Thursday 31 December 1987

Scottish Art Archive 1987

1987 List for Archives- CLARE HENRY  


January             (Art Review) Letter from Los Angeles
1 January           (Guardian) Los Angeles Art Boom
9 January          (Friday Feature)  Harry Callahan Retrospective, Collins Gallery Glasgow
              Lesley Main, Main Fine Art Glasgow
January             (for London exhibition catalogue) Ian McCulloch
10 January        (Sat Weekender Feature)  Chatrelherault Restoration, Hamilton 
16 January        The Unpainted Landscape, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr
           Glasgow Print Studios, Elspeth Lamb, Clayton Campbell  
17 January        (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Sam Ainsley Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
   (including Thomas Joshua Cooper, Fabro, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh and new post at Gallery of Modern Art Edinburgh)
23 January        (Friday Feature) Sam Ainsley Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
Fabro, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
(including Kate Whiteford wins John Moores prize.
25th January      John Moores Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool (including opening or Tate North in 1988)  
30 January        (Fri Feature) Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, RSW, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh
Wendy McMurdo, Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh
Contemporary Photography from Germany, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, Nicola Henley
Muirhead Bone, Crawford Art Centre St Andrews
Letter from SCotland 
3 February        Norwegian Printmaking 1930-60, Main Fine Art Glasgow
6 February        (Feature) Peter Howson, Documenta Kassel
Glasgow Print Studios, Barbara Rae
Contemporary Photography from Germany, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
10 February      Ian Hamilton Finlay, Documenta Kassel
13 February       (fri Feature)  John Taylor Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Ian Hughes Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh & Glasgow 
Phil Braham at Main F Art; 
Glasgow School of Art Environmental Art Department Students 
20 February       (Feature) Japanese Prints, Collins Gallery Glasgow,
 Comic Art, Transmission Gallery Glasgow
2nd Paisley Drawing Biennial
Baajie Pickard Solo, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
24 February       (Feature obituary) Andy Warhol 
February           (Art Review Letter from Scotland)
New Director Richard Calvocoressi at Gallery of Modern Art Scotland; Michael Clarke at the Mound. 
Ian Hamilton Finlay, for Documenta Kassel
George Wyllie, TSWA + Kate Whiteford. (includes Richard Demarco auctions, Scottish Society for the History of Photography, Glasgow School of Art students win British Council Scholarships and gallery briefings for Paisley Drawing Biennale, John Taylor, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Comic Art, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Calum Colvin, Seagate Gallery Dundee)
27 February       (Friday Feature) Helen Chadwick Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
 Sonia Boyce Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow 
Pat Semple Solo, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
6 March             (Fri Feature) Calum Colvin Solo, Seagate Gallery Dundee
 Igor Stepancic Solo, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Lorraine Cotterell, Christine Ironside 
Printmakers Workshop Edinburgh, Dominic Snyder 
Gordon Brennan Solo, Collective Gallery Edinburgh
 Forrest McKay 
Karel Appel, Chessel Collective Edinburgh
13 March           (Feature) John Houston Solo, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
 Students Exhibition, RSA Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh; GSA photography students
Karel Appel Solo, Moray House Edinburgh
Eastern Approaches, Prescote Gallery Edinburgh, James Coxon, Ann Hartree. 
March   (Art Review Letter from Scotland)
Gwen Hardie, A.R Penck, Mark Boyle, Kate Thomson, Kenny Maclellan, James Patterson, Jon Schueler, Gorbals Fair Arts Project, Glasgow Print Studios  
20 March           (Feature) A.R.Penck, Edinburgh College of Art
Gwen Hardie Solo , Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
March               In praise of Richard Demarco,  21st Birthday of Demarco Gallery
27 March           (Feature) Fred Crayke Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Five Years with the Face , Glasgow Arts Centre
Twenty for Today, Stills Gallery Edinburgh
Kenny Maclellan Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow 
Robert Maclaurin
Norman Ackroy, Hughson Gallery Glasgow
 Jim Pattison, Glasgow Print Studios
30 March            Byzantium to El Greco, Royal Academy London
3 April               (Feature) Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Ian Howard, Roger Palmer 
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Claire Harrigan, Gwyneth Leech 
Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, George Wylie, John Taylor, Judith Gilmour
4 April               Stephen Campbell, Marlborough Gallery London
6 April               Turner, Tate Gallery London
10 April                         (Feature)  Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Gordon Muir, Malcolm Dickson 
The Back Shift, Glasgow Print Studios
Fine Art Society Glasgow, Tom Mackenzie, Christopher Bramham 
JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow, Evelyn Kirkham  
23 April             Fri Feature: Kate Whiteford, Calton Hill TSWA 
30 April             Bernard Faucon Solo, Stills Gallery Edinburgh 
1 May               (Fri Feature) MAYFEST 1987, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Houston, Glasgow Print Studios
Northern Renaissance Prints, Huntarian Museum Glasgow
 Douglas Thomson Solo, Compass Gallery Glasgow
Royal Scottish Academy 161st Annual Exhibition Edinburgh
Richard Demarco Auction
3 May   (Feature) Mayfest, WASPS King Street, Elise Allan, Alistar Mage, Alastair Strachan, David Linley, Lesley Raeside, Donald Urquhart 
Cats and other Creatures, Main Fine Art Glasgow, Peter Howson, Stuart Duffin 
British Painting, Cyril Gerber Fine Art Glasgow; Salvo Scottish Arts Lobby group. 

