NATIONAL GALLERIES OF SCOTLAND FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS 2009
Please find below our programme of exhibitions
and displays for the coming months. For further information please
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For general enquiries please call 0131 6246 6200 Information may also be found on our website: www.nationalgalleries.org
Current as of May 2009. General opening hours: National Gallery of Scotland Complex
Monday-Sunday 10am-5pm Except Thursday 10am-7pm
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and Dean Gallery
Monday-Sunday 10am-5pm
SPECIAL PROJECTS PORTRAIT OF THE NATION
The Scottish National
Portrait Gallery, home to the collection of Scottish portraits and the
National Photography Collection, is now closed while it undergoes a
major refurbishment. This outstanding Grade A
building, at the heart of the New Town on Queen Street in Edinburgh,
was designed by architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson to be a
celebration of the people of Scotland. Portrait of the Nation will restore this ideal, breathing new life in to its galleries
whilst creating much needed new facilities. The collection will be
presented in a reinvigorated and more engaging way, illustrating the
richness of Scotland's history and culture with a dynamic and extensive
exhibition programme with a new emphasis on photography
and Scottish art. The regularly changing exhibitions and increased
number of works on display will ensure that there will always be
something new to see.
To find out more about Portrait of the Nation visit: http://www.nationalgalleries.org/potn
EXHIBITIONS FOUR SCOTTISH PAINTERS: BARNS-GRAHAM, BELLANY, DAVIE AND REDPATH 4 October 2008 - 28 June 2009
DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free This new display of
work concentrates on four pivotal Scottish artists of the post-Second
World War period taken from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern
Art's permanent collection. All students of Edinburgh
College of Art, Anne Redpath (1895-1965), Alan Davie (b.1920),
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004) and John Bellany (b.1942) were
centrally engaged with the development of painting in Britain in this
period. This is a chance to see the work of some of the most
influential figures in British art of the second half of the
twentieth-century.
TWO HORIZONS: WORKS FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF CHARLES ASPREY AND ALEXANDER SCHRÖDER 28 February - 19 July 2009
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free Two Horizons presents
a unique opportunity to see a fascinating selection of works by
internationally regarded contemporary artists from the collections of
Charles Asprey and Alexander Schröder. This
exhibition brings together the work of established artists, such as
Andreas Slominski, Isa Genzken, and Marc Camille Chaimowicz, with that
of the younger emerging generation, including Kitty Kraus, Lucy
McKenzie and Gillian Carnegie. Comprising of painting,
sculpture, and installation, Two Horizons showcases works by leading figures of the international art world which will be on display in Scotland for the very first time.
ARTIST ROOMS Celmins, Gallagher, Hirst, Katz, Warhol, Woodman, 14 March - 8 November 2009
SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free Throughout 2009, 18
museums and galleries across the UK will be showing over 30 ARTIST
ROOMS from the collection created by the dealer and collector, Anthony
d'Offay, and acquired by Tate and the National Galleries
of Scotland in February 2008. This is the first time a national
collection has been shared and shown simultaneously across the UK, and
has only been made possible through the exceptional generosity of
independent charity The Art Fund and, in Scotland, of the
Scottish Government.
The opening displays
at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh this spring
will include the work of Vija Celmins, Ellen Gallagher, Damien Hirst,
Alex Katz, Andy Warhol, and Francesca Woodman.
Highlights will include Celmins' beautiful, delicate images of seas,
deserts and the night sky, a complete series of landscape and portrait
paintings by the American painter Alex Katz and Francesca Woodman's
intimate, surrealist-influenced photographs. Damien
Hirst, the most prominent British artist of today, will feature in an
expanded display across several rooms. This will bring together works
from ARTIST ROOMS - such as the iconic Away from the Flock (an early example of Hirst's animals in formaldehyde)
and a recent butterfly painting - with additional loans from further collections.
ARTISTS' BOOKS: THE SCOTTISH CONTRIBUTION
21 March - 21 June 2009 DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free Artists' Books: the Scottish Contribution is an exhibition of books drawn from the Gallery of Modern Art
Collection. All produced in Scotland or by Scottish artists, these
works range from small press
publications to mass-produced exhibition catalogues. In recent years,
there has been a move away from the classic Livre d'Artiste towards a more accessible, democratic form of artist's book. The
artist's book has become less about the handmade and more
about the concept and its wider distribution. This exhibition charts
this change as seen through works in the Scottish National Gallery of
Modern Art's collection.
