Glasgow International
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125-129 High Street

Glasgow International
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9/4/2008

Glasgow International

Glasgow International, Glasgow

The Gi Festival is a showcase of work from a city that has nurtured Turner Prize, Hugo Boss and Becks Futures winners. It includes new commissions and rare chances to see work by world, renowned artists such as Jim Lambie, Simon Starling and Jonathan Monk as well as new, emerging talent. Complementing pieces by Glasgow's own artists are exhibitions and installations by artists from across the globe.


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Like Barcelona, Paris and Vienna Glasgow is celebrated as one of Europe’s great cultural centres, and among the highlights of the 2008 calendar is the third Gi Festival. Celebrating Glasgow’s acclaimed visual arts, The Gi Festival is a showcase of work from a city that has nurtured Turner Prize, Hugo Boss and Becks Futures winners. It includes new commissions and rare chances to see work by world- renowned artists such as Jim Lambie, Simon Starling and Jonathan Monk as well as new, emerging talent. Complementing pieces by Glasgow’s own artists are exhibitions and installations by artists from across the globe.

The work on show in the 2008 Gi Festival not only provides an unrivalled opportunity to see exhilarating exhibitions, but also to experience the city in a new and exciting way. From shows in established spaces such as The Gallery of Modern Art, CCA, Tramway and The Modern Institute to installations in found spaces, public sites and even an artist’s living room The 2008 Gi Festival is a veritable cultural safari for visitors.

The 2008 Gi Festival runs from 11 – 27 April 2008 and features free events, installations and exhibitions in over 30 different sites across the city. Highlights include;- *A major new show by Turner Prize nominated Jim Lambie in the Gallery of Modern Art, a centre piece of which will be a breathtaking new work on the floor of the main gallery.

*High Wire a joint Gi Festival-Artangel film-based commission from Catherine Yass, which features celebrated tight-rope walker Didier Pasquette walking the high wire between Glasgow’s Red Road Flats, once the highest residential tower blocks in Europe.

*Interventions by Vancouver-based Rodney Graham.

*New work by New York based Kalup Linzy and by Poland’s Wilhelm Sasnal.

*A long-awaited exhibition by Jonathan Monk, whose new show will highlight the history of Tramway (a former Tram shed) by accentuating one of its celebrated features – the tram lines that cross-cross the cavernous space.

*A journey of discovery is offered by young artists Low Salt. Join a very special coach tour to visit site-specific artworks, interventions, performances and happenings around Glasgow city.

The Gi Festival is Glasgow’s International Festival of Contemporary Visual Arts, a biennial celebration of one of the most vibrant arts communities in the world today and showcase for the best in new work from across the globe. The 2008 Gi Festival is curated by Francis McKee and produced by Jean Cameron.

For further information on the Festival visit http://www.glasgowinternational.org. or make a direct enquiry to the email or telephone contacts below.

Alan Miller
t - + 44 (0) 560 137 8893
m - + 44 (0) 7970 931537
e - abnormals@mac.com

Glasgow International
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