3 May Letter from Scotland re Mayfest art Desire in Ruinsat Transmission; J Kirk at Third Eye; Performance; Metro gallery; Elspeth Lamy & Brian Kelly at Lillie Art Gallery. 
7 May               (Feature) Mayfest, Margita Titlova Solo, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
 Slovenian Art, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
 Perspectives Glasgow a New Look, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Andy Goldsworthy, Alan Dimmick
Glasgow Arts Centre, Ron O’Donnell, Calum Colvin
Thomas Joshua Cooper, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Charles Colquhoun, Glasgow School of Art
12 May             (Feature) Mayfest, Desire in Ruins, Transmission Gallery Glasgow, Hannah Vowles, Glen Banks, Ed Baxter, Simon Dickenson, Karen Eliot, Andy Hoprona, Stefan Szczekkum
                        Joanna Kirk Performance, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
 Metro Gallery Glasgow, Patrick Dorrian, Joyce Mellish
Lillie Art Gallery Milngavie, Elspeth Lamb, Brian Kelly 
22 May             (Fri Feature) Conrad Atkinson Solo, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh
 Kirstie McGhie, Artist in Industry Kirkintilloch
Irwin from Yugoslavia, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
369 Gallery Edinburgh, David Cook, Elaine Wilson 
Women Live, City Art Centre Edinburgh
Royal Glasgow Institute, RGI JD Kelly Gallery Glasgow. 
29 May             Fri Feature:       99th Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition
Open Eye Gallery Glasgow, Reinhard Behrens, Frank Pottinger 
Collective Gallery Edinburgh, Andrew Miller, Silvia von Halem 

May                  (Feature) Art Schools in Crisis
June                 (Feature for Art Line) Edinburgh Festival, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 
5 June              (fri Feature) Glasgow Group 30th Annual Exhibition, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
                        Norwegian Group, McLellan Galleries Glasgow
Visual Arts Studio Glasgow, Glasgow Arts Centre.  
6 June              (Feature)Art Schools in Crisis (second draft)
12 June                         (fri Feature) Balla, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Henri Goetz, Talbot Rice Gallery Edinburgh
Caroline McNairn Solo, 369 Gallery Edinburgh
Kate Whiteford Solo, Graeme Murray Fine Art Edinburgh 
June                 (Feature for Alba Magazine) Documenta 8 Kassel, Ian Hamilton Finlay 
June  The Vigorous Imagination for Art Line
19 June                         (Friday Feature) Chris Taylor Solo, Transmission Gallery Glasgow 
Five Women Painters, Barclay Lennie Fine Art Glasgow
John Wylie Fine Art
Metro Gallery Glasgow; Blythswood Gallery 
 Loveliest Night of The Year, Glasgow Print 
Glass, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr (including Crawford Adamson Edinburgh;  and George Wyllie Straw Locomotive for TWSA)

