boyce has filled seven rooms of the fifteenth-century Palazzo Pisani with a collection of installations he designed and constructed in his studios in Maryhill, Glasgow, in a large exhibition called No Reflections.

Douglas Gordon: Blood, Sweat and Tears

The Gibson Street Gala

The Gibson Street Gala will take place on Sunday 21st June from 12 - 6pm and I am inviting artists and art students to take part in an open air exhibition in Westbank Quadrant either as individuals or groups. A small fee of £15 would be charged for each section used by individuals or groups, within which work may be made available for sale. The art exhibition will be a new addition to the fifth annual incarnation of the event and we are hoping to establish it as a successful and permanent feature. The aim is to create an arts community site and encourage artists and art students to collaborate. This is a fantastic opportunity in terms of exposure and any additional creative ideas are welcome. We will have artists doing life drawing and I'm working on getting a performance artist to draw an audience. Gibson street, Westbank Quadrant and part of Otago street will be closed for 7 hours. We have live entertainment on the main stage in Gibson street throughout the day, kids entertainment in Otago street, 30 stalls across the bridge and a large courtyard(entry from Westbank Quadrant) with acoustic bands and other entertainment. We have space for more than fifty artists and I'm getting a lot of interest so if you would like a space guaranteed let me know as soon as possible. I can supply you with a table if you need one and we are looking into getting covers for work in case of rain but I would recommend artists to be prepared for that as well.

Marianne Vosloo's email for anyone intrested is marianne298vosloo@googlemail.com.

Jim Lambie. Spectacular New Sculpture for Glasgow's Gallery of Modern Art

Martin Boyce interview: When in Venice

MARTIN BOYCE REMEMBERS THE precise moment he realised what was so special about Venice. Scouting out locations for his exhibition in this summer's Venice Biennale, where he will represent Scotland, he and curators Judith Winter and Graham Domke of Dundee Contemporary Arts took a boat to the Lido, the "beach resort" island seaward of the old city. Read more from the Scotsman

Roman Signer, Hammertone @ Palais de Tokyo

analogue : fourway

IRONBBRATZ is proud to present analogue : fourway. The show will feature the work of Ian Birkmyre, Pete Fleming, Kate Gallacher and Christine Leathem. This show also marks our foray into public space! Extra celebration will ensue.As always, bring quids 'cause I'm bakin' cakes.

174 Saltmarket, Glasgow.

Live Art Development Agency Tenth Year Short Films

The Live Art Development Agency was founded in 1999 to support the proliferation of Live Art practices and critical discourses in the UK and internationally. Over the last ten years the Agency has responded to the exciting, innovative and diverse nature of Live Art, by developing an extensive portfolio of resources, professional development initiatives and projects.

Julia McKinlay: Material Reflections

Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright shortlisted for Turner Prize

Two Scottish artists, one known for her intricate drawings, the other for his "thinking man's graffiti", have been shortlisted for the most prestigious, and controversial, award in contemporary art, the Turner Prize.

In a year in which the prize has taken on a noticeably more restrained air, Lucy Skaer (SEA graduate) and Richard Wright, who are both based in Glasgow and trained at the Glasgow School of Art, were yesterday on the final list for the £40,000 prize, £25,000 of which goes to the eventual winner, who will be unveiled in December. The Herald

InterventTech

InterventTech is a platform for art made or exhibited in the UK that explores contemporary life and experience. It’s a place for artists, creative producers and interested audiences to find out more about what’s going out there, learn about new opportunities and get involved.

Understanding that technologies are an integral part of contemporary life and human experience, InterventTech posts information and comment pieces about the UK’s art and technology scene. This covers visual art, media art, live and performance art, contemporary dance art, animation, games, sonic and sound art, computer art, AI and net art.

InterventTech helps to spread the word about emerging artists and creative trends, up-coming exhibitions and platforms, new opportunities, conferences, training and events across this area.

Tilly: 'Police Offered Me Bribe To Spy'

ART&RESEARCH

Spotlight falls on tactics of policing protests

Two Points of Contact

Come and visit the winners of the Duplex Give Away, Jen Sykes and Ane Oestrem, as they spend their one week residency contained in GSS car park.

Closing event on Sunday 26th April, 5pm-7pm

Cakes, cones and competitive fun will be provided. All welcome!