TURNER AND ITALY 27 March - 7 June 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Admission £8 (£6 concessions) This major exhibition celebrates the love affair between the artist J. M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and Italy. Turner and Italy sets out to explore this complex and enduring relationship, and show
how Turner
became enchanted by the country's climate, landscapes and architecture;
drawing inspiration from them he created some of the greatest images of
Romantic art. The exhibition will include over 100 works, including
oil paintings, watercolours, sketchbooks, and
books from Turner's library which illustrate his fascination with
Italy. Spectacular loans from collections in Washington, Philadelphia,
Melbourne, Paris and London will feature in the exhibition. It has been
created by the National Gallery of Scotland and
will travel on an international tour to Italy and Hungary; Edinburgh
will, however, be the only UK venue.
Alive with Innovations: Paolozzi's Beginnings 28 March - 27 September 2009
DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free Eduardo Paolozzi was one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century. Always interested in taking conventions head-on, Paolozzi set
an early example for the strong
international impact of Scottish art. His forceful contributions to
sculpture, printmaking and collage established his position at the
forefront of the post-war avant-garde.
Taking the title of one of Paolozzi's rambunctious collages as its title, Alive with Innovations showcases highlights of his work from 1950s, illustrating the striking,
fresh, and powerful impact they
had in a time of austerity. Including a digital presentation of
Paolozzi's notorious 1952 ‘Bunk!' lecture, the display embraces bold
images, unconventional media and a surreal sensibility. Showing his
blunt, brutalist sculptures, his energetic drawings, and
his radical collages from commercial material, this display brings
together the best parts of the artist's exciting and rebellious work of
the 1950s.
ROBERT ADAM'S LANDSCAPE FANTASIES: WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION 25 April - 2 August 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Admission free This spring the
National Gallery of Scotland will reveal an undiscovered side to the
work of Robert Adam (1728 - 1792), his landscape fantasies. Adam was a
leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, and one
of the most innovative architects in Britain in the eighteenth century,
world renowned for his "Adam Style". This exhibition is dedicated to
his picturesque landscapes which were made towards the end of his life,
purely for his own relaxation and enjoyment.
Robert Adam's Landscape Fantasies will include over 30
watercolours, including his spectacular rendition of Cullen Castle. A
number of early drawings by his sketching partners Paul Sandby and John
Clerk of Eldin will also be on display. These works
were never shown in Adam's lifetime, and this exhibition is a unique
opportunity to see the private visions of one of the greatest
architects of the eighteenth century.
RAPHAEL TO RENOIR MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEAN BONNA 5 June - 6 September 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Admission £4 (£3 concessions) This exceptional
exhibition consists of 120 European master drawings, watercolours and
pastels by many of the greatest names in Western art. They come from
the distinguished collection formed over the past twenty
years by Jean Bonna, who is based in Geneva. The show has been
organised in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York, where it was shown earlier this year. The National Gallery
Complex in Edinburgh will be the only European venue.
The exhibition offers
the rare opportunity to view outstanding examples of European drawings
spanning some 500 years, from the Italian Renaissance to late
nineteenth-century France. The principal strength of
the collection lies in the Italian and French schools, including such
celebrated artists as Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Guercino, Claude
Lorrain, Canaletto, Watteau, and, from the nineteenth century, Ingres,
Degas, Manet, Renoir, Cézanne, Gauguin and Redon.
PAUL & NUSCH ELUARD AND SURREALISM 27 June - 27 September 2009
DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR
Admission free A display which highlights the friendship of Roland Penrose with the surrealist poet Paul Eluard and his wife Maria Benz known as Nusch. Penrose first met Eluard in Paris in 1929
and their friendship, which lasted
until Eluard's death, is well documented in the Gallery's Penrose
archive. For Eluard painting and poetry were intimately linked, and it
was his custom to collaborate with artist friends
such as Max Ernst, Man Ray and Pablo Picasso. In 1930 he met Maria
Benz, (1906-1946) a muse and model for Man Ray and for Picasso, and married her in 1934. This exhibition shows their friendship through photographs and letters and
also includes Eluard's many book collaborations, together with his collages and works from his art collection.
