KATE DOWNIE
Until Jun 25, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon5pm, Watermill, Mill Street, Aberfeldy, free, 01887 822896 It is five years since Kate Downie's last major exhibition in the central belt, at the Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, in 2001. She hasn't been idle in that period, though, managing to combine a demanding role as president of a reenergised Society of Scottish Artists and being selected for the Jerwood Drawing Prize show in 2005.
Downie, based in Edinburgh, adheres to the traditional skills of drawing and painting but she doesn't opt for fussy draughtsmanship, instead making vast unruly charcoals, inks and pastels. Nor does she, as an artist fascinated with the landscape, opt for the traditional pretty views. She's more likely to be found capturing the passing traffic of an unnamed junction near Leith Walk than on the top of Arthur's Seat.
For Downie, the man-made is as important as the natural world. This show explores Scotland's civil engineering heritage from the cantilevered grandeur of the Forth Rail Bridge to a humble telegraph pole, from hi-tech telecommunications equipment to caravans and boats.
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DUNCAN OF JORDANSTONE COLLEGE OF ART SHOW Until Jun 27, University of Dundee, free, 01382 385330 The graduation season is launched with the first of the art school degree shows. Duncan of Jordanstone, like the city of Dundee itself, combines tradition and the technology of the future. The strong media at this school tend to be painting, and video and digital work, and includes John Eaves hybrid foods, pictured, which take their inspiration from the supermarket shelf.
ANATOMY ACTS Until Jul 9, 10am-5pm; Sun noon-5pm, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, free, 0131 529 3993 A summer highlight, Anatomy Acts reminds us that the worlds of science and art have never been far apart: from the role of dissection in life drawing to the fascination the body holds for contemporary artists. This show, created with the Royal College of Surgeons, features historical material and new, specially commissioned works from artists including Christine Borland.
ALL DRESSED UP WITH NOWHERE TO GO Until Jun 24, Thu-Sat 1-5pm, 5 St Margaret's Place, Glasgow, free, 07812 605745 Sorcha Dallas's gallery is supporting the cream of Glasgow's contemporary artists as well as bringing new work to the city. Here she has invited New York gallerist Anke Kempes to curate a new show for Glasgow.
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