26 June             (Feature) Orkney, St Magnus Festival, Pier Arts Centre, Frances Pelly, Stanley Crustier, St Ives School
30 June             (Feature Herald) Documenta 8 Kassel, Ian Hamilton Finlay
14 July              (Feature Interview) Bruce McLean
17 July              (fri Feature) Alfons Bytautas, Glasgow Print Studios
Foulis Prints, Glasgow Style Gallery
Printmaking, Huntarian Gallery Glasgow
Richard Demarco's Kleenex Sale, Edinburgh 
17 July              (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Orkney Festival. Artists in Industry; Soulisquoy Printmakers in Kirkwall. 
18 July                          (Feature for World of Interiors) Tricia Guild 
24 July              (Feature_ Edinburgh FESTIVAL Art 
William Carrick, Scottish National Portrait Gallery 369 Gallery
Continuing the Tradition, 369 Gallery new gallery.
31 July  (fri Feature) Printmaking in Britain 1918-39 and Mackintosh Galleries, Huntarian Museum Glasgow
31 July  (Arts Review Letter from Scotland) New generation artists at Compass gallery; Alfons Bytautas at GPS; Soviet painting, 369 Gallery. 
july  for october issue World of Interiors: Unpainted Landscape at Arnolfini Gallery Bristol. 
July A Gala Celebration: Keith McIntyre. 
July Arts Review Edinburgh FESTIVAL supplement: The Vigorous Imagination. 
Edinburgh Festival Art, Vigorous Imagination Exhibition, Scottish National Gallery
7 August           (Feature) Edinburgh Festival Art 
Saatchi Collection, RSA Royal Scottish Academy
Nicola Hicks & Alberto Morocco, Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
Lesley Main, Malcolm Innes Fine Art Edinburgh 

10 Aug  Herald Feature, The Vigorous Imagination, Clare Henry as selector.
21  August        (Feature) Edinburgh Festival Fringe Art,
 Andy Goldsworthy, Prescote Gallery Edinburgh
Made from Girders, Talbot Rice Edinburgh
Jewels of the Ancients, Talbot Rice Edinburgh 
Edinburgh College of Art, David Hosie, Matthew Ingles, Graeme McGee
Contempory Soviet Pt, 369 Gallery Edinburgh 
28 August         (Fri Feature) Ken Currie, Peoples Palace Glasgow
The Blasted Oak, Collins Gallery Glasgow
 Whither Scotland’s Culture? Richard Demarco Conference
September        (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Edinburgh Festival Art with Zara 
Ken Currie, Peoples Palace Glasgow
Vigorous Imagination, Scottish National Gallery, 32,000 in first 3 weeks; 
Brenda Lenaghan, Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
The Blasted Oak, Collins Gallery Glasgow
 Whither Scotland’s Culture? Richard Demarco Conference
Mark Francis, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
4 September     (Feature) Colin Johnston, Glasgow Print Studios 
Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh, Brenda Lenaghan, Vincent Butler 
11 September   (Feature) The Early Years, Paisley Art Gallery. David Ellis, Helen Wilson, Christine McArthur
 Castle Toward, Bellahouston Palace of Art Glasgow
 John Bellany, Compass Gallery Glasgow, Maclaurin Gallery Ayr
18 September   (Feature) Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen
Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Georges Rousse, Moira Innes

