Open Eye Gallery
John Bellany at 70
13 August – 4 September 2012
John Bellany is one of Scotland’s most influential post-war artists and this exhibition of five decades of paintings, watercolours, prints and drawings showcases his life’s work.
Born at Port Seton in 1942 and steeped in Calvinism as a child, his art is profoundly religious in its intimation of mortality and recognition of evil. Throughout his career Bellany painted elemental allegories encompassing the complexities of the human condition and anchored in the rich poetry of the sea.
34 Abercromby Place, EH3 6QE
0131 557 1020 / 0131 558 9872
Mon—Fri, 10—6pm
Sat 10—4pm
Free admission
Open Eye Gallery
Picasso, His Contemporaries and Modern British Printmaking
13 August – 22 September 2012
To coincide with Picasso and Modern British Art at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, this enlightening survey of prints examines the work of a number of Picasso's contemporaries including Braque, Severini, Le Corbusier, Miró, Chagall, Laurens, Dufy and Clavé. A group of British artists are also represented - Sutherland, Hockney, Nicholson, Grant, Gear, Moore, Burra and Colquhoun - who were all influenced by the innovative works produced throughout Picasso's long career.
34 Abercromby Place, EH3 6QE
0131 557 1020 / 0131 558 9872
Mon—Fri, 10—6pm
Sat 10—4pm
Free admission