On Photography : Talks at Glasgow Art Fair

Talks by: Pavel Büchler, Laura Noble, Dr Sara Stevenson, Jo Longhurst
Friday 24th April between 12.30 - 3.45

John Cage about silence

Spiral Jetty (excerpts) 1970

'Small Sculptures', Pavel Büchler at Street Level

Friday 17th April - Saturday 30th May

Weds - Sat: 12 til 5pm - Free

Artist talk - Saturday 25th April, 3pm at Street Level. Free.

SHEEP SHOW

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva Exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva is currently Artist in Residence in the Faculty of Media, Art & Communications at the University of Gloucestershire, and based at Gloucester Cathedral. Show opensThursday 30 April – Sunday 31 May 2009.

Michael Visocchi wins the Jerwood

The £25,000 commission will see winning artist Michael Visocchi, graduate of Sculpture and Environmental Art, produce a large-scale work at the Jerwood Sculpture Park in Warwickshire.

Ya dancer! well done Michael

get Mammogram issue 3

The Hive

Art review: Nick Evans, Use History Autonome

ARTIST and gallery director Kendall Koppe is showing me around the spanking new gallery, Washington Garcia, that he opened last week. The walls are sparklingly white, the concrete floor has been newly washed and the glass frontage is gleaming. Oh, and the art, by sculptor Nick Evans, is pretty good too.

Nick Evans at Washington Garcia

PIETRO FORTUNA GLORY PROJECT

This will be of particular interest to second year students.

Critical Applause at the CCA

Michael Archer on Claire Barclay

RBS – Malihom Artist-in-Residence (“AiR”) Program

RBS – Malihom Artist-in-Residence (“AiR”) Program
by the Wawasan Open University
Penang, Malaysia


Call for Artists
Session 1, 2010 (5th January to 30th June 2010)
Application Deadline: 30th June 2009

At Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia.

The art in RBS-Malihom Artist in Residence (“AiR”) Program is intended to bring new inspiration, perception and understanding to the artists by providing uninterrupted time for work, deliberation, and collegial interaction with the environment and the communities within. They invite visual artists to explore the natural world in varicolored ways.

Residencies are awarded without prejudice, at no cost, to national and international artists in the disciplines of visual arts. Those selected are offered a preparatory allowance, monthly stipend, living and studio space for up to six months with an organized exhibition hosted by The Royal Bank of Scotland Berhad, Malihom Sdn Bhd and Wawasan Open University at the end of the Program to showcase the Artists’ works.

They seek applications from professional visual artists with national and/or international distinction, to create artwork and/or installation that can augment medium to large-scale thematically-based exhibitions.

Ale tasting

Creative Scotland, the blog, the debate

In-World: Second Life Studio – Exhibition and Project Opportunity!

SEA and CCE are looking for interest from students (and staff) in participating in a ‘real world/in-world’ exhibition. Funding from the GSA Learning and Teaching Innovation fund has allowed the purchase of an island in Second Life - an immersive 3D Virtual world – and with the support of Glasgow School of Art Graduates rm*, AKA Gaylie Runciman and Debs Norton, we are looking for people who would be up for experimenting with the site, contexts and processes of Second Life to:

• Build a body of work for a ‘real world/in-world’ exhibition
• Work with Glasgow School of Art Graduates rm*, AKA Gaylie Runciman and Debs Norton to explore the tools and contexts of Second Life as a site of production

This is a one off opportunity to test and show what’s possible in Second Life! It is anticipated that work made with rm* during the project will be exhibited in Second Life and also in a parallel real world space during April 2009. If you’re interested in taking part, please contact Paul Cosgrove Acting Head of Sculpture and Environmental Art by close of play on Friday 14th March and further information on meeting dates and project plans will be sent to you.

BOTH

Scratch Video

Monday 16th - Saturday 21st March 2009 - 12 til 5pm - Free

Scratch Video was a British Video Art movement that emerged in the 1980s. It was characterised by the use of found footage and challenged many of the established conventions of broadcast television. Street Level have teamed up with Rewind to bring to Glasgow a selection of some of the groundbreaking works in this genre, including artists such as The Gorilla Tapes, The Duvet Brothers and George Barber. click on the image for more info

European video competition for students - Deadline 22 March

ELIA is issuing a call for proposals for short videos (1 or 3 minutes) within the context of the European Commission’s promotion of multilingualism. The competition is being organised as a contribution to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.

