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FlOW ISSUE 101 Eric Mendelsohn’s exhibition,Dynamics and Function, in theMackintosh GalleryEvents1GSA exhibitiOns17 Aug – 15 Sept 2007Emergent Artists: IainHeatherington, Lynn HyndStdio 40, Mackintosh BuildingThe second exhibition of newwork by the new EmergentArtist progamme at the GSA.4 Sept – 15 Sept 2007Private View: 3 SeptCeramics: Distance LearnersAtrium GalleryMonday toThursday:10am – 7pmFriday: 10am – 5pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmWork by undergraduatestudents on the CeramicDepartment’s DistanceLearner programme.18 Sept – 29 Sept 2007Private View: 17 SeptJack CunninghamAtrium GalleryMonday toThursday:10am – 7pmFriday: 10am – 5pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmThe culmination of six yearspart-time doctoral of research,this exhibition explores allaspects of Cunningham’spractice based work processand contextualises his outputwithin a European framework.5 Oct – 3 Nov 2007The Fine Art Staff ShowMackintosh GalleryMonday toThursday:10am – 7pmFriday: 10am – 5pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmThe annual exhibition of workby The Glasgow School of Artstaff which sets out tocelebrate the artistic richnessof the School of Fine Art bypresenting a cross-section ofthe work produced by staff.11 Oct – 10 Nov 2007Private View: 10 OctGlen Taylor“Re-presenting Ethiopia”Atrium GalleryMonday toThursday:10am – 7pmFriday: 10am – 5pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmAn exploration of the useof drawing/text combinedillustrations as a basis ofintercultural communicationbetween communities inEthiopia and Britain.October 2007Imaginery MuseumMackintosh Gallery20 Nov – 15 Dec 2007Private View: 19 NovSophie Wang“Transparent Eye”Atrium GalleryMonday toThursday:10am – 7pmFriday: 10am – 5pmSaturday: 10am – 1pmAn exhibition of art thatexplores human perceptionand preconceptions of thenatural world. Informed by theexperience of living in the‘foothills of the ScottishHighlands’ for the last tenyears, her work is inspired bynotions of ‘the real’ and howimagery can mediate ourrelationship to nature.Nov 2007 – Mar 2008Craig MulhollandMackintosh GalleryNov 2007 – Jan 2008Jerwood Drawing PrizeMackintosh GalleryThe Jerwood Drawing prizeis the UK’s leading drawingaward and is the largest opendrawing exhibition in the UK.Contact Information:The Glasgow School of Art167 Renfrew StreetGlasgow G3 6RQwww.gsa.ac.ukFor further information, orpress images please contactKathy Chambers or GráinneRice at The Glasgow Schoolof Art Exhibitions Office on0141 353 4525 or emailk.chambers@gsa.ac.uk org.rice@gsa.ac.ukGot an event you’dlike to publicise?The new Glasgow Eventscalendar is easy and free touse, simply upload the detailsof your exhibition and it willbecome part ofwww.glasgowartevents.org.uk,an online exhibition agendafor artists and aficionadosinterested in the shows goingon in and around Glasgow.Log on for the latest…the fridayeventThe School of Fine Art’s everpopular‘Friday Event’ attractsa range of speakers from theUK and around the world toThe Glasgow Film Theatre onselected Fridays and is opento students, alumni and allmembers of the public.The high calibre of speakershave included: award-winningjournalist Robert Fisk,performance artist MarinaAbramovic, Belgian filmmakerChantal Akerman,ArtisticDirector of Documenta OkwuiEnwezor,‘Vision and Visuality’author Professor Hal Fosterand Turner Prize winner SimonStarling.The Friday Event continuesthroughout the term. Log onto www.gsa.ac.uk/fridayeventto find out about futureFriday Events.To confirm the date and timeof speaker, please contact TaraBeall on t.beall@gsa.ac.ukvisit usAND SUPPORT FUTURE ARTISTSOctober 19 2007Eyal WeizmanGlasgow Film TheatreEyal Weizman is an architect,author, and curator, whosework deals with issues ofconflict, territories and humanrights, and has pioneeredresearch on the ‘militaryurbanism’ of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.His work has forced a newcritique of what occupationmeans in an architectural andurban sense, where space isinherently political and "thefrontier" of occupied territoryis constructed as much bymilitary generals as it is byplanners and intellectuals.October 26 2007Haley NewmanGlasgow Film TheatreThroughout the 1990s HayleyNewman’s uniqueperformance work has beendeliberately varied; workingwith sound, text andphotography she has evolveda practice that is bothexpressive and analytical.November 9 2007Jan VerwoertGlasgow Film TheatreJan Verwoert is a contributingeditor of frieze and teaches atthe Piet Zwart Institute inRotterdam. He writes for frieze,Springerin,Afterall and CameraAustria and his book Bas JanAder – In Search of theMiraculous was published in2006 by Afterall Books/MITPress. He is a member of theadvisory board of theKunstverein Munich and aguest professor ofContemporary Art and Theoryat the Academy of Umeå.dailySuMMerTOurs1Oam, 11am, 12pm,1pm, 2pm, 3pmand 4pmShop open 7 days:9.30am – 5pmPrivate tours and grouptours happily arrangedContact: shop@gsa.ac.ukor 0141 353 4526 tomake a bookingEvery purchasesupports the School.16 EVENTS