THE DISCOVERY OF SPAIN BRITISH ARTISTS AND COLLECTORS: GOYA TO PICASSO 18 July - 11 October 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL
Admission £8 (£6 concessions) This major exhibition
will be a spectacular celebration of Spanish culture, as seen through
the eyes of British artists and collectors. It will encompass the
period from 1800 to the 1930s - from the age of
Goya to that of Picasso. Spain is now a familiar and much-loved part
of the British view of Europe, but in the eighteenth century it was
relatively little known. The Discovery of Spain will explore the process by which this changed, and convey the
excitement of the era when the country's architecture, customs,
fashions and painting were gradually ‘discovered' by artists and
collectors, and created a sensation in Britain. Highlights will
include the work of the Spanish masters Velázquez, El Greco, Murillo,
Zurbaran, Goya and Picasso, and the British artists David Wilkie, David
Roberts, John Frederick Lewis, John Phillip, Arthur Melville and David
Bomberg. Loans are to include important works from the Royal
Collection, the National Gallery, London, Tate and other
distinguished public and private collections across the UK. There will
be over 130 works on show, including oil paintings, watercolours,
drawings and prints. The Discovery of Spain can only be seen in Edinburgh, during the 2009 International Festival.
THE ENLIGHTENMENTS Presented by the Edinburgh International Festival 7 August - 27 September 2009
DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR Admission free The 2009 Edinburgh
International Festival takes as its inspiration the 18th-century
Scottish Enlightenment. The Festival's Visual Arts programme, The
Enlightenments, consists of a series of individual projects,
commissions and installations in various locations across Edinburgh.
The exhibition at the Dean Gallery will present a group of displays by
acclaimed international contemporary artists.
Tacita Dean's film Presentation Sisters documents the daily routines and rituals of the last remaining members of a small ecclesiastical community. Edinburgh Drawing: Chatter Shapes by Greg Creek
features Edinburgh's architecture and landmarks interspersed with
scatological notations, doodles, dreams and invented prose. Gabrielle
de Vietri's Hark! greets visitors as they arrive at the Gallery; singers relate the news, horoscopes, stock exchange
information and current affairs of the day. dread,
Joshua Mosley's digital film of animated clay figures, presents a
fictional encounter between Rousseau and Pascal. Lee Mingwei's
installation elevates viewers above their immediate surroundings. 2007
Turner Prize-nominee Nathan Coley will also present a new work for The Enlightenments.
Other venues presenting The Enlightenments include The University of Edinburgh's Talbot Rice Gallery and Collective Gallery.
CONCRETE POETRY 4 October - December 2009
DEAN GALLERY, 75 Belford Road, Edinburgh, EH4 3DR Admission free A display highlighting
examples of concrete poetry drawn from the Scottish National Gallery of
Modern Art's Collection, from the earliest experiments in visual poetry
to contemporary innovations. Concrete poetry
bridges the gap between poem and picture, using text in the same way as
colour and line to describe a thing or an idea. Normal typographical
rules do not apply here - instead, the meaning of the words is enhanced
and made sense of by their visual form. This
exhibition explores the long established links between the literary and
the visual, where the artist's book provides fertile ground for
experimentation.
AS OTHERS SEE US TRICIA MALLEY AND ROSS GILLESPIE An exhibition to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and the Year of Homecoming, 2009 8 August - 8 November 2009
NATIONAL GALLERY COMPLEX, The Mound, Edinburgh, EH2 2EL Admission free Robert Burns,
Scotland's National Bard, has an unassailable place in the affections
of the people of Scotland. The photographers Ross Gillespie and Tricia
Malley have marked the Homecoming celebration by making
a series of portraits of prominent Scots and adopted Scots. Each
sitter has been asked to respond to a quotation from the poet, and to
reflect upon the continued relevance of Burns in modern Scotland. The
resulting portraits and commentaries, brought together
in this exhibition, make for a celebration of contemporary Scottish
culture, and a reinforcement of the values and aspirations that found
their eloquent expression in the poetry of Robert Burns.
For further information on any of these exhibitions, please contact 0131 624 6325 www.nationalgalleries.org
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