What kind of videos are we looking for?

Students are asked to develop artistic proposals for video works of either one minute or three minutes length. The proposal should reflect Europe’s linguistic diversity and the role played by different languages, inspired by the theme Creativity and Innovation.

What will the selected applicants receive?

- Each selected applicant will receive a 5000 € grant in order to complete their video. A maximum of 15 proposals will be selected.

- The selected films will be presented during the PRIX EUROPA Festival in Berlin (17th to 24th October 2009). Media experts will lead workshops for the selected students and their supervisors. Travel and participation costs will be covered

Who can apply?

All students from ELIA member institutions from the 27 European Union Member States plus Norway, Iceland, Turkey and Liechtenstein can apply. Each student’s application should be signed by a faculty member of the institution or by the supervisor.

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David Shrigley: the joker with a deadly punchline

Claire Barclay talks programme at the Fruitmarket Gallery

Harry Benson Talk (Back by popular demand)

Claire Barclay interview:

I like my work to be at that point between threatening and fun, or repulsive and fascinating

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Studio Project 19

Market Gallery and the Scottish Sculpture Workshop (SSW) would like to invite applications from artists (working alone or collaboratively) for Studio Project 19.

For the first time, market will work in conjunction with SSW to provide a unique residential and exhibition opportunity. The chosen artist(s) will spend 1 month researching and producing work at SSW followed by a month’s residency and 4 week exhibition at market.

For further information please refer to www.marketgallery.org.uk/opportunity

Key Dates:

Scottish Sculpture Workshop residency: July 17th – August 20th 2009

market residency October/November 2009

Deadline for Submissions: 17 April 2009

Aileen Campbell -Survey

You are warmly invited to the private view for:

Aileen Campbell

Survey

Thursday 5 March 7-9 pm

Exhibition runs Friday 6 March - Sunday 5 April, Tramway 5

Artist Talk Sat 21 March, 2pm

It is this property of music to form complex relationships across vast spaces that Campbell explores in the newly commissioned work Survey. In Starform 2007 the artist relinquished the role of performer to explore the sound lives of others, where elderly men gave private performances made public through their presentation in video projections. In Survey, these private spaces, the sites for rehearsal and performance bleed over from the domestic across stairways and through walls to interrupt and become the soundtracks for others. There is a sense of the local as themes and motifs are introduced and so begins a dialogue which orchestrates a narrative.

The Week Gordon Was Gay

...and do this

Make some of this...

"Talk to the hand..."

Mark Wallinger's 'Angel Of South'

The BBC's David Sillito talks to artist Mark Wallinger about his creation which has been dubbed the Angel of the South.
A giant white horse has been chosen for a £2m art commission, to be built in the Springhead Park area by the former Turner Prize winner.

FROM A DISTANCE AT CLOSE RANGE II

FROM A DISTANCE AT CLOSE RANGE II

Ink Rubbings and Pigment Works on Paper by Thomas Jacobi

RICEFIELD

Arts and Cultural Centre

Invites you to a private viewing on Saturday 14th February 2-5pm

Meet the artist & participate in `Valentine`s Kisses for Shanghai`

Third Year Sculpture Exhibition

Third Year Sculpture Exhibition
Newbery Gallery, GSA, Renfrew Street
Opening Thursday 12th Feb @ 6pm

Christine Borland: SimBodies & NoBodies

Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Friday 13th February – Saturday 25th April.

SimBodies & NoBodies’ is a presentation of new work by Turner Prize nominee Christine Borland at the Ormeau Baths Gallery in Belfast. In this exhibition the artist continues her exploration of medical practice, proposing new relationships with the systems and processes that shape our society and define our lives and deaths.

coagula.net

David Shrigley, Billy Teasdale, Alan Stanners

Expedition Basecampment

As part of the National Review of Live Art, Glasgow (11th – 15th February), New Work Network (NWN) and Space Station 65 are supporting Expedition Basecampment.

Expedition Basecampment is an invitation to take a journey that explores the National
Review of Live Art and Glasgow as you've never seen them before, considering the boundaries between storytelling and journeying.

