Aberdeen Art Gallery

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(5 February - 19 March)

Major exhibition challenging preconceived ideas about textiles and presenting daring, innovative work by leading textile artists.

In association with Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery.

 

Fieldnotes and Sketchbooks
(6 April - 4 June)

A remarkable exhibition bringing together notations in writing and art by artists, architects and anthropologists, all in their different ways seeking to describe some aspect of the world we live in.

Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Board; exhibition in association with the School of Fine Art at the University of Dundee, and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.

 

Home-Maker
(16 April - 20 August)

Award-winning interactive installation recreating the living rooms of seven housebound older people in England and Japan.

Supported by Arts Council National England Touring, EM Media, UK Film Council, Year of the Artist, Esmée Fairbairn Charitable Trust, Peoplexpress and the Muse Company; exhibition in collaboration with On the Edge Research, Gray's School of Art, The Robert Gordon University.

 

Aberdeen Artists Society 71^st Annual Exhibition
(30 April - 28 May)

Aberdeen Artists Society's annual 'open' exhibition with painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, photography and printmaking.

Supported by Shell UK Limited.

 

Eve Arnold in Retrospect
(11 June - 20 August)

The work of one of the world's leading photographers, whose images relate a very human history at the heart of major world events and figures.

In association with Magnum Photos and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford.

 

Artists at War
(18 June - 25 September)

Works on the theme of war from the City's permanent collections, brought together to mark the 60^th anniversary of the end of WWII.

 

Phillip of Spain
(3 September - 5 November)

A major exhibition bringing together the substantial holdings of John "Spanish" Phillip's work in the City Collections with works borrowed from public and private collections across the country, telling the story of the artist's life and career, including his time as an artist chosen by Queen Victoria to paint royal portraits.

 

Family - past, present and future
(10 September - 29 October)

Artworks by children on the theme of families, organised by Family Mediation Scotland.

Sponsored by Warburtons.

 

Secrets of the Reserve Collection
(17 September - 15 October)

A show curated from the City's collections by a group of older people in Aberdeen, as part of the 'Seniors in the City' Festival.

 

James Cowie at Bellshill Academy
(28 September - 16 January 2006)

Schoolroom paintings by Scottish artist Cowie, inspired by his thirty years in the teaching profession.

 

Out of Place - Works from the Pier Arts Centre, Orkney
(19 November - 28 January 2006)

Oustanding examples of twentieth century art, including paintings and sculptures by avant-garde artists working in 1930s St Ives, from the Pier's permanent collection.

 

Aberdeen Maritime Museum

John Lewis Shipyard
(22 January - 1 May)

An exhibition of plans, models, photographs and paintings commemorating the Torry shipyard, which produced its first vessel in 1917.

 

Cruel Sea
(23 April - 16 July)

Film installation by award-winning artist Tim Macmillan.

 

Harbour Works
(14 May - 6 August)

An exhibition examining businesses based at and around Aberdeen Harbour, and the role of the harbour in the trade of raw materials and finished products.

 

Evoilution: Where and When, to Here and Now: 30 Years of Production and Beyond
(20 August - 19 February 2006)

Major exhibition tracing the story of North Sea oil from the first landing of 'black gold' in Aberdeen in 1975, looking at its impact on local life and the wider world.

Supported by Abbot Group plc, BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, Chevron Upstream Europe, ExxonMobil, Shell Exploration & Production in Europe, Society of Petroleum Engineers (Aberdeen) and Total E&P UK Plc.

 

Oilwork
(3 Sept - 15 Oct)

A personal view by Sue Jane Taylor of twenty years of North Sea oil, through her artworks, photographs and diary extracts about platforms, construction yards, and men involved in the industry.

Supported by Talisman Energy.

 

Skin Deep: a history of tattooing
(3 December - 5 March 2006)

Objects illustrating the history of tattooing, from Captain Cook's earliest encounters with peoples of the South Pacific to tattooing in contemporary society.

In association with the National Maritime Museum, London.

 

Provost Skene's House

Costume Gallery Recent Acquisitions
(2 April - 28 May)

Recent donations to the City's extensive Costume Collection are displayed in this exhibition.

 

Distinguishing Identities: An Exhibition of Military and Civilian Uniforms
(11 June - 6 August)

Exhibition exploring the relationships between uniforms and identity, and how fashion can become a type of uniform too.

 

Hollywood Glamour, 1930s-Style
(20 August - 15 October)

Stunning 1930s dresses from the City's Collections, which epitomize how Hollywood glamour was reflected in the fluid and draped styles evident in fashions of the time.

 

Oor Ain Siller
(22 October - 28 October 2006)

Coins and notes from centuries past that were used in and around the North-east of Scotland, with remarkable and rarely-seen documents and photographs from the archives of the Halifax Bank of Scotland.

 

The Catherine Fleming Collection
(22 October - 28 October 2006)

Aberdeen-based Cath Fleming was a great supporter of the Arts and a skilled collector of ceramics - the Staffordshire figures and chimney ornaments in this exhibition are part of the collection she donated to the City.

 

Hostess with the Mostest
(29 October - 7 January 2006)

The emergence of the hostess gown, its precursors and the styles that followed it, with dresses from the Edwardian era to the 1970s.