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SCOTLAND & NORTHEAST ENGLAND JUNE/JULY art • craft • design 2017 ANATOMY OF Wildlife A PAINTING EXAMINING A MASTERPIECE Art BRUSH WITH NATURE ART ARTTRAVEL BOOKS &VINTAGE BORDEAUX READ ALL ABOUT IT! Art News 10th KEEPING YOU IN THE PICTURE ANNIVERSARY ISSUE! WIN! A NIGHT’S B&B FOR 2 AT KNOCK CASTLE HOTEL & SPA IN PERTHSHIRE! H E L E N F L O C K H A R T I N T H E M O R N I N G I T I S G R E E N P. V. 08. 06. 17 09. 06. 17 - 27. 06. 17 GALLERY W W W . A R U S H A G A L L E R Y . C O M I N F O @ A R U S H A G A L L E R Y . C O M 0 1 3 1 5 5 7 1 4 1 2 Pittartsfest Artmag page June 2017 out.indd 1 19/05/2017 23:28 Pittartsfest Artmag page June 2017 out.indd 1 19/05/2017 23:28 Painting Sculpture Printmaking Moving Image Graphics IllustrationPhotographyJewellery Contemporary ArtCommunication Practice Design Product Design FashionThree and Dimensional Textile Design Design Ceramics and Glass www.rgu.ac.uk/degreeshow 17 TH 24 GRAY’S SCHOOL OF ART TH DEGREE SHOW 2017 OPEN TO PUBLIC 17 / 24 JUNE WEEKDAYS 10 AM - 8 PM WEEKENDS 10 AM - 5 PM supported by BP 29 FEATURES ART NEWS KEEPING YOU IN THE PICTURE 8 CRAFT & DESIGN 41 HAND-MADE FOR YOU AND YOUR HOME 13 ANATOMY OF A PAINTING EXAMINING A MASTERPIECE 14 AUCTION HOUSES TOP SALE DATES 17 ART & TRAVEL VINTAGE BORDEAUX 18 WILDLIFE ART BRUSH WITH NATURE 22 ART BOOKS READ ALL ABOUT IT! 53 REGIONAL NEWS ABERDEEN & NORTHEAST SCOTLAND 27 39 AYRSHIRE & ARRAN 29 BORDERS 31 DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY 33 DUNDEE & ANGUS 35 EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS 37 FIFE 41 GLASGOW & GREATER GLASGOW 43 HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS 45 CONTENTS PERTHSHIRE 48 STIRLINGSHIRE & CLACKMANNANSHIRE 50 45 NORTHEAST ENGLAND 51 ART SUPPLIES/SERVICES & COURSES/CLASSES/WORKSHOPS GET CREATIVE! 55 SHOWCASE 31 ARTISTS & CRAFTMAKERS DIRECTORY 56 WIN! A NIGHT’S B&B FOR 2 AT 47 KNOCK CASTLE HOTEL & 43 SPA IN PERTHSHIRE! WIN! JUNE/JULY 2017 5 ASIAN ART Wednesday 12 July Tuesday 5 December Edinburgh An invitation to consign We are now inviting entries for our forthcoming Asian Art sales in Edinburgh, London and Hong Kong. ENQUIRIES AND Bonhams APPOINTMENTS 22 Queen Street 0131 240 2299 Edinburgh EH2 1JX ian.glennie@ bonhams.com A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASES From a Scottish Collection Sold in London for £27,500 bonhams.com/edinburgh Prices shown include buyer’s premium. Details can be found at bonhams.com ON THE COVER #EDINTFEST PASSIONATE ACTS � Macbeth Verdi’s dark operatic thriller of ruthless ambition and murder Teatro Regio Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda Helen Flockhart, ‘Plucking Pomegranates’, and directed by Emma Dante oil on board, 40 x 26cm, 2017. This work will be shown at Flockhart’s first solo show in Edinburgh since 1991; ‘In the morning it is La bohème green’ which opens at Arusha Gallery on June 8th. www.arushagallery.com Opera’s greatest love story set to Puccini’s sumptuous score Teatro Regio Torino conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and directed by Àlex Ollé READ ARTMAG ONLINE FOR Don Giovanni THE LATEST NEWS & ADDITIONAL ARTICLES! Mozart’s darkly comic masterpiece about seduction and betrayal WWW.ARTMAG.CO.UK Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted and directed by Iván Fischer and starring Christopher Maltman PUBLISHED BY Instant Publications Ltd., T 0131 661 0765, 07968 191032 PUBLISHER Christie Dessy, [email protected] EDITOR Ian Sclater, [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Alice Fischer, Greek Claire Halavage, Dr Julie Hansen SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE MANAGER Camilla Baier, camilla.artmag@gmail. 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Printed in the UK on paper sourced from sustainably managed forests EIF.CO.UK using a solvent-free printing method. 93% of all wastes generated during the production process are either reused or recycled. 0131 473 2000 ADVISORY Readers are advised to check all listed information before attending an exhibition or event. JUNE/JULY 2017 7 ART NEWS ARTSPEAK“ ART NEWS TALK ABOUT GIVING ART A BAD NAME. (NAMES WITHHELD” TO PROTECT THE GUILTY.) ‘THE GALLERY WAS ESTABLISHED TO ACT AS A CATALYST FOR DISCOURSE AND TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT ALL ART FORMS WITH A CLEAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! FOCUS’ ON SHOWING THE This issue of Artmag marks our 10th anniversary. Publisher Christie Dessy and Editor Ian HIDDEN METHODOLOGIES OF Sclater would like to thank all the advertisers and subscribers whose financial support THE ARTIST.’ makes the magazine possible and all the freelance contributors, paid and otherwise, whose hard work behind the scenes has helped us to develop Artmag into the largest circulation art magazine in Scotland and Northeast England. We look forward to many more years of covering the best in art, craft and design. If you enjoy the magazine, you will always find THIS EXHIBITION additional content on our website. www.artmag.co.uk WILL ANIMATE THE CONFLICT ‘(THE ARTIST) BETWEEN CREATES ENCOUNTERS ON MINIMAL SKIN ART AN INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECTONIC The beauty of our body’s cells has been LEVEL, THE STRUCTURES appreciated under the microscope by POSSIBILITY THAT RESPOND scientists and medical practitioners for years. OF A SHARED TO THE SOCIAL, Now, European Dermatology London will VISION AND THE POLITICAL AND turn these images into your own personalised IMPOSSIBILITY PSYCHOLOGICAL piece of ‘skin art’ with Inner Portraits. Costing OF A UNIVERSAL, USE OF SPACE.’ ABSOLUTE WAY OF around £1800, the process takes four to six SEEING. weeks and is straightforward and painless. Under local anaesthetic a small skin sample is taken from which the microscopic images My…art practice is informed are created. A graphic artist manipulates the by the spectacular and the images and generates a number of variations “mundane in equal measure…I from which you select your favourite. The artist can also work to your colour scheme to suit ’ your decor. Finally, the image is enlarged and mounted. www.eudelo.com am interested in actions and gestures that have cross-cultural meanings, such as activities relating to higher values and daily rituals. CHATTY FEET Chatty Feet, makers of socks with witty names, have introduced the Artists Socks collection, including - wait for it - Andy Sockhole, David Sock-knee and Frida Callus. ” www.chattyfeet.com WHILE DESIGNING (HER PIECES), SHE SEEKS TO ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE IN THE STORYTELLING PROCESS, ALLOWING THE JEWELLERY TO BECOME THE INSTRUMENT THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN EXPLORE THEIR OWN FEELINGS AND MEMORIES. 8 JUNE/JULY 2017 ART NEWS OPEN STUDIOS ARRAN EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS Book your ferry and head for Arran Coburg House Open Studios showcases The Bute Studio Trail highlights work Open Studios, which this year sees 39 work by over 80 artists and makers who by members of the Isle of Bute’s Artists’ participants welcome visitors to “Scotland call the former granary home. Aug 4-6, Collective (IBAC), who live and work only in miniature”. Aug 11-14, www.coburghouseartstudios.co.uk 33 miles from Glasgow as the crow flies, www.arranopenstudios.com but a world away in atmosphere. Jul 22 & Organised by the newly formed East 23, www.butestudiotrail.com BORDERS Coast Arts, the first ever East Lothian Open Studios showcases artists and CERAMICIST Quiltmaker Pauline Burbridge and artist/ LORRAINE sculptor Charlie Poulson host their makers from Musselburgh to North ROBSON Berwick. Based on two routes - coast and (FORTH Allanbank Mill Steading Open Studio VALLEY ART with invited artist, Northumberland-based country - the event is pairing up with Fringe BEAT) sculptor Colin Rose. Aug 4-7, by the Sea in North Berwick with an art www.allanbankmillsteading.co.uk trail around the local shops. Aug 5-8, www.eastcoastarts.co.uk CENTRAL SCOTLAND FIFE Covering a large area spreading out from Stirling, Forth Valley Art Beat includes Follow the red balloons along the East installations, temporary public artworks, Neuk Open Studios Art Trail, which pop-up shows, performances and takes in over 30 studios and workshops exhibitions in galleries and community throughout that beautiful corner of Fife, spaces. Jun 10-18, stretching from Upper Largo to Boarhills www.forthvalleyopenstudios.com via St Monans and Cellardyke. Jun 24-25 & Jul 1-2, www.eastneukopenstudios.org EDINBURGH & LOTHIANS the Garnethill Campus and in the Tontine One of the UK’s biggest celebrations of Building. Jun 10-17, www.gsa.ac.uk DEGREE SHOWS new commercial photography, Exposed HIGHLANDS showcases Edinburgh College HND and This year’s BA (Hons) Fine Art and BA (Hons) BA Photography students. Jun 7-15, Out Fine Art Textiles degree shows at Moray ABERDEEN of the Blue Drill Hall, www. School of Art in Elgin cover a range of Previous graduates of Gray’s School of Art edinburghcollegephotography.co.uk media, including painting, photography, film, who have gone on to great things include The Chippendale International School assemblage, installation and textiles. Jun 19- Callum Innes, Eric Auld, Alberto Morrocco of Furniture Graduate Exhibition (Jun 12 & 24, www.moray.uhi.ac.uk and Joyce Cairns.