Expedition parties will meet their logistical support officers at the project's basecamp at the NWN info exchange table at The Arches on Friday 13th and Saturday 14th February and journey from Basecamp to the dizzying heights of Basecampmental.

To provide explorers with spiritual and psychological sustenance on their journeys, inspirational gurus, will be waiting to meet each group and guide explorers with motivational sessions and altitude-defying narratives.

Expedition Basecampment provides participants an opportunity to examine the performative nature of travel by constructing a memorable narrative of NRLA 2009; looking at myth-making and information exchange, and collectively contributing to a unique newsletter. The project also offers participants the opportunity to explore structures of contemporary media and knowledge exchange, in a playful and unconventional manner.

IORRAM

IORRAM RECORDS RELEASES SMALL HANDMADE EDITIONS OF IMPROVISED AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC

Hapless, Helpless Hopeless at Market

a one off motorized screening of

Hapless, Helpless Hopeless

A film by Rob Kennedy and Peter Dowling

Saturday 24 Jan - 8pm sharp!(34 mins )

at Market, Duke Street

The street will be cordoned off, hot toddies will be available.

Karla Black

10 January - 14 February 2009 

MARY MARY

Black describes her works as, "almost painting, performance or installation while actually, and quite definitely, being sculpture". These sculptures and their titles, form a struggle between material experience and language, where the former wins first priority. They are rooted in Kleinian psychoanalysis: direct, behavioural connections to the physical world that hold a tangible knowledge impossible to equal in words but still partially, while certainly inadequately, translatable. Words are important here when used in their rightful, secondary place, where the conscious mind enters the work, after the unconscious has already created the bulk of its physicality.

Another Burns Supper

Burns Supper

Neville Rae: Bauhaus at the Lighthouse

Presentation and discussion about the Bauhaus research in Cumbernauld

Invited guest:
Gordon Murray, gordon murray + alan dunlop architects
Alan Pert, NORD - Glasgow - Glassworks Studios
Craig McIntyre, North Lanarkshire Council
Steven Griffith, Director, CNC Property Fund Management Limited
Diane Watters, Historian

At the Lighthouse in Glasgow

Hildesheim, Belfast, Glasgow

Pigeon Blog

PigeonBlog enlists homing pigeons to participate in a grassroots scientific data gathering initiative designed to collect and distribute information about air quality conditions to the general public.

Glasgow School of Art is the setting for new online soap

It gave the world the Scottish indie music scene, the Glasgow Boys and the finest example of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's design. Now Glasgow School of Art has a new progeny: it is set to become the backdrop of a new Channel 4 drama, based entirely online.

Told through YouTube-style video, photo sharing site Flickr, and social networking sites, Central Station will portray the lives, loves and artworks of three fictional second-year art students.

Peter Bevan: Love and Liberty

The Compass Gallery

25th January - 18th February

razing the barnes

click on image to go to view blog

440 artists and writers call on MSPs to kill off Creative Scotland

Among the more well-known signatories to the letter are the writers Val McDermid, Denise Mina, Zoe Strachan and Louise Welsh, visual artists Rosalind Nashashibi and Matt Hulse, and Alison Peebles.

More than 400 artists, writers, and producers have signed a letter to MSPs urging them to vote down the next attempt to establish Creative Scotland, the merger between the nation's main cultural bodies, the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen.

Glasgow demo for Gaza

Glasgow demo for Gaza: Saturday 3 January, 12.30

Israel is committing a shocking series of atrocities by using modern weaponry against a defenceless population - attacking a population that has been enduring a severe blockade for many months.

The UN Human Rights Council

DEMONSTRATE 

* HANDS OFF GAZA * STOP THE BOMBING * FREE PALESTINE 

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY 

Assemble 12.30pm 

March off 1.00pm 

Called by Stop the War Coalition (Scotland) 

Sandy Smith & Alex Gross

Part of the New Works Scotland Programme

You are invited to the concluding installment of the New Work Scotland Programme 2008/09, featuring new collaborative work by Sandy Smith & Alex Gross, Friday 19 December, 7-9pm at the Collective Gallery.

NotJustforChristmas-blog

Cause and Effect 2008