Issues / #1 Spring 2005
#1 - February 2005
Collecting for the Future
Kirstie Skinner examines the Contemporary Art Society distribution scheme which is set to undergo transformation later this year
Streetwise
Ruth Beale, artist and founder of the nomadic organisation Aurora, investigates the dynamic scene which originated in Glasgow, and is now driving the young art community in Scotland
#1 - February 2005
State in the Art
Art for art’s sake or social improvement? Catriona Black investigates
Map Commission: Goya Vs Yoko Ono
‘Goya Vs Yoko Ono’, by Glasgow-based artist Alex Hetherington, is the first MAP commission
Off the Map: Duncan McLaren
Duncan McLaren strikes north in the first of a series of journeys that will take him along the high and low roads of the world in search of art
Dub Rabbie: Graham Fagen
Neil Cooper mixes with Glasgow artist Graham Fagen, reggae king Adrian Sherwood and Ayrshire bard Robert Burns
Diary: Beagles and Ramsay from New York
Beagles and Ramsay (Glasgow-based duo, John Beagles and Graham Ramsay) were commissioned to make new work for PS1, MOMA, New York in October, 2004. They decided to make a new self-portrait for the show, a batch of black puddings with their own blood as the key ingredient
Portfolio: Dining on Imagination
Introducing the work of emerging artists, Portfolio focuses this issue on the paintings of Rabiya Choudhry, first seen at the Collective Gallery’s New Work Scotland Programme 2004. Choudhry has since been selected to exhibit at the Prague Biennale 2005
Beyond Belief
Artist Nathan Coley travelled to Jerusalem to explore and record the city and its life on film, focusing on the phenomenon of Jerusalem Syndrome, a rare travel psychosis specific to the holy city. Afflicting between 5 and 10 people a year, the syndrome is characterised by intoxication of the Holy Land. Those affected can be found at holy sites, chanting, singing and delivering sermons as if living in the time of Christ.
#1 - February 2005
Review
Mexican Lights
Moira Jeffrey travels to Monterrey and discovers bright lights at Sodium and Asphalt, a major showing of 12 British artists in Mexico
#1 - February 2005
Bulletin
Residencies/Commissions/Awards. Jess Dolan makes this season’s selection
Certain of Nothing: Francis Alÿs
Francis McKee traces the path of Belgian artist Francis Alÿs as he explores the boundaries between politics, poetry and art
Books: You Are Here
Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination, Edited by Katharine Harmon, Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
Swiss-Swiss Democracy, Thomas Hirschhorn
Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 4 Dec 2004-30 Jan 2005
Andy Warhol: Self Portraits
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 12 Feb-2 May 2005