 22 September  (Feature) Desmond Morris, Mayor Gallery London
25 September   (Art Review Letter from Scotland) John Bellany, Compass Gallery Glasgow 
Colin Johnstone, Glasgow Print Studios dangerous building declared unsafe. 
The Early Years, Paisley Art Gallery, David Ellis, Helen Wilson, Christine McArthur
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh 
 25 September  (Feature) Smith Biennial Stirling
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh 
Master of Persuasion, Collins Gallery Glasgow, John Grierson
October                        (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Scottish Print Open, Glasgow Print Studios
Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen 
Smith Biennial Stirling
Scottish Society of Artists, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh 
                        Third Eye Centre Glasgow, Georges Rousse
October                        (Feature for World of Interiors) The Unpainted Landscape, Arnolfini Bristol 
1 October         (Feature) Scottish Print Open, GPS Glasgow Print Studios, on move to King St. Bill Packer as judge- "GPS must be given credit for bringing about this enviable state of extraordinary vigour and variety of work being done in Scotland in all disciplines of printmaking. It takes more that a handful of brave young lions to fill a jungle .. " 
Peter Howson; Alasdair Taylor, The 90s Gallery Otago St Glasgow
9 October         (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Scottish Print Open, Glasgow Print Studios, Peter Howson Ties that Bind, Collins Gallery Glasgow, Beth Fisher, Lys Hansen 
Smith Biennial Stirling
9 Oct (Herald Feature) 126th Royal Institute of Fine Art Glasgow, Glasgow McLellan Galleries, George Donald, Paul Cosgrove, the Athertons.
Metro Gallery Glasgow, Simon Laurie, Vicky Cassidy, Mark Greer
9 October         (Art Review) Desmond Morris, Mayor Gallery London
16 October        (Feature) Joseph Urie, Glasgow Arts Centre
                        Beth Fisher, Third Eye Centre Glasgow
19 October         Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760, Tate Gallery London 
23 October        Friday feature: Enzo Cucchi, Fruitmarket Gallery, Joseph Beuys. Richard Demarco
 Phillip Reeves, Mercury Gallery Edinburgh
Robert Doisneau, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Forrest MaKay Gallery Edinburgh
Graeme Mundy Fine Art Glasgow, DY Cameron
Kingfisher Gallery Edinburgh, Robert Night
27 October                    (Feature) Ian Hamilton Finlay in Paris, Cartier Foundation 
October  Arts Review Letter from France: Ian Hamilton Finlay at Fondation Cartier, Paris; Octobre des Arts and Elac, in Lyon.
19 November     Beatrix Potter, Tate Gallery London 
23 November    Glasgow Girls, Boundary Gallery London, Rosie Beaton, Alison Harper, Mary Maclean, Lucy Ross  
27 November    (Feature) Manzu, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
David Mach, Nicola Jacobs London
Fay Godwin, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists, N S Macfarlane Gallery Glasgow
November          (Art Review Letter from Scotland) 
                        Manzu, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
David Mach, Nicola Jacobs London
                        Ken Currie, Hayward Gallery London
                        Glasgow Girls, Boundary Gallery London
Ken Currie, Keith Macintyre, Ingrid Raab London 
New Generation, Mercury Gallery London
The Vigorous Line, Clare Henry, Tuberville Smith London
 Fay Godwin, Collins Gallery Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists, N S Macfarlane Gallery Glasgow
December         (Art Review Letter from Scotland) Princes Square Glasgow opening
Contemporary Romanian Art, McLellan Galleries Glasgow                      
Edinburgh International, Royal Scottish Academy
Richard Demarco Auction, at GSA.
Maureen Binnie, Fine Art Society Glasgow
Glasgow Arts Centre, Jayne Taylor, John Main, Tommy Lydon
Compass Gallery Xmas exh, Glasgow
 Photographic Postcard 1900-1920, Hughson Gallery 
Stirling Smith Gallery, Silvia Ziranek, Mike Westbrook, Kate Westbrook
Mark Boyle, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
December         (Art Review Letter from India) Henry Moore in India
4 December      (Feature) Maureen Binnie, McIntosh Patrick, Fine Art Society Glasgow, 
Observation Tree, Jayne Taylor, Tommy Lydon Glasgow Art Centre
Compass Gallery 20th Xmas show, Glasgow 
Philip Reeves & Roger Miller, Hughson Gallery Glasgow
Tom Mackenzie, 90s Gallery Glasgow 
10 December    (Feature) Linda Taylor Solo, Graeme Murray Gallery Edinburgh
Alan Johnston, Thomas Struth, Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
Mary Bourne, Ware on Earth Gallery Edinburgh
Angela Weyersberg, Rudolf Calonder, Yvonne Hawker, Mark Boyle, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh
Contemporary Romanian Art, McLellan Galleries Glasgow 
18 December    (Feature)  Jiri David, Stephan Huber, Third Eye Centre
 European Art, Royal Museum of Scotland
Lesley Main Solo, Main Fine Art Glasgow
WC Crawford, Forrest McKay Gallery Edinburgh 
 21 December Herald feature: Einburgh International, RSA Edinburgh; Sol Lewitt, Graeme Murray Gallery,    Edinbro; Scottish Arts Council funding. 
Dec     Nathalie Hambro: profile, Worlds of Interiors, London.