At 42 Victoria Street lies a tiny gallery with big red doors simply called The Red Door Gallery. This contemporary, fun and friendly gallery specialises in affordable youthful art and design. It showcases the best of emerging designers from the local community and further afield. It is a cosy and welcoming gallery and well worth visiting. Great place to purchase little gifts or even some work of one of the on display talents.
Stocks a range from Gillian Kyle that is a fantastic twist on iconic Scottish cultural items and products and will bring a grin to all those "scotophiles" out there.
The Open Eye Gallery and its sister gallery the Eye 2 can be found at 34 Abercromby Place and are rather famed for the diversity of contemporary artists that they showcase. A beautifully appointed and maintained gallery, it is always worth visiting.
The Open Eye is currently exhibiting the works of Alan Davie whose paintings are bright, bold, flamboyant, and really scream out to be admired. They are centred around the theme of self-enlightenment and many tangled messages about his persona are evident here. The Eye 2 gallery has since its inception specialised in modern European and American Printmaking. The current exhibit is of Joe Tilson's Works are a powerful statement against the further development of consumerism and are quite poignant in their way.
The Fruitmarket Gallery at 45 Market Street, was first opened as a gallery in 1974 and over the years has benefited from assistance from the Scottish Arts Council to become one of the premier venues for contemporary art in Scotland featuring both Scottish and international artists of note. After much renovation the gallery has developed into a premium exhibition space. This light and spacious home of contemporary art also plays host to a fine cafe and a very worthy bookshop.
The current exhibition features Toby Paterson, whose works are based around post-war modernist architecture. Though not to my taste it is still worth a visit.
At 42 Victoria Street lies a tiny gallery with big red doors simply called The Red Door Gallery. This contemporary, fun and friendly gallery specialises in affordable youthful art and design. It showcases the best of emerging designers from the local community and further afield. It is a cosy and welcoming gallery and well worth visiting. Great place to purchase little gifts or even some work of one of the on display talents.
